About the Book: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
A classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a
groundbreaking insight into the human mind. With an introduction by Will Self.
If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if
he has lost a self-himself-he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to
know it.
In this extraordinary book, Dr. Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients
struggling to adapt to often bizarre worlds of neurological disorder. Here are
people who can no longer recognize