"El mundo amarillo’s" message is to seek the intensity and nuances of different types of friendships. In order to live a bright and vivid life, Espinosa advises his readers to actively seek out people who can change their lives. These friends he refers to as "yellows,” their qualities and how to recognize or approach them, are the crux of this book.
Review by Adriana López
El Mundo Amarillo / A Yellow World
When Albert Espinosa was 14 years old, doctors found a malignant bone tumor in his leg. His chance of survival was so bad that his parents were advised to take their son on vacation somewhere to enjoy last month of his life.
Evidently, Espinosa proved his doctors wrong, and he was finally cured at 24. That’s when he decided to write a book that wasn’t about surviving cancer, but about how to live. This first person account about how to think positive while contemplating your own death has a tone that veers from humorous to downright strange at times; one chapter is dedicated to the delights of being in touch with your inner 14-year-old; another is about how when he was told at age 15 that his leg would be amputated, his doctor advised him to throw a party for his limb.
El mundo amarillo’s message is to seek the intensity and nuances of different types of friendships. In order to live a bright and vivid life, Espinosa advises his readers to actively seek out people who can change their lives. These friends he refers to as "yellows,” their qualities and how to recognize or approach them, are the crux of this book. “The Red Band Society,” the Spanish television series based on his hospital experiences and this charming best-seller, is being remade by Steven Spielberg or an English-speaking audience.
Adriana V. López, editor and writer: lopez.adrianav@gmail.com
