cover image Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf

Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf

Oliver W. Sacks. Harper Perennial, $12 (208pp) ISBN 978-0-06-097347-6

In what PW judged ``an extraordinarily moving and thought-provoking report,'' neurologist Sacks scrutinizes the history of treatment of the deaf, investigates the expressive capabilities of sign language and gauges the linguistic and social pressures faced by deaf people. Illustrated. (Sept.)