{"product_id":"the-man-who-mistook-his-oliver-sacks-9781101908310","title":"The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Contemporary Classics hardcover edition of Dr. Sacks's most extraordinary book, in which the \"poet laureate of medicine\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) recounts fascinating case histories of patients with neurological disorders.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn influential landmark in the tradition of writing about the body and the brain, \u003ci\u003e The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of individuals afflicted with perceptual and intellectual disorders: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; whose limbs seem alien to them; who lack some skills yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Dr. Sacks's splendid and sympathetic telling, his patients are deeply human and his tales are studies of struggles against incredible adversity. A great healer, Sacks never loses sight of medicine's ultimate responsibility: \"the suffering, afflicted, fighting human subject.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oliver Sacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1101908319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781101908310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred A. Knopf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Oliver Sacks","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120780341503,"sku":"9781101908310","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_48f5e094-b890-4cc1-82e4-f5a53fcf8f4c.jpg?v=1687416237","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-man-who-mistook-his-oliver-sacks-9781101908310","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}