On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks

On the Move: A Life

Oliver Sacks' memoirs #2

Oliver Sacks

325 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir science informative reflective slow-paced

Description

When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: "Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far." It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. From its opening pages on his youthful obsession ...

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Moods

reflective 76%
informative 66%
inspiring 66%
emotional 47%
adventurous 28%
hopeful 23%
funny 19%
lighthearted 19%
relaxing 19%
sad 14%
challenging 9%
dark 4%

Pace

medium 63%
slow 31%
fast 4%

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