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Shadows bright as glass : the remarkable story of one man's journey from brain trauma to artistic triumph
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Title
Shadows bright as glass : the remarkable story of one man's journey from brain trauma to artistic triumph / Amy Ellis Nutt.
ISBN
9781439143100 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1439143102 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781439143117 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
1439143110 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
9781439150078 (ebook)
1439150079 (ebook)
Edition
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Published
New York : Free Press, 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
Alternates descriptions of the most cutting-edge brain science with the story of Jon Sarkin, a mild-mannered chiropractor who, after suffering a massive stroke, became a manic, volatile, and brilliant artist.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-259) and index.
Contents
Thin as a thread
A thousand screaming baboons
Rolling the dice
Six cups of fluid and tissue
Building a life
Code blue
The mechanical mind
Two halves
Absolve me
Puzzle pieces
Adrift
A haunted house
The ghost and the ice pick
A double consciousness
The accidental artist
Proceed with abandon
Bridging the imaginable
Art boy
The inner savant
Blindsight
Seeing is believing
Senses and sensibilities
The imagination instinct
Ghosts of the present
The extended self
Boltflash
Working in the dark
Things speak for themselves
Richard's gift
Infinity on trial
The loquacious brain
Finding Tommy
Best friends
Unbound
Flawed words, stubborn sounds.
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