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Awakenings--which inspired the major motion picture--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.
- Print length464 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date5 October 1999
- ISBN-100375704051
- ISBN-13978-0375704055
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"One of the most beautifully composed and moving works of our time." --The Washington Post
"Compulsively readable. . . . Dr. Sacks writes beautifully and with exceptional subtlety and penetration into both the state of mind of his patients and the nature of illness generally. . . . A brilliant and humane book." --A. Alvarez, The Observer
"[Sacks] opens to the reader doors of perception generally passed through only by those at the far borders of human experience." --The Boston Globe
"A masterpiece." --W. H. Auden
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"One of the most beautifully composed and moving works of our time." --"The Washington Post
"Compulsively readable. . . . Dr. Sacks writes beautifully and with exceptional subtlety and penetration into both the state of mind of his patients and the nature of illness generally. . . . A brilliant and humane book." --A. Alvarez, "The Observer
Awakenings--which inspired the major motion picture--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.
"[Sacks] opens to the reader doors of perception generally passed through only by those at the far borders of human experience." --"The Boston Globe
"A masterpiece." --W. H. Auden
"Compulsively readable. . . . Dr. Sacks writes beautifully and with exceptional subtlety and penetration into both the state of mind of his patients and the nature of illness generally. . . . A brilliant and humane book." --A. Alvarez, "The Observer
Awakenings--which inspired the major motion picture--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.
"[Sacks] opens to the reader doors of perception generally passed through only by those at the far borders of human experience." --"The Boston Globe
"A masterpiece." --W. H. Auden
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Awakenings -- which inspired the major motion picture -- 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 trancelike 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.
About the Author
Oliver Sacks was a neurologist, writer, and professor of medicine. Born in London in 1933, he moved to New York City in 1965, where he launched his medical career and began writing case studies of his patients. Called the “poet laureate of medicine” by The New York Times, Sacks is the author of thirteen books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Musicophilia, and Awakenings, which inspired an Oscar-nominated film and a play by Harold Pinter. He was the recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, and was made a Commander of the British Empire in 2008 for services to medicine. He died in 2015.
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- Language : English
- Paperback : 464 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0375704051
- ISBN-13 : 978-0375704055
- Best Sellers Rank: 122,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 74 in Biotechnology
- 278 in Neurology & Clinical Neurophysiology
- 314 in Neuropsychology
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Vergara
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Oliver Sacks nunca defrauda
Reviewed in Spain on 19 November 2022Verified Purchase
Había leído varios libros de Oliver Sacks, pero no éste, posiblemente el más famoso de todos. Y no me ha decepcionado. Es la fascinante historia de los supervivientes de la epidemia de encefalitis letárgica que el Dr. Sacks trató desde finales de los años 60. Aunque puede parecer un tema demasiado ténico y específico, sólo para entendidos o aficionados a la neurología, Oliver Sacks lo trata de una forma asequible, humana e interesante incluso para quienes, a priori, no teníamos mayor interés en el asunto. Tras haberlo leído me he comprado el DVD de la película de 1990 con Robin Williams y Robert de Niro, y he visto el documental original por internet (si alguna vez lo encuentro en DVD también me lo compraré). Me alegro mucho de haber comprado este libro.
Nicole Barozzi
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Stupendo
Reviewed in Italy on 19 July 2020Verified Purchase
Volevo leggere questo libro da molto, ma non riuscivo a trovarlo in inglese a un prezzo normale (dall'estero, soprattutto durante la quarantena, spedivano con prezzi allucinanti). Questa libreria mi ha salvata!
Sathya
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packender wahrheitsgetreuer Bericht
Reviewed in Germany on 12 February 2017Verified Purchase
Tolles Buch! Jede einzelne Falldarstellung ist packend und spannend zu lesen. Gute Hintergrund-Info zum dem bekannten Film "Zeit des Erwachens".