A Leg to Stand On - Hardcover

Oliver Sacks

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671467808 ISBN 13: 9780671467807

Publisher: Summit Books, 1984

Synopsis

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

About this title

About the Author:

Oliver Sacks was born in London and educated in London, Oxford, California, and New York. He is professor of clinical neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is the author of many books, including Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.

Review:

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

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.

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Summit Books
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0671467808
• ISBN 13: 9780671467807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 222