NEXT BROKS PAULPaperback
NEXT BROKS PAULPaperback '[A] beautifully written investigation of grief ... Memoir, neuroscience and myth interweave to create a book unlike any other When celebrated neuropsychologist Paul Broks'…
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'[A] beautifully written investigation of grief ... Memoir, neuroscience and myth interweave to create a book unlike any other When celebrated neuropsychologist Paul Broks' wife died of cancer, he found himself plunged into the world of the bereaved. As an exploration of love and loss, as a portrait of a person and of the nature of personhood, this book is about as true as any I have read' James McConnachie, Sunday Times An audacious and beautiful account of grief and who we are.
He embarked upon a voyage of experience: a journey through grief, philosophy, consciousness, humanity and magical thinking - seen through the prism of a lifetime's work in neuroscience. As he experienced the pain, alienation and suffering that make us human, his clinician-self seemed to watch on with keen interest. Fusing an account of living with and recovering from loss with thought-provoking meditations on the nature of the mind and the self, The Darker the Night, the Brighter the Stars is an audacious and beautiful work by a writer of astonishing wisdom and compassion.