'Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writi
ng turns brains and minds transparent' Observer How does the brain perceive and
interpret information from the eye? And what happens when the process is disrupt
ed? In The Mind's Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to
navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us co
nsider indispensable senses and abilities: the capacity to recognize faces, the
sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, the sense of sight. For a
ll of these people, the challenge is to adapt to a radically new way of being in
the world -- and The Mind's Eye is testament to the myriad ways that we, as hum
ans, are capable of rising to this challenge.
