The Music of Light: The Extraordinary Story of Hikari and Kenzaburo Oe
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Hikari Oe was born with a herniated brain, a condition so severe that the only treatment available was an operation that would save his life but leave him permanently brain-injured. Now thirty-four,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0684824094
ISBN13:9780684824093
Release Date:June 1998
Publisher:Free Press
Length:207 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"
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This has probably changed many lives
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is the best book I've read this year. It covers so much: a family's love for their brain damaged child and their commitment to the grueling, challenging years raising him in a society that wants him to just disappear. It is at once literary criticism, classical music criticism, cultural commentary, biography, pschology, psychiatry, medicine and a touchingly told love story between man and son. By the end of this book you will have fallen in love with Hikari the sweet savant from Kobe and his wonderful father, Kenzaburo.
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