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The ceiling outside, the science and experience of the disrupted mind, Noga Arikha

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The ceiling outside, the science and experience of the disrupted mind, Noga Arikha

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-282) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The ceiling outside

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1267751795

Responsibility statement

Noga Arikha

Sub title

the science and experience of the disrupted mind

Summary

"A diabetic woman awakens from a coma having forgotten the last ten years of her life. A Haitian immigrant has nightmares that begin bleeding into his waking hours. A retired teacher loses the use of her right hand due to pain of no known origin. Noga Arikha began studying these patients and their confounding symptoms in order to explore how our physical experiences inform our identities. Soon after she initiated her work, the question took on unexpected urgency as Arikha's own mother began to show signs of Alzheimer's disease. In The Ceiling Outside, Arikha recounts this life-changing experience and grapples with the unbreakable links between our bodies and our sense of self. Weaving together stories of her subjects' troubles and her mother's decline, Arikha searches for some meaning in the science she has set out to study. The result is an unforgettable journey across the ever-shifting boundaries between ourselves and each other."----, Dust jacket

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Science and experience of the disrupted mind

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