The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

 Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. These are the case studies of people who have lost their memories and with them the greater parts of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people or common objects; whose limbs have become alien; who are afflicted and yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents.

In Dr. Sacks's sympathetic telling, each tale is a unique and deeply human study of life struggling against the incredible adversity.