Zahvalnost
About this book
Duboko dirljivo svjedočanstvo i slavlje o tome kako prihvatiti život. Nijedan pisac nije uspio uhvatiti medicinsku i ljudsku dramu bolesti tako iskreno i elokventno kao Oliver Sacks. Tijekom posljednjih nekoliko mjeseci svog života napisao je niz eseja u kojima je dirljivo istražio svoje osjećaje o završetku života i suočavanju s vlastitom smrću.
„Niz dirljivih, ali u konačnici i uzdižućih eseja... Trajni dar čitateljima.“ — The Washington Post
„Sudbina je svakog ljudskog bića“, piše Sacks, „biti jedinstvena individua, pronaći vlastiti put, živjeti vlastiti život, umrijeti vlastitom smrću.“ Zajedno, ova četiri eseja tvore odu jedinstvenosti svakog ljudskog bića i zahvalnosti za dar života.
„Moj prevladavajući osjećaj je zahvalnost. Voljela sam i bila voljena. Mnogo mi je dano i nešto sam dala zauzvrat. Iznad svega, bila sam osjećajno biće, misleća životinja, na ovom prekrasnom planetu, i to je samo po sebi bila ogromna privilegija i avantura.“
—Oliver Sacks
„Oliver Sacks nije bio kao nijedan drugi kliničar ili pisac. Privlačili su ga domovi bolesnih, ustanove za najkrhkije i najinvalidnije, društvo neobičnih i 'abnormalnih'. Želio je vidjeti čovječanstvo u njegovim mnogim varijantama i to na svoj vlastiti, gotovo anakronistički način - licem u lice, tijekom vremena, daleko od našeg rastućeg aparata računala i algoritama. I, kroz svoje pisanje, pokazao nam je što je vidio.“
—Atul Gawande, autor knjige Being Mortal
Praise for this book
Powerful....The book chronicles the famous author’s thoughts, wishes, regrets, and, above all, feelings of love, happiness, and gratitude even as he faced the cancer that ended his life last year at 82....the material offers incisive, poignant observations....A perfect gift for thoughtful readers, and a title that belongs in science and biography collections.
A book defined by celebration, not sadness.
This is a worthy little chapbook for the lovers of Oliver Sacks.
Elegant....a lovely slim volume.
The volume is tiny—short enough to read easily in one sitting—but it’s huge in heart. Oliver Sack’s just-published book “Gratitude,” consists of four essays the famous neurologist and chronicler of human quirks wrote in the months before his death of cancer this summer at 82. It is, in effect, a mini-memoir, a beautiful meditation on what it means to live a good life.
The neurologist and author died of cancer in August. Between 2013 and 2015, he wrote four moving essays, published in The New York Times, reflecting on his life and facing mortality. They are collected in this slim volume, a coda to Sacks’ remarkable career.
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