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Diana posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago @internrachel @julia1
Just finished reading The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (and Other Clinical Tales) by Oliver Sacks (243 pgs). This book is absolutely hilarious and it makes me feel a little bit more normal. Not only are the tales funny, but I also learned a lot about various neurological disorders. I strongly recommend this book and all other books written by Oliver Sacks.I also finished reading the play Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet (108 pgs). This play was on the list for my AP Lit summer reading work and I though it seemed kind of interesting. However, I didn’t really like it that much. To me, it just seemed like a bunch of guys swearing at each other over leads and other business stuff the whole time. Maybe I’ll try reading it again, or I’ll just watch the movie; my teacher told me that it’s pretty good.
I love Oliver Sacks so much! One of the stories (I think it’s called The Disembodied Woman?) in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat seriously gave me nightmares though. What a horrifying situation!
That would be extremely horrifying. I can’t imagine what it would be like to have no control over your own body.
It’s so weird, because we don’t even think about proprioception, but we’d be totally screwed without it!
Oliver Sacks is incredible! So glad you like him. I loved Anthropologist on Mars as well :D
I haven’t read that one yet. I guess I’ll add it to my list. Thanks!