E noʻonoʻo ʻoe e ala ana i kahi lā a ʻike ʻoe ʻaʻohe ou wāwae. Akā, e moe ana kekahi mea malihini ma luna o ka moena, ua kiola ʻia. He aha kēia? Na wai i hana i kēia? Makaʻu, makaʻu…
E noʻonoʻo ʻoe e ala ana i kahi lā a ʻike ʻoe ʻaʻohe ou wāwae. Akā, e moe ana kekahi mea malihini ma luna o ka moena, ua kiola ʻia. He aha kēia? Na wai i hana i kēia? ʻO ka weliweli, ka makaʻu… He ʻokoʻa nā manaʻo a aneane hiki ʻole ke haʻi. ʻO ka neurophysiologist kaulana a me ka mea kākau ʻo Oliver Sacks e haʻi e pili ana i ke ʻano o ke kiʻi o ke kino (e like me ke kapa ʻia ʻana o kēia mau manaʻo ma ka ʻōlelo o ka neuropsychology), ma kāna puke poignant "The Foot as a Support Point". ʻOiai ʻo ia e huakaʻi ana ma Norewai, hāʻule ʻo ia me ka ʻinoʻino a haehae i nā ligaments ma kona wāwae hema. Ua hana ʻia ʻo ia i kahi hana paʻakikī a ola hou no ka manawa lōʻihi loa. Aka, o ka hoomaopopo ana i ka ma'i, ua alakai ia Sachs e hoomaopopo i ke ano o ke kino «I» o ke kanaka. A ʻo ka mea nui loa, ua hiki ke huki i ka manaʻo o nā kauka a me nā ʻepekema i nā maʻi maʻamau o ka ʻike e hoʻololi i ka ʻike o ke kino a ʻaʻole i hoʻopili nui ʻia e nā neurologists.
Unuhi mai ka ʻōlelo Pelekania e Anna Aleksandrova
Asrel, 320 p.