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On the Move: A Life
by Sacks, Oliver
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- Half cloth boards with dust jacket; celebration of life invitation held loosely within
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. First edition. 397 pp. 8vo. Half cloth boards with dust jacket; celebration of life invitation held loosely within. First edition. 397 pp. 8vo. Inscribed to his editor, with his memorial program laid-in. Inscribed movingly, fatally, to Jim Silberman and Selma Shapiro in April 2015: "You published one of my first books here in the US, and I hope you enjoy this, my latest, perhaps my last, one." A few months earlier, after having finished this autobiography, Sacks learned that he was suffering from a cancer that would be fatal, and here he is signing off with characteristic frankness and candor.
Silberman was Sacks' publisher and editor at Summit Books, who guided a few of Sacks' key titles to print, most influentially The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, which became a bestseller and made Sacks a household name. Sacks called Silberman "an important influence in my life [who] can spot the heart of the piece quicker than anyone else. He always gets a bullseye." (Web of Stories: Oliver Sacks, 2012). He is mentioned twice in this book, for his contributions to A Leg to Stand On and The Man Who Took his Wife for a Hat.
Included is the program for Sacks' memorial at the New York Academy of Medicine, November 14, 2015.
Silberman was Sacks' publisher and editor at Summit Books, who guided a few of Sacks' key titles to print, most influentially The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, which became a bestseller and made Sacks a household name. Sacks called Silberman "an important influence in my life [who] can spot the heart of the piece quicker than anyone else. He always gets a bullseye." (Web of Stories: Oliver Sacks, 2012). He is mentioned twice in this book, for his contributions to A Leg to Stand On and The Man Who Took his Wife for a Hat.
Included is the program for Sacks' memorial at the New York Academy of Medicine, November 14, 2015.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 367904
- Title
- On the Move: A Life
- Author
- Sacks, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- 397 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Half cloth boards with dust jacket; celebration of life invitation held loosely within
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- British | Neurology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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