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A Leg To Stand On

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Additional information

Item Weight

159.9999964

Seller

G-8, Basement, South Extension I, New Delhi, Delhi 110049

Authors

OLIVER SACKS

Isbn

9781529087420

No of pages

224

Published Date

2023

Publisher

Picador

Format

Paperback

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SKU: 9781529087420 Categories: , , , Product ID: 9789395771694

Description

‘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.