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Cameron, Lindsley
by Music of Light: The Extraordinary Story of Hikari & Kenzaburo Oe
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New York. 1998. Free Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0684824094. 207 pages. hardcover. keywords: Biography Japan Music. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The most popular classical composer of our day was born with a medical deformity so severe that his parents had to fight to keep him alive. When the child of novelist Kenzaburo Oe and his wife, Yukari, was born with a herniated brain, the doctors recommended letting him die. Instead, his parents defied Japan's then-harsh customs and saved him with a complicated operation that left him severely handicapped. They named him Hikari, which means light'; now in his thirties, with an I.Q. of 65, limited language and motor skills, and an inability to express emotions clearly, Hikari has indeed become a beacon of inspiration. He has miraculous musical gifts, including a phenomenal memory and the ability to compose chamber works that have broken sales records and delighted hundreds of thousands of listeners. Based on exclusive access to the Oe family, as well as interviews with brain specialists and performers of Hikari's music, and including assessments by leading music critics, THE MUSIC OF LIGHT offers a portrait of uniqueness. Hikari is the only savant known in history who has composed original music. Lindsley Cameron explains how his brain works; how he can express sadness in his music but not with language or his face; and how his musical activities have extended his mental capacities. The creative interdependence of father and son is unprecedented, too. Kenzaburo's need to give Hikari a voice was so essential to his own art that he announced, just before winning the Nobel Prize, that he was giving up writing fiction because Hikari, through his music, had now found a voice of his own. inventory #25397 ISBN: 0684824094.
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- Title
- Cameron, Lindsley
- Author
- Music of Light: The Extraordinary Story of Hikari & Kenzaburo Oe
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684824094
- ISBN 13
- 9780684824093
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Place of Publication
- Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 1998
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