Die Insel der Farbenblinden. Die Insel der Palmfarne.

Hardcover, 350 pages

German language

Published March 1, 1997 by Rowohlt, Reinbek.

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978-3-498-06320-7
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The Island of the Colorblind is a 1997 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks about achromatopsia on the Micronesian atoll of Pingelap. It was published in the UK as The Island of the Colour-blind. The second half of the book is devoted to the mystery of Lytico-Bodig disease in Guam. The subject was also presented in an episode of the BBC documentary series The Mind Traveller.

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