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Letters / Oliver Sacks ; edited by Kate Edgar.

Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015 (author.). Edgar, Kate (Editor), (editor.).

Summary:

"A prolific correspondent, Dr. Oliver Sacks--who describes himself variously in these pages as "a philosophical physician," "an astronomer of the inward," a "neuropathological Talmudist," and "a consummate observer" with "a pure love for phenomena"--wrote letters throughout his life to his parents, his beloved Aunt Lennie, to friends and colleagues from London, Oxford, California, and around the world. Sensitively introduced and edited by Kate Edgar, Sacks's longtime assistant (and one of his correspondents), the letters deliver a complete portrait of Sacks as he wrestles with the workings of the brain and mind. We experience the arc of a remarkable personal evolution, closely following the thought processes of one of the twentieth century's great intellectuals, whose life was long and productive and whose words, as evidenced in these pages, were unfailingly shaped with generosity and wonder toward other people."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780451492913
ISBN: 0451492919
Physical Description: xvi, 726 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	A New World, 1960-1962 -- Los Angeles, 1962-1965 -- Jenö, 1965 -- Analysis, 1966-1968 -- Coming to Life, 1969-1971 -- In the Company of Writers, 1971-1973 -- Astronomer of the Inward, 1974-1975 -- Atavisms, 1975-1977 -- Coming to Terms, 1978-1979 -- Clinical Tales, 1980-1984 -- Going Deeper, 1985-1988 -- Adaptations, 1989-1995 -- Syzygy, 1995-2003 -- Snapshots, 2003-2006 -- Visions, 2006-2015 -- Gratitude, 2015.