{"product_id":"an-anthropologist-on-mars-9781035068357","title":"An Anthropologist on Mars","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eAwakenings\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/musicophilia-tales-of-music-and-the-brain-9781035068371\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMusicophilia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 4 September 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Pan Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAn Anthropologist on Mars\u003c\/em\u003e Oliver Sacks uses case studies to illustrate the myriad ways in which neurological conditions can affect our sense of self, our experience of the world, and how we relate to those around us. Writing with his trademark blend of scientific rigour and human compassion, he describes patients such as the colour-blind painter or the surgeon with compulsive tics that disappear in the operating theatre; patients for whom disorientation and alienation – but also adaptation – are inescapable facts of life. 'An inexhaustible tourist at the farther reaches of the mind, Sacks presents, in sparse, unsentimental prose, the stories of seven of his patients.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe result is as rich, vivid and compelling as any collection of short fictional stories' – Independent on Sunday Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 240g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 208 x 131 x 23 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781035068357\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oliver Sacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":47700306624762,"sku":"9781035068357","price":7.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9781035068357.jpg?v=1757241226","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/an-anthropologist-on-mars-9781035068357","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}