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Aug 13, 2018
One of the reviews on its jacket say that he left these essays in "outlines", which suggest the use of a ghostwriter. They're excellent, so if one was used, i hope he/her is let loose on his/her own books! There's only one less than fine outing- on Freud. They others range to good to stellar. He is, or rather was, a new Lewis Thomas, or Loren Eisley, "the modern Thoreau" (who, sadly is now utterly ignored by all, including, to name the guilty, Vancouver Public Library!). The standout here is the title essay "River of Consciousness". To the very limited extent words can corral this most slippery of subjects, Sacks does. Just read it already. By the by- it has a pretty cover- a landscape by Felix Vallotton, an Impression-period painter.