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A Leg to Stand On

Author: Oliver Sacks   Series: Picador

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

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

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

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

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Description

When OIiver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position - that of patient. The injury itself was severe, but straightforward to fix; the psychological effects, however, were far less easy to predict, explain or resolve: Sacks experienced paralysis and an inability to perceive his leg as his own, instead seeing it as some kind of alien and inanimate object, over which he had no control. A Leg to Stand On is both an account of Sacks ordeal and subsequent recovery, and an exploration of the ways in which mind and body are inextricably linked.

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Critic Reviews

“In every way a marvellously rich and thoughtful tale.”

A remarkable, generous, vivid and thoroughly intelligent piece of writing. Sunday Times 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

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About the Author

Oliver Sacks is a physician and the author of ten previous books, including most recently, Musicophilia. He lives in New York City, where he is Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is the first, and only, Columbia University Artist, and is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. In 2008, he was appointed Commander of the British Empire.

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Product Details

Publisher
Pan Macmillan | Picador
Published
5th July 2012
Edition
1st
Pages
224
ISBN
9780330507622

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