On the Move - A Life

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About the author

OLIVER SACKS was the author of twelve previous books, including The Mind's Eye, Musicophilia, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and Awakenings (which inspired both the Oscar-nominated film and a play by Harold Pinter). The New York Times referred to Dr. Sacks as "the poet laureate of medicine," and he was a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books. He lived in New York City, where he was a professor of neurology at the NYU School of Medicine. He died in 2015.

Product details

• Authors: Oliver Sacks, Oliver W. Sacks
• Publisher: Vintage USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9780804170932
• ISBN: 978-0-8041-7093-2
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 25 mm
• Series: ALFRED A. KNOPF
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Biographies, autobiographies