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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat [Kindle Edition]

Oliver Sacks (Author)

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"New York Magazine" Dr. Sacks's most absorbing book.... His tales are so compelling that many of them serve as eerie metaphors not only for the condition of modern medicine but of modern man.

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"New York Magazine" Dr. Sacks's most absorbing book.... His tales are so compelling that many of them serve as eerie metaphors not only for the condition of modern medicine but of modern man.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 802 KB
Print Length: 276 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0330294911
Publisher: Picador (16 Jun 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language: English
ASIN: B0057EQEN6
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- #2 in Kindle Store > Books > Nonfiction > Psychology & Counselling > Clinical Psychology
- #2 in Kindle Store > Books > Nonfiction > Psychology & Counselling > Mental Illness
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76 of 79 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Well written, accessible and thought-provoking 1 Aug 2003

By "samanthas-bookshelf"

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This book is written in a beautifully accessible and entertaining style; it is also moving, funny and tragic in equal measures.

Consisting mainly of short stories relating patient 'oddities' that the author has treated in his long career as a neurologist it manages to come across as anything but a list of dry case histories. The inclusion of the emotions of the patient as they deal with their difficulties and the reactions of the author keep this book human rather than academic.

Although this is a recommended book for undergraduate students of various disciplines, it should not be discounted as a mere informative reader because of that. Anyone interested in stories of the human condition or those with a fascination/awe of the human brain will find this intriguing, engaging and interesting.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A lovely book 3 Feb 2008

By Ned Clarence-Smith

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I first came across Oliver Sacks in a doctor's waiting room. There, lying on the table, was a copy of his first book, "Migraine". Since I suffer from bad headaches, I picked it up and started reading. Thoroughly intrigued by the elegantly written case studies it contained, I asked the doctor if I could borrow it, took it home, and finished it that evening. I then began to notice that Mr. Sacks periodically wrote articles for the New Yorker on strange neurological cases, and every time one came out I read it with delectation. So when I saw Mr. Sack's book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" at my local bookstore I bought it immediately.

I was not let down. The book is a fascinating compendium of neurological case studies, classified into four parts: Losses, Excesses, Transports, The World of the Simple. Mr. Sacks takes us on a journey through a series of neurological disturbances with extreme effects. Initially, one reads them with appalled fascination, with a feeling of being at the Circus staring at the Bearded Lady or the Elephant Man; I was forcefully reminded of Sylvia Plath's lines in "Lady Lazarus":
The Peanut-crunching crowd
Shoves in to see

Them unwrap me hand in foot --
The big strip tease.

But Oliver Sacks writes soberly and with great compassion about his cases, and drags us away from mere peanut-crunching voyeurism to finally contemplate what the cases tell us about what it means to be us.

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4.0 out of 5 stars For those who wish to understand about brain malfunction. 7 Feb 2001

By richardadshead@btinternet.com

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Sacks delivers a powerful portrayal of what can happen in the case of brain malfunction. Where most books dealing with this subject area concentrate on the nuts and bolts of brain function Sack's text brings it to life by focusing on the real experiances of patients known to him. By doing this Sack's creates real understanding of how brain malfunction can impact on ordinary lives. The reading of the book itself is an experience. The cases themselves are both terrifying and intriguing and at the same time inspiring. This book is recommended to anyone as an experience alone and will be of particular use and importance to anyone interested in the fragility of the human mind/brain. Highly recommended to students of psychology and psychiatry.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it !

I've always been interested in psychology and neurology. Although, I haven't studied anything related to them, this book was a flowy and an easy read. Read more

Published 20 days ago by thura

5.0 out of 5 stars lovely

This book is very moving and I like the short story set up of the book. It was cheap and has allowed me to look at the stories in more detail for my project. x

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4.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating read

For my degree we were asked to read and review a book from a list of 5 and this was one one them. I have to say the case studies within it are interesting to me as undergraduate... Read more

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Great read, lots of empirical data that I actually found fascinating instead of boring as it can be...! Dr Sacks comes across as a very compasionate man

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This book is fascinating. To obtain some insight into the complexity of the brain and the quirks of processing is something which we rarely get. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars A very, very interesting read

After reading an interview with Oliver Sacks in New Scientist, I purchased this book. It was very interesting and gave much food for thought. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Presen

Bought this as a Christmas present it was well received and is doing the Grand children rounds they all wanted to read it

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5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting

without any knowledge of neurology I read it for the interesting stories and the 'expert' but human point of view on the conditions presented which are fascinating because of what... Read more

Published 3 months ago by Cata

3.0 out of 5 stars not for me

slow not griping not what I expected, the writer goes round the houses and fails to get there, some may like it.

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I was delighted to learn that even if one has a mental problem it doesn't mean you cannot live a normal life. Read more

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