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A memoir by writer and photographer Bill Hayes, primarily recounting his life in New York City and his romantic relationship with neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks over the last seven years of Sacks' life"A beautiful memoir in which Oliver Sacks comes wonderfully to life... Exquisitely wrought, heartrending and joyous." - Joyce Carol OatesBill Hayes came to New York in 2009 with a one-way ticket and only the vaguest idea of how he would get by. But, at forty-eight years old, having spent decades in San Francisco, he craved change. Grieving over the death of his partner, he quickly discovered the profound consolations of the city's incessant rhythms, the sight of the Empire State Building against the night sky, and New Yorkers themselves, kindred souls that Hayes, a lifelong insomniac, encountered on late-night strolls with his camera. And he unexpectedly fell in love again, with his friend and neighbour, the writer and neurologist Oliver Sacks, whose exuberance is captured in funny and touching vignettes throughout. What emerges is a portrait of Sacks at his most personal and endearing, from falling in love for the first time at age seventy-five to facing illness and death (Sac

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Author

Hayes, Bill

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781408890615

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Photography, Memoir, History

Rating

4.47 / 5 (1,379 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14