A leg to stand on
by Oliver W. Sacks
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060970820
- ISBN 13
- 9780060970826
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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Synopsis
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 with a bull on a desolate mountain in Norway has left him with a severely damaged leg. But what should be a routine recuperation is actually the beginning of a strange medical journey when he finds that his leg uncannily no longer feels part of his body. Sacks's brilliant description of his crisis and eventual recovery is not only an illuminating examination of the experience of patienthood and the inner nature of illness and health but also a fascinating exploration of the physical basis of identity.
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- Bookseller
- NWJBOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012622
- Title
- A leg to stand on
- Author
- Oliver W. Sacks
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0060970820
- ISBN 13
- 9780060970826
- Publisher
- Perennial Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 222
- Keywords
- nonfiction; Neurology; biography; physical handicaps
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