Letters
07 November 2024Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
‘Oliver Sacks is a neurologist, a man of humane eloquence, and a genuine communicator’ Observer
Oliver Sacks, one of the great humanists of our age – who describes himself in these pages as a ‘philosophical physician’ and an ‘astronomer of the inward’ – wrote to an eclectic array of family and friends. Most were scientists, artists, and writers, even statesmen: Francis...
Details
07 November 2024736 pages
9781509821839Imprint: Picador
Reviews
In addition to possessing the technical skills of a twentieth-century doctor, [Sacks] sees the human condition like a philosopher-poetNew York Times
Oliver Sacks is a neurologist, a man of humane eloquence, and a genuine communicatorObserver
Sacks writes in the the great tradition of literary doctors. He is humane, relaxed and amused, and loved a good anecdoteSpectator
