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The man who forgot how to read a memoir

One morning, prolific and bestselling crime novelist Howard Engel awoke to discover he had lost the ability to read. He had experienced a stroke that left him with the rare condition known as alexia sine agraphia'he could write, but as soon as he committed his thoughts to the page, he no longer knew what they were. Other effects of the stroke emerged over time, but none were as dramatic and devastating as this one for a man who made his living working with words. The Man Who Forgot How to Read is the warm, insightful and fascinating story of Engel's fight to overcome a condition that threatened to end his career. Engel's remarkable triumph over his affliction'he was finally able to write again and produced another bestselling Benny Cooperman detective novel, Memory Book'will inspire his fans and fascinate anyone interested in the mysteries of the human brain.

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  • "One morning, prolific and bestselling crime novelist Howard Engel awoke to discover he had lost the ability to read. He had experienced a stroke that left him with the rare condition known as alexia sine agraphia'he could write, but as soon as he committed his thoughts to the page, he no longer knew what they were. Other effects of the stroke emerged over time, but none were as dramatic and devastating as this one for a man who made his living working with words. The Man Who Forgot How to Read is the warm, insightful and fascinating story of Engel's fight to overcome a condition that threatened to end his career. Engel's remarkable triumph over his affliction'he was finally able to write again and produced another bestselling Benny Cooperman detective novel, Memory Book'will inspire his fans and fascinate anyone interested in the mysteries of the human brain."@en
  • "Howard Engel woke to a morning newspaper that was unreadable. He had experienced a stroke as he slept, leaving him unable to read, not even the books he himself had written. This uplifting story chronicles how he overcame this and the other effects of the stroke to read - and write another novel."
  • "Howard Engel woke to a morning newspaper that was unreadable. He had experienced a stroke as he slept, leaving him unable to read, not even the books he himself had written. This uplifting story chronicles how he overcame this and the other effects of the stroke to read - and write another novel."@en
  • "One midsummer morning, crime novelist Howard Engel picked up his newspaper and discovered that he could no longer read it. While he slept, Engel had experienced a stroke and now suffered from a rare condition called alexia sine agraphia, meaning that he could write, but not read. As well, his memory failed him, he had trouble remembering where things went, apples and grapefruit looked the same, and names and places eluded him. Engel began learning to read again, and even wrote a Benny Cooperman mystery based on his own experiences."
  • ""One hot midsummer morning, crime novelist Howard Engel picked up his newspaper from his front step and discovered he could no longer read it. The letters had mysteriously jumbled themselves into something that looked like Cyrillic one moment and Korean the next. While he slept, Engel had experienced a stroke and now suffered from a rare condition called alexia sine agraphia, meaning that while he could still write, he could no longer read"--Jacket flap."

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