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A neurologist describes his struggle to recover from a mountain climbing accident and examines the effects of a neural injury on the sense of self
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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)
The bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0671467808
- ISBN 13 9780671467807
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages222
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