The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
by Sacks, Oliver
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- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060970790
- ISBN 13
- 9780060970796
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About This Item
New York: Perennial Library, 1987. Very Good. First Perennial Library edition. Cover lightly handled and some scuffing to text block edges, otherwise in nice shape.
Synopsis
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales is a 1985 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks describing the case histories of some of his patients. The title of the book comes from the case study of a man with visual agnosia. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat became the basis of an opera of the same name by Michael Nyman, which premiered in 1986.
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- Bookseller
- Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6211
- Title
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
- Author
- Sacks, Oliver
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0060970790
- ISBN 13
- 9780060970796
- Publisher
- Perennial Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
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