{"product_id":"awakenings-by-oliver-sacks","title":"Awakenings by Oliver Sacks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe classic account of survivors of the sleeping-sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003eand their return to the world after decades of “sleep.” •  From the distinguished neurologist and the bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“One of the most beautifully composed and moving works of our time.” —\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAwakenings—\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich inspired the major motion picture starring Robert DeNiro and Robin Williams—is the remarkable story of a group of patients who contracted sleeping-sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I. Frozen for decades in a trance-like state, these men and women were given up as hopeless until 1969, when Dr. Oliver Sacks gave them the then-new drug L-DOPA, which had an astonishing, explosive, “awakening” effect. Dr. Sacks recounts the moving case histories of his patients, their lives, and the extraordinary transformations which went with their reintroduction to a changed world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56048092446886,"sku":"9780375704055","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/woollybearbooks.com\/products\/awakenings-by-oliver-sacks","provider":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}