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Awakeningsby Oliver Sacks
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Awakenings — which inspired the major motion picture — is the remarkable story of a group of patients who contracted sleeping-sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I. Frozen for decades in a trance-like state, these men and women were given up as hopeless until 1969, when Dr. Oliver Sacks gave them the then-new drug L-DOPA, which had an astonishing, explosive, "awakening" effect. Dr. Sacks recounts the moving case histories of his patients, their lives, and the extraordinary transformations which went with their reintroduction to a changed world. Review:"One of the most beautifully composed and moving works of our time." The Washington Post Review:"Compulsively readable.... Dr. Sacks writes beautifully and with exceptional subtlety and penetration into both the state of mind of his patients and the nature of illness generally.... A brilliant and humane book." A. Alvarez, The Observer Review:"[Sacks] opens to the reader doors of perception generally passed through only by those at the far borders of human experience." The Boston Globe Review:"A masterpiece." W. H. Auden Synopsis:"One of the most beautifully composed and moving works of our time." --The Washington Post "Compulsively readable. . . . Dr. Sacks writes beautifully and with exceptional subtlety and penetration into both the state of mind of his patients and the nature of illness generally. . . . A brilliant and humane book." --A. Alvarez, The Observer Awakenings--which inspired the major motion picture--is the remarkable story of a group of patients who contracted sleeping-sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I. Frozen for decades in a trance-like state, these men and women were given up as hopeless until 1969, when Dr. Oliver Sacks gave them the then-new drug L-DOPA, which had an astonishing, explosive, "awakening" effect. Dr. Sacks recounts the moving case histories of his patients, their lives, and the extraordinary transformations which went with their reintroduction to a changed world. "[Sacks] opens to the reader doors of perception generally passed through only by those at the far borders of human experience." --The Boston Globe "A masterpiece." --W. H. Auden Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-401) and index. About the AuthorOliver Sacks lives in New York City. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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