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..."Awakenings" by Oliver Sacks. It is my first book by this author. I heard about him from Bookcrossing.com. The story is amazing- it is about a group of patients victims of an epidemy of lethargic illness who subsequently developed Parkinsonian symptoms to various degrees and modes of appearance. Most of them led a primitive and totally reclused existence, shutted from the outer world, from human contact and emotions. In the 60-s they were administered a new medicine called L-DOPA which worked amazing effects on them. The motionless, speechless and dull patients were "awaken", brought to sudden activity and agitation. The book contains the stories of a dozen patients and their fates. I`m amazed by the details about Parkinsonism, the strange receptions of time and space, the infinite depth and mysteries of human conscience and unconscience.