Der Mann, der seine Frau mit einem Hut verwechselte

Oliver Sacks has elevated the medical case study to a literary art form. A musicologist pats fire hydrants because he thinks they are playing children. A 90-year-old woman suddenly regains her appetite for young men. A student can smell like a dog for a while—and misses it when it’s over: a tiny brain injury, a small tumult in cerebral chemistry, and people enter a different world that the healthy cannot access. In his bestseller, Oliver Sacks tells their stories in 24 fascinating case studies. "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" established Oliver Sacks' global success—a book that is read and loved across generations.