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Hallucinations
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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Summary
Have you ever seen something that wasn't really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following you and turned around to find nothing?
Hallucinations don't belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly, they are linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication, illness, or injury. In some conditions, hallucinations can lead to religious epiphanies or even the feeling of leaving one's own body. Humans have always sought such life-changing visions and for thousands of years have used hallucinogenic compounds to achieve them.
In Hallucinations, with his usual elegance, curiosity, and compassion, Dr Oliver Sacks weaves together stories of his patients and of his own mind-altering experiences to illuminate what hallucinations tell us about the organisation and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture's folklore and art and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all, a vital part of the human condition.
Critic reviews
"Startling and intriguing." (Sunday Times)
"Oliver Sacks is a neurologist, a man of humane eloquence, and a genuine communicator." (Observer)
"Oliver Sacks is a graceful, lucid and elegant prose stylist. Though perhaps above all, he is the witty, warm, humble and deeply compassionate explorer of how our brains influence our world...fascinating." (Lady)
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- C. Mckinnell
- 19-10-20
A poor choice of reader
Sacks is fascinating, but the intro in his own British voice contrasts with American reader.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-05-23
Great book
I liked the way the symptoms are explored through both technical and anecdotal means. An interesting read for anyone who is interesting in the weird and wonderful of the world.
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- Sam
- 29-12-19
Very eye opening!
You will get to hear a variety of cases! It will help you to grow up as a person.
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- Client d'Amazon
- 29-09-20
Interesting book, I didn't enjoy the narration
Long story short, I got shirty with the narrator because he was trying, unsuccessfully may I add, imitate peoples accents. Otherwise a brilliant listen.
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- Johanna Croci
- 14-04-20
A fascinating account of human experience.
Sacks is a natural and pedantic storyteller. One of the things that I admire most about his work is that beyond the exceptional accounts of his or other doctors' patients you always have a very strong sense that these are seen as human beings whose stories are worthy of being documented, respected and retold accurately with empathy and compassion.
One thing that I did not enjoy in the performance was the use of foreign accent which seemed artificial, almost farcical.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-01-22
Five stars
Explains in plain lanquage most interesting things about mind and odd stories. Two words
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