
The Island of the Colour-blind
Non-Fiction, Education, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Social Sciences & Sociology, Sociology | Paperback Published on: 05/07/2012
£10.99
Synopsis
'Sacks is rightly renowned for his empathy . . . anyone with a taste for the exotic will find this beautifully written book highly engaging' – Sunday Times
Always fascinated by islands, Oliver Sacks is drawn to the Pacific by reports of the tiny atoll of Pingelap, with its isolated community of islanders born totally colour-blind; and to Guam, where he investigates a puzzling paralysis endemic there for a century. Along the way, he re-encounters the beautiful, primitive island cycad trees – and these become the starting point for a meditation on time and evolution, disease and adaptation, and islands both real and metaphorical in The Island of the Colour-Blind.
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- ISBN: 9780330526104
- Number of pages: 384
- Weight: 268g
- Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 28 mm