Oliver Sacks

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 …

‘Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent’ Observer How does the brain perceive and interpret information from the eye? And what happens when the process is disrupted? In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to …

Two weeks before his death, Oliver Sacks outlined the contents of The River of Consciousness, the last book he would oversee . . .The bestselling author of On the Move, Musicophilia, and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Sacks is known for his illuminating case histories about people living with neurological …

Una sequenza di "romanzi neurologici" raccontati dallo scrittore che più di ogni altro sa entrare nel mondo a parte della malattia, talvolta distante da noi come un pianeta che aspetti di essere visitato e capito da un antropologo.

Like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a fascinating voyage into a strange and wonderful land, a provocative meditation on communication, biology, adaptation, and culture. In Seeing Voices, Oliver Sacks turns his attention to the subject of deafness, and the result is a deeply felt portrait of a minority …

Zio Tungsteno è l'autobiografia di Oliver Sacks, pubblicata per la prima volta nel 2001. L’autore decide di scrivere questo libro per ripercorrere tutti i ricordi più belli della sua vita ed in particolare volge al passato uno sguardo misto di nostalgia e amore per la sua infanzia da chimico.