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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
Primeiro livro do Sacks que li. Alguns capítulos são mais interessantes do que outros, mas, de modo geral, ele é uma obra que faz pensar muito na variedade da mente humana. Li especialmente pelo foco no autismo, mas acabei achando outros dos personagens tão fascinantes quanto. Imagino que o conhecimento clínico sobre esses casos tenha mudado muito nos últimos anos, mas o fator importante nos estudos de caso do autor parecem ser muito mais sua abordagem humanista. Recomendo para quem tem interesse no tema. Não sou muito chegado em não-ficção, mas ainda assim acho provável que leia (ou escute, como foi o caso desse) outros do Sacks.
Another really enjoyable and interesting book by Oliver Sacks. The clinical tales in "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" were a bit more unusual and intriguing than this collection, but these were fascinating cases nonetheless.
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Love Oliver Sacks. He writes with so much empathy for the afflicted, or in better terms, neurodivergent. Yes, some terms are outdated, but the book is outdated. For its time I think it stands up very well, and it's always valuable to have insight on various conditions from someone who spent a good deal of quality time with them, not simply observing them and questioning them, but getting to know them and having fun with them.
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This book made me profoundly uncomfortable. Not because of any of the medical conditions presented or the individuals who are Sachs's subjects...but there's something voyeristic about the way he writes about the individuals and conjectures about their inner worlds without really involving them in those discussions. Intellectually interested and certainly a window on different experiences, but a book that approaches all of these conditions as "otherness".
challenging
informative
medium-paced
challenging
informative
medium-paced
Me encantó este libro. Los casos que elige Sacks son muy interesantes, a ratos se pone un poco técnico, especialmente en los primeros capítulos, pero es una lectura súper recomendable para quien le interesen los misterios de nuestro cerebro y entender un poco más algunas enfermedades neurológicas.
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my favorites were “an anthropologist on mars” and “a surgeon’s life.” some of the language around the autism case studies is outdated, but overall great storytelling yet again by oliver sacks