One Hundred Names for Love

by Diane Ackerman

Book Overview

It is a truism that lovers have their own language. And the love story--extending over more than forty years--of acclaimed writers Diane Ackerman and Paul West is equally a story of the love of language and its mysteries. In this heart-warming, uplifting memoir, Ackerman explores the brain's ability to find and connect words--and of the latest science behind what happens when it fails to do so. Exposing both the terror of losing language and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393341747
• ISBN13: 9780393341744
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"