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Publisher’s Weekly (starred review) - “Hallucinations, convulsions, delusions, and other symptoms shed light on the brain’s obscure machinery, according to this luminous debut from neurologist Anand…At the heart of the book is an exploration of the intimate links between narrative and medicine—how the brain slots confusing impressions into stories to find ‘order in the chaos,’ but also how patients create narratives to understand their symptoms; how doctors selectively cull from that information to shape diagnoses; and how cultural narratives inform the ways patients and doctors view bodies, illness, and treatment. In the process, Anand elegantly transforms the clinical minutiae of neurological disorders into evocative poetry. An engrossing exploration of the brain’s extraordinary powers and terrifying frailties.”
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