The Measure of Darkness (Paperback)

from jbealy

Bellevue Literary Press is a small New York press that publishes books at that intersection where art meets science. They are a project of the New York University School of Medicine but they are not a university press per se, they operate independently. I can't say enough good about them and I en...

from julie10reads

Measurement is crucial to the viability of an architectural design. If you are an architect who is unable to design, whether by order of a totalitarian regime or acquired brain injury, what is left to measure? A neurologist at McGill University in Montreal, Liam Durcan somehow finds time to frame...

from dianeham

I loved this book. The main character has a brain injury but part of the injury is that he is unaware of his limitations. He is unaware of half of his world but also unaware that he is missing anything. I could not put this book down until I finished it. The story works of many levels. Kudos.

from Dianekeenoy

It was difficult to get into this book at first. After taking the advice of one of the other reviewers to look up Konstantin Melnikov and to look at his house, things started to make a lot more sense. However, it wasn't until after I did that and made it to Chapter Six that I was finally able to ...

from countrylife

Trying to put his life back together after a horrific accident in a snowstorm - his car parked on the side of the road no match for the snowplow - Martin's is a battle with his brain, which has been left badly damaged. Once a successful architect in Montreal, he is now under the guardianship of h...