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04585aam a22006858i 4500 001 8F764D1C30FC11EEBC3B3D423BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230802011922 008 230228s2023 nyu e b 001 0aeng 010 $a 2022051325 020 $a 1984881426 020 $a 9781984881427 035 $a (OCoLC)1350082275 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d GK8 $d OCO $d ACN $d OI6 $d GPI $d FM0 $d OCLCF $d AHH $d RNL $d JIU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Leland, Andrew. 245 14 $a The country of the blind : $b a memoir at the end of sight / $c Andrew Leland. 264 1 $a New York : $b Penguin Press, $c 2023. 300 $a xxv, 339 pages ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-325) and index. 520 $a "A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author's transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn all he can about blindness as a distinct and rich culture all its own. We meet Andrew Leland as he's suspended in the strange liminal state of the soon-to-be blind: He's midway through his life with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that ushers those who live with it from complete sightedness to complete blindness over a period of years, even decades. He grew up with full vision, but starting in his teenage years, his sight began to degrade from the outside in, such that he now sees the world as if through a narrow tube. Soon-but without knowing exactly when-he will likely have no vision left. Full of apprehension but also dogged curiosity, Leland embarks on a sweeping exploration of the state of being that awaits him: not only the physical experience of blindness but also its language, internal debates, politics, and customs. He also negotiates his changing relationships with his wife and son, and with his own sense of self, as he moves from sighted to semi-sighted to blind, from his mainstream, "typical" life to one with a disability. Part memoir, part historical and cultural investigation, The Country of the Blind represents Leland's determination not to merely survive this transition, but to grow from it-to seek out and revel in that which makes blindness enlightening. His story reveals essential lessons for all of us, from accepting uncertainty and embracing change to connecting with others across difference. Thought-provoking and brimming with warmth and humor, The Country of the Blind is at once a deeply personal journey and an intellectually exhilarating tour of a way of being that most of us have never paused to consider-and from which we have much to learn"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 00 $t Against blindness ; Lady justice ; Half smiling ; Conclusion: Endgame. $t Part I: Phantom limp -- $t Seeing stars ; National blindness ; Blinded by definition ; Part II: The lost world -- $t The male gaze -- $t Camera obscura -- $t The library of babel -- $t The makers -- $t Part III: Structured discovery -- $t Against blindness ; Lady justice ; Half smiling ; Conclusion: Endgame. 600 10 $a Leland, Andrew. 650 0 $a Blind $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a People with visual disabilities $z United States $v Biography. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 30 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710064128.0 952 $l SPPE104 $d 20240511010447.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509013413.0 952 $l EBPE325 $d 20240423010338.0 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20240409011533.0 952 $l JSPB572 $d 20240323012918.0 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305022406.0 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20240217013321.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240201010250.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240127012143.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20240103010117.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20231212010500.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207020532.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20231206013214.0 952 $l UJPE911 $d 20231114011229.0 952 $l CPPC926 $d 20231111013200.0 952 $l KLPC566 $d 20231028020037.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20231005013429.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20231005010949.0 952 $l CYPF706 $d 20231005010125.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231004011915.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20231003010444.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20230908010308.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230906010055.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230902014018.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20230902013048.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230902012249.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20230902011703.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20230902010531.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230802013007.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8F764D1C30FC11EEBC3B3D423BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search