- Mass Market Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0525483500
- ISBN-13: 978-0525483502
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13.2 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #136,556 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Compelling documentation,
This review is from: Awakenings. (From Years of Sleeping Sickness After L-Dopa Treatment) (Paperback)
One of the things I find most striking about Oliver Sacks is his humanity. I find myself instilled with his sense of compassion and understanding by reading his cases. Awakenings succeeds at being accessible to both the layperson and professional, and captivating both. There is a glossary to familiarize yourself with neurological terminology, but again the book isn't overtly prolix; rather a gripping account of neurological maladies. Through Mr.Sack's these patients have received a certain immortality; a sense that their suffering has not been in vain, but tremendously valuable, not only to the advancement of neurology but as testament to the inherent strength and resolve in us all.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderfully written, but less than that of his other work...,
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This review is from: Awakenings. (From Years of Sleeping Sickness After L-Dopa Treatment) (Paperback)
If I had never read "The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat" before this book (both by the same author), I would have rated this as a five-star classic. Though as well written as the other work, this book presents his studies in a less humane, and more scientific way. Read the other work and one will sense the noticeable difference in the way that Dr. Sacks approached his patients. When reading the "Awakenings", I felt as a detached bystander looking through the windows of his clinic and observing the patients. When reading "The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat", I was so engaged by Dr. Sacks vivid descriptions of the patients, physically, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually, that it was as if I was face-to-face with the patients, and that I was connected in some intrinsic way to each and every one of them. Please please read the other work as well as this one.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't expect the movie,
By tzefirah "tzefirah" (Media, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Awakenings. (From Years of Sleeping Sickness After L-Dopa Treatment) (Paperback)
This is the true story of a group of very sick people permanently living in a hospital. They have an amazing semi-recovery due to some drug experimentation, but there is no lasting or long-term recovery.Unlike the movie, there is no love story, and the Leonard character is not a lovable hero. But the book is well written, and the medical ramifications are clearly explained for the lay-person. I recommend this, and all of Oliver Sacks' books, highly.
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