Celebrating Fifty Years of Picador Books

If someone has lost a leg or an eye, they know that they have lost a leg or an eye. But if someone has lost themselves, they cannot understand it because they no longer exist to know it. In this remarkable book, Dr. Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients trying to adapt to often strange worlds of neurological disorders. Here are people who can no longer recognize everyday objects or loved ones’ faces, who suffer from violent tics or shout involuntary obscenities and yet possess gifts of extraordinary artistic or mathematical ability. Although sometimes difficult to understand, these remarkable narratives illuminate what it means to be human. A challenging exploration of the mysteries of the human mind, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is a multi-million-copy bestseller by the greatest neurologist of the twentieth century.

Pages: 288, Year of Publication: 0510, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm