BOOKS

THE MAN WHO TASTED WORDS

Guy Leschziner, 2022, published by Simon and Schuster

Translations available now or soon in Polish, Turkish, Korean, Chinese, Arabic

“A riveting study of sensory function and malfunction...He leaves the reader hankering for more, with a renewed sense of awe at the delicate, magnificent workings of the senses.”
— The Guardian
“The Man Who Tasted Words is full of delights that linger in the
mind. ”
— The Independent
“A lucid evocation of big ideas that will make you grateful for your health, and both more appreciative and more sceptical of our symphony of senses with its brilliant, capricious conductor, the brain.”
— The Times
“From the opening paragraph, I was spellbound, entranced. Through real stories about what happens when our fragile perception of the world around us and within us is severed, Guy Leschziner connects us back to our senses.”
— Professor Alice Roberts
“A truly astonishing book – from the story of the man who tasted words to that of Paul who could pull out his own teeth and break his legs yet feel no pain. These are beautifully and engagingly written stories of how our senses tell us about the reality of the world – or, sometimes, don’t.”
— Gavin Esler, author of How Britain Ends
“Stories of people who experience the world differently show us what it means to be human. This is a deeply moving and powerful book, full of provocative ideas about human perception and the way we construct reality.”
— Daniel M. Davis, author of The Secret Body and The Beautiful Cure
“This is a book vibrant with personality and full of wonder. Professor Leschziner takes us through an exploration of our senses, making us question the nature of our reality and how we interpret the world around us. It is a profound, entertaining and quite exceptional book.”
— Dr Alastair Santhouse, Psychiatrist and Author of Head First
“In vivid stories of patient maladies that affect our very human sensations of sight, sound, smell, touch and pain, Leschziner has deeply explored the sensory experiences that bombard every moment of our lives but of which we are barely aware. What a terrific melding of brain science with thoughtful ideas on our window to the outside world.”
— Allan Ropper, author of Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole and How the Brain Lost its Mind
“A fascinating, important and disturbing book. Words will never taste the same again!”
— John Humphrys
“Best January Paperbacks”
— The Times
“ Pick of the Best Paperbacks”
— Sunday Times
“The Best Neuroscience Books of 2019”
— The Scientist Magazine
“Best 100 Summer Reads 2019”
— Sunday Times
“The Best Books of 2019”
— New Zealand Herald
“Must Read Brain Books 2019”
— Forbes Magazine
“Books of the Year 2019”
— Irish Independent
“Week’s best Science Picks”
— Nature

THE NOCTURNAL BRAIN: Nightmares, Neuroscience and the Secret World of Sleep

Guy Leschziner, 2019, published by Simon and Schuster

Translations available now or soon in Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Polish, German, Czech, Russian, Chinese (Mandarin and Taiwan), Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Greek, Turkish

“Casebooks of neurological disorders are often strange and wonderful, but this one is special. Guy Leschziner is a consultant neurologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’s who specialises in sleep problems. And his patients experience the most extraordinary things.”
— The Sunday Times
“The Nocturnal Brain will not promise to cure your insomnia, but it does make for an entertaining and thought-provoking bedtime read.”
— The Guardian
“Leschziner is not so authoritarian, which is what makes this such an invigorating book. He appreciates that many of those who suffer from traumatic sleep are tired of the moralising of onlookers.”
— Sydney Morning Herald
 

OXFORD HANDBOOK OF SLEEP MEDICINE

Edited by Guy Leschziner, Oxford University Press, 2022.

A multidisciplinary concise textbook for medical professionals, covering all aspects of sleep medicine