And How Are You, Dr. Sacks? by Lawrence Weschler
A biographical memoir of Oliver Sacks, the great neurologist, a book of friendship and the interaction of two people who for about 30 years were talking constantly and exchanging letters.
And How Are You, Dr. Sacks? is a collection of conversations, interviews and letters, a portrait of a beautiful and eccentric person who was dressed in leather and crossed North America on a motorcycle, a bodybuilder and amphetamine abuser, a genius who lived a difficult and complicated life. A kind and companionate man who was able to see the living beings in those people who have been turned into human statues. But more importantly, Oliver Sacks was talking to the people who have been turned into objects by the system, the Parkinsonians, the people with Alzheimer and Tourette syndrome. By spending time with these people and by writing about them, he made them the subjects of their own history.