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I segreti di Oliver Sacks

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By Rachel Aviv Verified
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Quando Oliver Sacks arrivò a New York, nel settembre 1965, indossava un abito color burro che gli ricordava il sole. Aveva appena passato una settimana romantica in Europa, in viaggio con un uomo di nome Jenő Vincze, e si ritrovò a camminare di fretta, spumeggiante di felicità. “Il mio sangue è champagne”, scrisse. Tenne per tutto il giorno in tasca una lettera di Vincze, come se le sue pagine emanassero luce.
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YOU WON'T GET FREE OF IT

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By Rachel Aviv Verified
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Both intellectually and empathetically astute, probing the uneasy complexity of a defining relationship dynamic. A series of essays evaluates the labyrinthian nature of mother-daughter relationships. Recognized for her journalism illuminating the human complexity of mental illness, Aviv returns in this volume to six stories she previously published in The New Yorker, revising them with a focus on the mother-daughter connection. These are not sentimental tales of easy, enduring love, and loyalty.
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The Trial of Gisèle Pelicot's Rapists United France and Fractured Her Family

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By Rachel Aviv Verified
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Gisèle Pelicot was sitting by a tennis court in October, 2020, watching her granddaughter hit forehands, when she saw that she'd missed a call. When she called back, a police officer named Laurent Perret asked if she was aware that a few weeks earlier her husband, Dominique, had been questioned by the police. A security worker at a supermarket had caught him filming under three women's skirts with his cellphone. Gisèle, feeling a small sense of victory, explained to Perret that she already knew.
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