by Oliver Sacks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330325103
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«A Leg to Stand On» is Oliver Sacks's autobiographical account, published by Picador in paperback (208 pages, in English).
After injuring his leg while climbing a mountain, neurologist Oliver Sacks becomes a patient and recounts the experience following the injury. The core of the book is his experience of not perceiving the leg as his own, an alteration that leads him to examine perception, identity, and the relationship between mind and body during his recovery.
The work originally appeared in 1984; this Picador edition dates from 1991. It is a work of non-fiction on medicine, psychology, and personal memory.
For readers interested in neurology, psychology, and memoirs of medical experiences.
Oliver Wolf Sacks was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and writer.
