The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

“In the Region of Lost Minds” by John C. Marshall (1986)

Author and British cognitive neuropsychologist John C. Marshall reviews The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat for the New York Times. Although the review is mainly favorable, with Marshall calling Sacks a “philosopher-poet,” he also suggests that Sacks is feigning an “ignorance” of neurology. Overall, Marshall observes that Sacks brings compassion and depth of experience to the material.

An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales by Oliver Sacks (1995)

An Anthropologist on Mars is a narrative nonfiction essay collection by Sacks, M.D. Sacks documents and comments upon seven patients with neurological conditions that challenge preconceived notions about illness, disorder, adaptation, and self-perception. This collection builds upon Sacks’s previous works featuring neurological case studies, including the critically acclaimed The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.

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