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The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

byAndrew Leland

Andrew Leland chronicles his gradual transition from sightedness to blindness while investigating blindness as a culture, identity, and way of perceiving rather than only a medical loss. He learns from activists, writers, technology, orientation training, and other blind people as he reconsiders work, marriage, parenting, dependence, and fear. The memoir combines humor, reporting, and philosophical inquiry. Leland refuses both tragedy and easy inspiration, showing how disability emerges from bodies and environments together and how entering the “country of the blind” can enlarge understanding rather than end a meaningful life.

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781984881427