The Man Who Tasted Words: Inside the Strange and Startling World of Our Senses Audiobook

Quotes

• ‘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

• ‘A fascinating, important and disturbing book. Words will never taste the same again!’

  — John Humphrys