The Island of the Colour-blind

Resumen del libro

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.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p Damián Alou nació en Palma de Mallorca en 1959. Reside en Barcelona desde 1977. Como critico li terario ha colaborado en x{0026}lt;em La Vanguardiax{0026}lt;/em y x{0026}lt;em Diari de Barcelonax{0026}lt;/em . Como traductor ha vertido al castellano, entre otros autores, a Harold Brodkey y Richard Rive. x{0026}lt;/p x{0026}lt;p Felipe Hernándezx{0026}lt;/p