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Shelfari edited the description of A Leg to Stand On Saturday, August 1 2009.
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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Shelfari edited the contributors of A Leg to Stand On Friday, July 24 2009.
- Added a contributor: Oliver Sacks: (Primary Author)
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Shelfari edited the first sentence of A Leg to Stand On Friday, July 17 2009.
- Saturday the 24th started overcast and sullen, but there was promise of fine weather later in the day.
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