Summary
The River of Consciousness is a collection of ten essays by the writer, naturalist, and neurologist Oliver Sacks.[1] Some of the essays are dedicated to specific figures such as Darwin, Freud, and William James.
 First edition (US) | |
| Author | Oliver Sacks |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Published | October 2017 |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan (UK) Knopf (US) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 237 |
| ISBN | 978-0-804-17100-7 |
Synopsis edit
The River of Consciousness compiles the following essays:
- Darwin and the Meaning of Flowers
- Speed
- Sentience: The Mental Lives of Plants and Worms
- The Other Road: Freud as a Neurologist
- The Fallibility of Memory
- Mishearings
- The Creative Self
- A General Feeling of Disorder
- The River of Consciousness
- Scotoma: Forgetting and Neglect in Science
Reception edit
The Chicago Tribune reviewed The River of Consciousness, Praising Sacks' "ability to braid wide reading".[2] In a review for the Wall Street Journal Laura J. Snyder notes that the volume "reminds us, in losing Sacks we lost a gifted and generous storyteller.”[3] In a review published by The Guardian the physician Gavin Francis writes: For those thousands of correspondents, The River of Consciousness will feel like a reprieve – we get to spend time again with Sacks the botanist, the historian of science, the marine biologist and, of course, the neurologist. [4]
References edit
- ^ Trombetta, Sadie. "New Essay Collections For Your Fireside Reading This Fall". Bustle. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Laidman, Jenni. "'The River of Consciousness' offers another glimpse inside the mind of Oliver Sacks". ChicagoTribune. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Snyder, Laura. "Oliver Sacks Travels Down "The River of Consciousness"". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Francis, Gavin. "The River of Consciousness by Oliver Sacks review – an agility of enthusiasms". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2021.