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An Anthropologist on Mars Seven Paradoxal Tales

Paperback • 1995 • English

An Anthropologist on Mars Seven Paradoxal Tales

By Oliver Sacks

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About the book

To these seven paradoxical tales of neurological disorder and creativity, Oliver Sacks brings the profound compassion and ceaseless curiosity that made "Awakenings" and "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" international bestsellers. He transports us into the uncanny worlds of his subjects, including an artist who loses his ability to see (or even imagine) color; a surgeon who performs delicate operations in spite of the compulsive tics and outbursts of Tourette's syndrome; and an autistic pr...Show more

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ISBN

9780330341677

Publisher

Picador

Published year

1995

Language

English

Original title

An Anthropologist on Mars Seven Paradoxal Tales

Format

Paperback

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