by NRB | 16 Jun 2015 | Non-fiction |
This memoir closes the loop on a remarkable life. Oliver Sacks found fame writing case studies of his patients. In Awakenings, he wrote about his post-encephalitic patients’ revival from decades-long catatonia after he prescribed them a drug called L-Dopa. Sacks has...
by NRB | 20 Feb 2014 | Fiction |
With beautiful symmetry, this novel brings Tales of the City back to where it all began. The Days of Anna Madrigal brings the Tales of the City to a highly satisfactory and emotional close. I savoured the reading and the comfort of catching up with old friends I have...