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In every way a marvellously rich and thoughtful tale. (Sunday Telegraph)
Oliver Sacks is a neurologist, a man of humane eloquence, and a genuine communicator. The value of this book lies in its willingness to combine the technical and the demonic, to admit poetry and philosophy and the religious impulse. It is also intensely personal, and affirms the community of human experience. (Observer)
A remarkable, generous, vivid and thoroughly intelligent piece of writing. (Sunday Times)
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Oliver Sacks is a neurologist, a man of humane eloquence, and a genuine communicator. The value of this book lies in its willingness to combine the technical and the demonic, to admit poetry and philosophy and the religious impulse. It is also intensely personal, and affirms the community of human experience. (Observer)
A remarkable, generous, vivid and thoroughly intelligent piece of writing. (Sunday Times)
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0330325108
- ISBN 13 9780330325103
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages208
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