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 An Anthropologist on Mars Information
563 words, approx. 2 pages
 An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales is a 1995 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks consisting of seven medical case histories of individuals with neurological conditions such as autism and Tourette syndrome. An Anthropologist on Mars follows... 
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The Boston Globe Lives Of The Anthropologists
12/09/1988: 740 words, approx. 3 pages WORKS AND LIVES. The Anthropologist as Author, by Clifford Geertz. Stanford University Press. 157 pp. $19.95. Clifford Geertz is the most admired living anthropologist this side of Claude Levi-Strauss. The influence of his work has extended well beyond anthropology to include, among other...
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Joe Chidley
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In the following favorable assessment of An Anthropologist on Mars, Chidley contends that Sacks “skillfully bridges the chasm between diagnosis and literature, blending sometimes highly clinical observations of neurological disorders with a profound thoughtfulness for the person affected.”
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Critical Review by Marek Kohn
771 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review of An Anthropologist on Mars, Kohn praises Sacks's case histories of patients suffering from neurological afflictions as poignant and insightful.
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