Larger	The Body Silent Author: Robert F. Murphy
	Book Information Publisher: W W Norton Co Inc Book Type: Paperback Members Wishing: 0 Rating: ? ISBN-13: 9780393307023 - ISBN-10: 0393307026 Publication Date: 9/1990 Pages: 242

Winner of the Columbia University Lionel Trilling Award. Robert Murphy was in the prime of his career as an anthropologist when he felt the first symptom of a malady that would ultimately take him on an odyssey stranger than any field trip to the Amazon: a tumor of the spinal cord that progressed slowly and irreversibly into quadriplegia. In this gripping account, Murphy explores society's fears, myths, and misunderstandings about disability, and the damage they inflict. He reports how paralysis—like all disabilities—assaults people's identity, social standing, and ties with others, while at the same time making the love of life burn even more fiercely.