Esta obra lançada em 1985 constitui uma colecção de histórias de casos verdadeiros nos limites das experiências neurológicas. Trata-se do relato de histórias da luta de doentes com esquizofrenia a do
A remarkable celebration of Sackss varied interests, told with his characteristic compassion and erudition, and in his luminous prose. From the bestselling author of Gratitude and On the Move, a final volume of essays that showcase Sackss broad range of interests - from his passion for ferns, swimming, and horsetails, to his final case histories exploring schizophrenia, dementia, and Alzheimers. Oliver Sacks, scientist and storyteller, is beloved by readers for his neurological case histories and his fascination and familiarity with human behavior at its most unexpected and unfamiliar. Everything in Its Place is a celebration of Sackss myriad interests.
Oliver Sacks ens presenta una colla de personatges rars, sorprenents i curiosos: un home que camina inclinat com la torre de Pisa i es fa fer unes ulleres amb un nivell de bombolla per poder mantenir-se recte, una dona que no te cap sentit del propi ....
Oliver Sacks has been described (by "The New York Times Book Review") as "one of the great clinical writers of the 20th century," and his books, including the medical classics Migraine and Awakenings, have been widely praised by critics from W. H. Auden to Harold Pinter to Doris Lessing. In his last book, "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat", Dr. Sacks undertook a fascinating journey into the world of the neurologically impaired, an exploration that Noel Perrin in the "Chicago Sun-Times" called "wise, compassionate, and very literate...the kind that restore(s) one's faith in humanity."Now ...
his memoir from Oliver Sacks is both a departure from and an enhancement of his previous psychologically orientated 'medical' writing. Not only is it a beautifully written account of an English childhood - seasoned by a childish passion for science - but it is told from the intimate and revelatory perspective of one of the most important and humane writers on psychology alive today. Oliver Sacks has the literary artistry of W.H. Auden and the intellectual rigour and questioning mind of Stephen Jay Gould. The world authority in his field, this is a remarkable insight into the mind and background of one of the finest and most accessible scientists today. Case history as literature, in the most personal, delightful and fascinating way possible.
