{"product_id":"awakenings-oliver-sacks-9780375704055","title":"Awakenings","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe classic account of survivors of the sleeping-sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eand their return to the world after decades of \"sleep.\" - From the distinguished neurologist and the bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the most beautifully composed and moving works of our time.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAwakenings--\u003c\/i\u003ewhich inspired the major motion picture starring Robert DeNiro and Robin Williams--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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oliver Sacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375704051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375704055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/14\/2015 pg. 50","brand":"Oliver Sacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051229245695,"sku":"9780375704055","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9826631f-aa7d-434a-a1d9-c93beb6a6fff.jpg?v=1685011850","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/awakenings-oliver-sacks-9780375704055","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}