The music of light : the extraordinary story of Hikari and Kenzaburo Oe / Lindsley Cameron.

Author/creator Cameron, Lindsley
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Free Press, ©1998.
Descriptionxxv, 207 pages : illustrations, portraits, plates, music ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents "Monster baby" -- "The male Celatius" -- Becoming a composer -- "A quiet life" -- Sudden success -- Turning points -- "The subject of great amazement" -- The prodigious savant -- Musical savants -- Sources of creativity -- Somersaults.
Abstract The story of Hikari Oe, born with a herniated brain, the composer of renowned chamber works, and the son of Kenzaburo Oe, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1994.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliography, discography, and index.
LCCN 97049506
ISBN0684824094