A Leg to Stand on - Softcover

Sacks, Oliver

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ISBN 10: 0060970820 ISBN 13: 9780060970826

Publisher: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1990

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Dr. Oliver Sacks's books Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars and the bestselling The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat have been acclaimed for their extraordinary compassion in the treatment of patients affected with profound disorders. In A Leg to Stand On, it is Sacks himself who is the patient: an encounter with a bull on a desolate mountain in Norway has left him with a severely damaged leg. But what should be a routine recuperation is actually the beginning of a strange medical journey when he finds that his leg uncannily no longer feels part of his body. Sacks's brilliant description of his crisis and eventual recovery is not only an illuminating examination of the experience of patienthood and the inner nature of illness and health but also a fascinating exploration of the physical basis of identity.

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Vic Sussman "The Washington Post Book World" In calling for a neurology of the soul and a deeper and more humane medicine, Sacks's remarkable book raises issues of profound importance for everyone interested in humane health care and the human application of science.

Jerome Bruner

"The New York Review of Books"

A neurologist in [the] great tradition... [this is] a narrative comparable to Conrad's "The Secret Sharer."

Jonathan Raban

"The Sunday Times" (London)

A remarkable, generous, vivid and thoroughly intelligent piece of writing -- a 'neurological novel, ' as Sacks calls it.

Vic Sussman

"The Washington Post Book World"

In calling for a neurology of the soul and a deeper and more humane medicine, Sacks's remarkable book raises issues of profound importance for everyone interested in humane health care and the human application of science.

Jerome Bruner"The New York Review of Books"A neurologist in [the] great tradition... [this is] a narrative comparable to Conrad's "The Secret Sharer."

Jonathan Raban"The Sunday Times" (London)A remarkable, generous, vivid and thoroughly intelligent piece of writing -- a 'neurological novel, ' as Sacks calls it.

Vic Sussman"The Washington Post Book World"In calling for a neurology of the soul and a deeper and more humane medicine, Sacks's remarkable book raises issues of profound importance for everyone interested in humane health care and the human application of science.

Jerome Bruner "The New York Review of Books" A neurologist in [the] great tradition... [this is] a narrative comparable to Conrad's "The Secret Sharer."

Jonathan Raban "The Sunday Times" (London) A remarkable, generous, vivid and thoroughly intelligent piece of writing -- a 'neurological novel, ' as Sacks calls it.

Jonathan Raban The Sunday Times (London) A remarkable, generous, vivid and thoroughly intelligent piece of writing -- a 'neurological novel, ' as Sacks calls it.

Book Description:

The bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.

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