A Leg to Stand On

The bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.

‘Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent’ - Observer

When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position – that of patient. The injury itself was severe, but straightforward to fix; the psychological effects, however, were far less easy to predict, explain, or resolve: Sacks experienced paralysis and an inability to perceive his leg as his own, instead seeing it as some kind of alien and inanimate object, over which he had no control.

A Leg to Stand On is both an account of Sacks’ ordeal and subsequent recovery, and an exploration of the ways in which mind and body are inextricably linked.

• | Author: Oliver Sacks
• | Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Apr 20, 2023
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781529087420
• | ISBN-10: 1529087422