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An edition of Planet of the blind (1998)

Planet of the blind

by

  • ★★★★★ 5.0 (2 ratings) ·
  • 4 Want to read
  • 2 Have read

Stephen Kuusisto has been legally blind since birth, and in this stunning memoir he has succeeded in translating his opaque, kaleidoscopic world of shape and color into poetic and luminous prose.

Brought up to disavow his blindness, Kuusisto spent much of his life trying to pass as a sighted man. Fueled by his passion for the written word, Kuusisto successfully conquered academia - until a devastating accident forced him to acquire the white cane at last. Almost immediately the cane became his "divining rod," but it was only a matter of time before he felt the need for a more powerful ally.

Enter Corky, a two-year-old yellow Labrador retriever who became his guiding eyes and changed his life forever.

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Publisher
Dial Press
Language
English
Pages
194

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Subjects

Blind, Biography, Blind, biography, Large type books, People with visual disabilities

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Stephen Kuusisto

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United States
Edition Availability
Cover of: Planet of the Blind
Planet of the Blind
March 18, 2002, Faber and Faber
Paperback - New Ed edition
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Cover of: Planet of the blind
Planet of the blind
1998, G.K. Hall
in English
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Cover of: Planet of the blind
Planet of the blind
1998, Dial Press
in English
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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.4/1/092, B
Library of Congress
HV1792.K88 A3 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
194 p. ;
Number of pages
194

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL690021M
Internet Archive
planetofblind00kuus
ISBN 10
0385316151
LCCN
97037098
OCLC/WorldCat
37567302
Library Thing
327307
Goodreads
2820617

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First Sentence

"BLINDNESS IS OFTEN perceived by the sighted as an either/or condition:one sees or does not see."

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