El regal de la lectura

A stroke leaves Claude, an educated man, passionate about art and literature, unable to read. Not a single word. Nothing. It is the first case of "reading blindness" diagnosed. His mysterious case arouses the interest of the scientific community of Paris at the end of the 19th century, the center of the world in the field of neurology, eager to know what happens in our brain when we read and what effects it has on our way of thinking and to live. Based on the literary reconstruction of Claude's real case, Sebastià Serrano takes us into the exciting world of books and reading from a new perspective: the one that defends the benefits of reading for affective, emotional well-being and to our health and happiness. Because science shows that reading is one of the best practices for keeping the brain in good condition and optimizing the functioning of the mind, exercising memory and preventing neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.