tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015521120527008154.post1554343337637669370..comments2023-06-02T11:03:11.283+01:00Comments on Bookends: Seeing Voices: Oliver SacksDe Scribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910599152111662487noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015521120527008154.post-61493963661241080762006-11-28T08:11:00.000+00:002006-11-28T08:11:00.000+00:00I wonder if part of your trouble with this book, a...I wonder if part of your trouble with this book, and part of the reason for Sacks' stridency, is that he may be out of his professional league. He's a neurologist, and he can be thrilling to read when writing about neorological subjects (I read a couple of his early popular books years ago). But perhaps he knows less about deaf people than about people with brain injuries, and thus is more superficial in his discussion.<br /><br />Anonymous, are you deaf? Does Sacks sign? I wonder if he was able to communicate with the subjects of his book.<br /><br />====================<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015521120527008154.post-44494618518901737502006-11-19T05:17:00.000+00:002006-11-19T05:17:00.000+00:00Wow! Can you throw some more light on Gallaudet an...Wow! Can you throw some more light on Gallaudet and on Dr. Sacks?De Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910599152111662487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015521120527008154.post-80158094373038810852006-11-18T21:12:00.000+00:002006-11-18T21:12:00.000+00:00Interesting, because I sat with him at his table w...Interesting, because I sat with him at his table when he visited the cafeteria at Gallaudet. We sat in the corner in one of the side rooms. He a quiet man with a bushy beard and a nice smile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com