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Una Vida: A Fable of Music and the Mind
Author(s): Nicolas Bazan M.D. (Author)
- Publisher: Five Star Publications
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 221 pages
- ISBN-10: 1589851129
- ISBN-13: 9781589851122
Book Description
Neuroscientist Alvaro Cruz finds himself haunted by a recurring dream of a banjo player in an elusive cornfield that leads him on a personal quest to uncover the mysterious past of a New Orleans street singer known as Una Vida. Stricken with Alzheimer’s, Una Vida can only offer tantalizing clues about her past through her mesmerizing vocals, incredible recollection of jazz lyrics, and the occasional verbal revisiting of a fascinating life that s fading quickly and forever into the recess of her mind. As Cruz searches for Una Vida’s true identity, he learns profound lessons about the human psyche, the nature of memory and himself. Now available in paperback for the first time!
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Nicolas Bazan is a born storyteller]]His story unfolds with many surprises. It’s told with great compassion and has the gentle qualities of a sort of fairytale. It’s laced with reflections on medicine, the human brain and its aberrations]] In all, it’s an engaging and pleasurable read.” — Edmond Fischer, Nobel Laureate in Medicine or Physiology 1992 “Edmond Fischer, Nobel Laureate in Medicine or Physiology 1992”
About the Author
Nicolas Bazan is a man driven by his life’s many passions including a thirst for knowledge about the human mind and eyes, and a hunger for great food and fine music. Born in the tiny town of Los Sarmientos in Tucuman, Argentina, Nicolas Bazan’s defining moment was witnessing an aunt suffer a seizure while walking him to a music lesson when he was a young boy, putting him on the path to becoming one of the world’s premier neuroscientists.
