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Touching the Rock

Touching the Rock

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Touching the Rock is a unique exploration of that distant, infinitely strange 'other world' of blindness. John Hull writes of odd sounds and echoes, of people without faces, of a curious new relationship between waking and dreaming, of a changed perception of nature and human personality. He reveals a world in which every human experience - eating and lovemaking, playing with children and buying drinks in the bar - is transformed.
'The incisiveness of Hull's observation, the beauty of his language, make this book poetry; the depth of his reflection turns it into phenomenology or philosophy.'Oliver Sacks, neurologist and bestselling author (1933-2015) 'He lets us see with no trace of self-pity or self-praise how blindness has become for him a genuine acquisition, an unforeseeably rich gift that has made of him what so few of us are: excellent watchers and hearers of the world . . . triumphant in the teeth of ruin.'Reynolds Price, American novelist (1933-2011)
Notes on Blindness, a feature film and virtual reality experience by Peter Middleton & James Spinney based on John's original audio diaries. The project is an Archer's Mark Production in association with Fee Fie Foe Films and 104 Films in co-production with Agat Films & Cie/Ex Nihilo. www.notesonblindness.co.uk
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
218
Release Date:
2016-05-19
Publication Date:
2016-05-19
Publisher:
SPCK Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0281077479
ISBN13:
9780281077472
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
237 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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