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The Shadow Factory
The Shadow Factory
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From the introduction by Diane Ackerman:Paul West recalls the early days after his stroke, exploring some of the all-too-real tricks the mind plays to save itself from the tomb of lost words.Paul had a massive stroke, tailored to his own private hell. The author of over fifty stylishly written books, a master of English prose with one ... more »His prognosis was grim. The brain cells were dead in Broca's and some of Wernicke's area, he could no longer swallow food without choking, and it was a left-hemisphere stroke. After three weeks in the rehab unit, he was able to say proudly: "I can talk good coffee." Still, it was a complete sentence."You know, dear," I said about two months later, when he was feeling mighty low, "maybe you want to write the first aphasic memoir." He smiled: "Good idea! Mem, mem, mem." And so he began dictating, sometimes with mountain-moving effort, and others sailing along at a good clip, an account of what the mental world of aphasia felt and looked like. Writing the book was the best speech therapy anyone could have prescribed.
Author:
From the introduction by Diane Ackerman:Paul West recalls the early days after his stroke, exploring some of the all-too-real tricks the mind plays to save itself from the tomb of lost words.Paul had a massive stroke, tailored to his own private hell. The author of over fifty stylishly written books, a master of English prose with one ... more »His prognosis was grim. The brain cells were dead in Broca's and some of Wernicke's area, he could no longer swallow food without choking, and it was a left-hemisphere stroke. After three weeks in the rehab unit, he was able to say proudly: "I can talk good coffee." Still, it was a complete sentence."You know, dear," I said about two months later, when he was feeling mighty low, "maybe you want to write the first aphasic memoir." He smiled: "Good idea! Mem, mem, mem." And so he began dictating, sometimes with mountain-moving effort, and others sailing along at a good clip, an account of what the mental world of aphasia felt and looked like. Writing the book was the best speech therapy anyone could have prescribed.
ISBN-13: 9780930829650
ISBN-10: 0930829654
Publication Date: 4/1/2008
Pages: 115
Rating: ?
ISBN-10: 0930829654
Publication Date: 4/1/2008
Pages: 115
Rating: ?
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