| Blindness Contributor(s): Green, Henry (Author), Mendelsohn, Daniel (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1681370662 ISBN-13: 9781681370668 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Medical - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2016046070 |
| Series: Nyrb Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.1" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Physically Challenged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Henry Green's first novel, and the book that began his career as a master of British modernism Blindness--Henry Green's first novel, begun while he was still at Eton and finished before he left university--is the story of John Haye, a young student with literary airs. It starts with an excerpt from his diary, brimming with excitement and affectation and curiosity about life and literature. Then a freak accident robs John of his sight, plunging him into despair. Forced to live with his high-handed, horsey stepmother in the country, John begins a weird dalliance with a girl named Joan, leading to a new determination. Blindness is the curse of youth and inexperience and love and ambition, but blindness, John will discover, can also be the source of vision. |