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A leg to stand on

by Oliver W. Sacks

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ISBN 10
0060970820
ISBN 13
9780060970826
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New York: Perennial Library, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First soft cover printing. Pink soft cover book. 8vo, 222pp. Another fascinating Oliver Sacks book!

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
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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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