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A stunningly powerful novel of humanity's will to survive against all odds during an epidemic by a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.An International Bestseller • "This is a shattering work by a literary master.”—Boston Globe A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and...

It takes a while to know who you really are. And when you lose your way, sometimes it’s hard to find it again.Charlie Hudson was on the verge of figuring that out when her dad—the only parent and friend she ever had—died suddenly. She was barely 18, and she was alone. So she went for easy—playing life safe, running away from a home that harbored nothing but bad memories and challenges and loving a man who would take her away from it all forever.It’s funny how chance takes o...

Facial expression of emotion in blindness reveals that human emotion is biologically determined and universal, independent of visual experience, constituting a primary language of the human condition, argues Prof. Freitas-Magalhães, the world's leading expert for Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology and the Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, by Elsevier, Oxford, in his pioneering and extraordinary book on facial expression and emotion in blindness.

Revised and updated edition of the Globe and Mail and Amazon bestselling book“If you want to understand war in the 21st century, read this to get part of the story.” — Robert Spalding, US Brigadier General (retired)“This book reads like a thriller and is stranger than fiction. Gripping, racy and exciting, it is difficult to put down. A tale of gambling, narcotics, tycoons, criminal gangs and Communists. And the shocking p...

In this haunting and masterfully crafted novel, Henry Green explores the fragile boundaries between sight and perception, reality and illusion. Blindness tells the story of John Haye, a young man whose promising future is suddenly shattered when he loses his sight. As darkness overtakes his world, John is forced to confront not only his new reality but also the complexities of human relationships, isolation, and identity.Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Engla...

A city is hit by an epidemic of “white blindness” which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and raping women. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangers—among them a boy with no mother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of tears—through the barren streets, and the procession becomes as uncanny as the surroundings are harrowing.A magnificent para...

In "Blindness," Henry Green masterfully explores the precarious boundaries of perception and reality through the lens of a quiet, contemplative narrative. Set in the tumultuous aftermath of World War II, the novel delves into the lives of characters grappling with disillusionment and the emotional scars of conflict. Green's distinctive style—characterized by fluid storytelling and an intricate interplay of dialogue—invites readers to engage deeply with the characters' internal struggles, i...

Henry Green — a young, audacious voice in modernist fiction — brings to life through :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0} a journey that is at once devastating and awakening. The protagonist, John Haye, begins as a confident student full of literary ambitions; then a freak accident robs him of his sight, and everything he knows is turned upside down.But this is not just a story of loss — through the darkness, Green shows how inner vision can sharpen. Stripped of s...

A modernist novel portraying psychological disorientation, war injury, and emotional detachment.

In this clear and detailed reading guide, we’ve done all the hard work for you!Blindness tells the story of a group of people who, for some unknown reason, suddenly lose their sight. They are all sent to an asylum where the inmates quickly turn to violence and force to get what they want. As tensions grow and people become increasingly dehumanised, everybody wants to escape. But without knowing what caused the blindness epidemic, how can anybody stop it?

It's impossible to predict all the ways that being blind will affect a person's life. From relearning things like reading and moving around, to the emotional impact of not being able to see, blindness and vision impairments present people with a whole new set of difficult challenges. In this book, as you read the story of Kyla's vision impairment, you'll learn about many of the disorders and injuries that can cause blindness and impaired vision. You'll also find out about the techniques an...

First published in 1919 by the California State Library. The lectures cover: The Psychology of Blindness, The Blind Child and Its Develoment, The Re-Education of the Blind Adult, The Attiture of the Public Toward the Blind, and Prevention of Blindness and Conservation of Vision in Adults and Children. According to the Foreword: "The following lectures were written primarily to be delivered at the summer sessions of the University of California, at Berkeley and at Los Angeles, in the summer...