{"product_id":"the-country-of-the-blind-a-memoir-at-the-end-of-sight-paperback","title":"The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Leland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author's transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn about blindness as a rich culture all its own \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Country of the Blind\u003c\/i\u003e is about seeing--but also about marriage and family and the moral and emotional challenge of accommodating the parts of ourselves that scare us. A warm, profound, and unforgettable meditation on how we adjust to new ways of being in the world.\" --Rachel Aviv, author of \u003ci\u003eStrangers to Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe meet Andrew Leland as he's suspended in the 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 sightedness to blindness over 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull 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, politics, and customs. He negotiates his changing relationships with his wife and son, and with his own sense of self, as he moves from his mainstream, \"typical\" life to one with a disability. Part memoir, part historical and cultural investigation, \u003ci\u003eThe Country of the Blind\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThought-provoking and brimming with warmth and humor, \u003ci\u003eThe Country of the Blind\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply personal and 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Leland's \u003c\/b\u003ewriting has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, among other outlets. From 2013-2019, he hosted and produced \u003ci\u003eThe Organist\u003c\/i\u003e, an arts and culture podcast, for KCRW; he has also produced pieces for \u003ci\u003eRadiolab\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e99 Percent Invisible\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been an editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e since 2003. He lives in western Massachusetts with his wife and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 29, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736901488703,"sku":"9780593793466","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1bebaafadfd4c851c74c07a486b0bf2c.webp?v=1765148228","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-country-of-the-blind-a-memoir-at-the-end-of-sight-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}