{"product_id":"how-to-be-normal-notes-on-the-eccentricities-of-modern-life-hardcover","title":"How to Be 'Normal': Notes on the Eccentricities of Modern Life - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Tammet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn eye-opening short book by the international bestselling writer of \u003ci\u003eBorn on a Blue Day\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThinking in Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHave you ever wondered how neurotypicals - so called 'normal' people - come across to those who are on the autistic spectrum? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Daniel Tammet is an essayist, poet, novelist and translator. In 2004, he was diagnosed with high-functioning autistic savant syndrome. In this eye-opening and fascinating book, he takes readers on a tour around nightclubs, ponders the significance of tattoos, delves into anti-age creams and puzzles over playing the lottery, all from the perspective of someone who approaches everything in life from a unique angle. After all, this is a man for whom Wednesdays are always blue, who sees numbers as shapes and who learned conversational Icelandic from scratch in seven days. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These short essays come together in a beautifully written, sometimes humorous but always refreshing narrative that focuses on the eccentricities of modern life as seen through the eyes of someone always on the outside. Rather wonderfully, it illustrates the eccentricity inherent in every kind of mind, reminding us of the little-noticed strangeness of our common humanity, while subtly questioning what it means to be thought 'normal'.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormerly an autistic child whose mother tongue was numbers, Daniel Tammet is the author of a rich and widely acclaimed body of work, including memoirs, essays, literary reportage, poetry and fiction. \u003ci\u003eBorn on a Blue Day\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and \u003ci\u003eEvery Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) were named by Booklist magazine among the editors' annual selections. \u003ci\u003eThinking in Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Tammet's books have been translated into thirty languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 6.7 x 4.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159392194695,"sku":"9781529410204","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5dedae26191a933b3c9a6ddf4f967789.webp?v=1733266254","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/how-to-be-normal-notes-on-the-eccentricities-of-modern-life-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}