Inhismostextraordinarybook,thebestsellingauthorofAwakeningsand“poetlaureateofmedicine“(TheNewYorkTimes)recountsthecasehistoriesofpatientsinhabitingthecompellingworldofneurologicaldisorders,fromthosewhoarenolongerabletorecognizecommonobjectstothosewhogainextraordinarynewskills.“OliverSackshasbecometheworld’sbest-knownneurologist.Hiscasestudiesofbrokenmindsofferbrilliantinsightintothemysteriesofconsciousness.“--TheGuardianFeaturinganewpreface,OliverSacks’sTheManWhoMistookHisWifeforaHattellsthestoriesofindividualsafflictedwithperceptualandintellectualdisorders:patientswhohavelosttheirmemoriesandwiththemthegreaterpartoftheirpasts;whoarenolongerabletorecognizepeopleandcommonobjects;whoselimbsseemalientothem;wholacksomeskillsyetaregiftedwithuncannyartisticormathematicaltalents.InDr.Sacks’ssplendidandsympathetictelling,hispatientsaredeeplyhumanandhistalesarestudiesofstrugglesagainstincredibleadversity.Agreathealer,Sacksneverlosessightofmedicine’sultimateresponsibility:“thesuffering,afflicted,fightinghumansubject.“
