Seeing Voices (Picador Books)

by Oliver Sacks

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Written by the author of "The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat", this book begins with the history of deaf people in the 18th century, the often outrageous ways in which they have been treated in the past, and their continuing struggle for acceptance in a hearing world. And it examines the visual language of the deaf - Sign - which has only in the past decade been recognized fully as a language linguistically complete, rich, and as expressive as any spoken language. Oliver Sacks has also written "Migraine", "Awakenings" and "A Leg to Stand on".
  • ISBN10 0330317164
  • ISBN13 9780330317160
  • Publish Date 11 January 1991 (first published 2 August 1989)
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Out of Print 8 April 1992
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Pan Macmillan
  • Imprint Picador
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 208
  • Language English