An edition of A Leg to Stand on (1984)

A leg to stand on

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An edition of A Leg to Stand on (1984)

A leg to stand on

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Dr. Oliver Sacks's books Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars and the bestselling The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat have been acclaimed for their extraordinary compassion in the treatment of patients affected with profound disorders.

In A Leg to Stand On, it is Sacks himself who is the patient: an encounter with a bull on a desolate mountain in Norway has left him with a severely damaged leg. But what should be a routine recuperation is actually the beginning of a strange medical journey when he finds that his leg uncannily no longer feels part of his body. Sacks's brilliant description of his crisis and eventual recovery is not only an illuminating examination of the experience of patienthood and the inner nature of illness and health but also a fascinating exploration of the physical basis of identity.

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Publisher
J. Curley
Language
English
Pages
284

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Cover of: A leg to stand on
A leg to stand on
1998, A Touchstone Book
in English - 1st Touchstone ed.
Cover of: A leg to stand on
A leg to stand on
1995, HarperCollins Publishers
in English
Cover of: Der Tag, an dem mein Bein fortging
Der Tag, an dem mein Bein fortging
Jul 17, 1989, Rowohlt
hardcover
Cover of: A leg to stand on
A leg to stand on
1988, J. Curley
in English
Cover of: A leg to stand on
A leg to stand on
1984, Duckworth
in English
Cover of: A leg to stand on
A leg to stand on
1984, Summit Books
in English

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Edition Notes

"Curley large print"--Cover p. 4.

Published in
South Yarmouth, Ma
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.4/3/0924, B
Library of Congress
RC339.52.S23 A3 1988

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 284 p. (large print) ;
Number of pages
284

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2400336M
Internet Archive
legtostandon0000sack
ISBN 10
1555044913
LCCN
87030462

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