JOE
An exceptionally haunting memoir that also shows us what it is to be really human. In a hardware store, Joe sits on a display toilet amidst the throng of customers and wees, smiling serenely. He thumps crying babies. He is amazed when the car he runs in front of actually hits him. Joe is ten and mentally disabled. He's funny, fascinating and maddening, and this memoir tells his moving story, but also argues that until we know Joe's life, we can't understand our own. Through philosophy, psychology and medical research, the author explains how we are mind-readers, how we make sense of other people and how we understand guilt and innocence, and…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-86197-944-5
- EAN: 9781861979445
- Produktnummer: 21909937
- Verlag: Profile Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 226 S.
- Masse: H19.9 cm x B12.8 cm x D1.7 cm 231 g
- Gewicht: 231
Über den Autor
Michael Blastland was born in Glasgow. A journalist all his professional life, he started on weekly newspapers before moving to the BBC where he makes current affairs programmes for Radio 4, such as Analysis, More or Less and the historical series Why Did We Do That? He lives in Hertfordshire, often with his daughter Cait, less often and less quietly with his son Joe, when he´s at home.
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