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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat - Oliver Sacks
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
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3.90 105
Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780330294911 (0330294911)
Publisher: Picador (Macmillan)
Pages no: 233
Edition language: English
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warrior
warrior rated it
4.0 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Really interesting presentation of different neurological conditions, if quite unstructured at times. Some of the language felt fairly dated, but overall I loved the positivism of the author and would definitely like to read more from him.
Emad Attely [The Book Nerd]
Emad Attely [The Book Nerd] rated it
4.0 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
This book is truly enthralling. I enjoyed it very much. It tells stories of people who we wouldn't imagine they even exist. But .. I have to admit that at some point I felt really bored!Nevertheless, it is definitely worth reading.
Ruined by Reading
Ruined by Reading rated it
4.0 Swan Song
Too bad there's no bittersweet emoji. (And ironic that a website that dedicates itself to the discussion of books would want us to distill our ideas about a thing made of many words to a little yellow circle. Aren't we all here to avoid this?) Anyway. This is Oliver Sacks love letter to the worl...
bobsburgers23
bobsburgers23 rated it
4.0 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
I only took off a star because I'm not a doctor and don't know what all of the medical terms mean, which meant that a lot of the value of the book was gone for me. Nevermind.
XOX
XOX rated it
5.0 Oliver Sacks tell stories about persons with brain damages
And how a man could not tell object from person that inspired the title. Good one. Read it a long long time ago. But still important.
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