Title: Musicophilia

書名：《戀音樂》

Author: Oliver Sacks

作者：奧利弗#8226;薩克斯

Publisher: Knopf

出版商：挪波夫出版社

Renowned essayist-neurologist Oliver Sacks revels in the complex and inexplicable relationship between music and the human brain in this fascinating exploration. Structured as a series of medical case studies， Sacks makes the argument that music is essential to human beings in mysterious ways that have only begun to be understood. He illustrates this through various stories which include his own experiences with amusia， tales of patients afflicted with Tourette's or Parkinson's whose symptoms are mitigated through certain forms of music， and a man who discovers a newfound passion for the concert piano after being struck by lightning. Sacks is undeniably erudite， yet he manages to keep his writing congenial and accessible. He leads the reader to a better appreciation of the unfathomable workings of the human mind and the central role music plays in our lives. Indeed， music occupies more areas of the brain than even language does. Sacks does an effective job in showing us that we are undeniably a musical species.

著名的作家兼神經(jīng)學(xué)家奧利弗#8226;薩克斯在令人迷醉的新作中探討了音樂和人類大腦之間錯綜復(fù)雜的關(guān)系。在這本以醫(yī)學(xué)研究形式寫就的新作中，薩克斯提出了這樣的論點：音樂以各種神秘的形式成為了人類生活中的必需品，而這剛剛被認知。他例舉了各類例子來證明自己的觀點，包括他自己的失歌癥以及患有抽動癥和帕金森氏癥的患者們都通過一定形式的音樂減輕了病情，而一個曾遭電擊的人因聽了鋼琴演奏而熱情重燃。薩克斯無疑是博學(xué)的，但他仍然設(shè)法讓自己的作品通俗易懂。他讓讀者進一步了解到人類大腦的深不可測性以及音樂在我們生活中的不可替代性。的確，音樂比任何語言都占據(jù)著大腦更多的空間。而正是薩克斯兢兢業(yè)業(yè)的工作讓我們意識到我們就是音樂迷。

Comments 評論

\"Since the 1970 publication of Migraine， neurologist Oliver Sacks's unusual and fascinating case histories of 'differently brained' people and phenomena have been marked by extraordinary compassion and humanity， focusing on the patient as much as the condition.\" – amazon.com

“自1970出版了《偏頭痛》后，神經(jīng)學(xué)家奧利弗#8226;薩克斯對病人以及各類病情非同尋常的關(guān)注就標志著他對‘不同大腦’的人群的研究是意義非凡的?！薄猘mazon.com

\"Sacks is an unparalleled chronicler of modern medicine， and fans of his work will find much to enjoy when he turns his prodigious talent for observation to music and its relationship to the brain.\" – Publishers Weekly

“薩克斯是前無古人后無來者的現(xiàn)代醫(yī)藥史學(xué)家，他的書迷們將為他的音樂觀以及他對音樂和大腦關(guān)系的闡述而傾倒。”——《出版者周刊》