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The island of the colour-blind
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The island of the colour-blind

by Oliver Sacks

Set in Van Diemen's Land and London, this historical novel connects the adoption of an Aboriginal girl to a famous novelist's obsession with a lost Arctic expedition. It examines the conflict between Victorian discipline and the untameable nature of human desire.

Accession 8081 ISBN 9781741666687 Publisher Picador
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