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Language English Publication date 1997 ISBN 978-0-676-97035-7 Originally published 1996 Page count 336 Cover artist Chip Kidd | 3.9/5 Goodreads Publisher A.A. Knopf Pages 336 OCLC 35235302 Followed by Uncle Tungsten | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preceded by Um Antropólogo em Marte (1995) Similar Oliver Sacks books, Ophthalmology books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Island of the Colorblind is a 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.
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