A Leg to Stand On A Leg to Stand On

A Leg to Stand On

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Description de l’éditeur

‘Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent’ - Observer

When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position – that of patient. The injury itself was severe, but straightforward to fix; the psychological effects, however, were far less easy to predict, explain, or resolve: Sacks experienced paralysis and an inability to perceive his leg as his own, instead seeing it as some kind of alien and inanimate object, over which he had no control.

A Leg to Stand On is both an account of Sacks’ ordeal and subsequent recovery, and an exploration of the ways in which mind and body are inextricably linked.

GENRE
Romans et littérature
NARRATION
JD
Jonathan Davis
LANGUE
EN
Anglais
DURÉE
07:06
h min
SORTIE
2018
12 juillet
ÉDITIONS
Pan Macmillan
TAILLE
364,6
Mo
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