The River of Consciousness

The River of Consciousness is a collection of ten essays by the writer, naturalist, and neurologist Oliver Sacks.[1] Some of the essays are dedicated to specific figures such as Darwin, Freud, and William James.

The River of Consciousness
Book's cover
AuthorOliver Sacks
CountryUnited States
Published2017 by Vintage Books
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages237
ISBN978-0-804-17100-7

Synopsis

The River of Consciousness compiles the following essays:

  1. Darwin and the Meaning of Flowers
  2. Speed
  3. Sentience: The Mental Lives of Plants and Worms
  4. The Other Road: Freud as a Neurologist
  5. The Fallibility of Memory
  6. Mishearings
  7. The Creative Self
  8. A General Feeling of Disorder
  9. The River of Consciousness
  10. Scotoma: Forgetting and Neglect in Science

Reception

The Chicago Tribune reviewed The River of Consciousness, Praising Sacks' "ability to braid wide reading".[2] In a review for the Wall Street Journal Laura J. Snyder notes that the volume "reminds us, in losing Sacks we lost a gifted and generous storyteller.”[3]

References
  1. Trombetta, Sadie. "New Essay Collections For Your Fireside Reading This Fall". Bustle. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  2. Laidman, Jenni. "'The River of Consciousness' offers another glimpse inside the mind of Oliver Sacks". ChicagoTribune. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  3. Snyder, Laura. "Oliver Sacks Travels Down "The River of Consciousness"". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 26 April 2019.


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