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Notes on Blindness: A Journey Through the Dark
John Hull
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Description for Notes on Blindness: A Journey Through the Dark
Paperback. Series: Wellcome. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 238.
Notes on Blindness was the basis for a major documentary in 2016. 'It's a gift. Not a gift I want, but it is a gift' Days before the birth of his first son, writer and academic John M. Hull started to go blind. He would lose his sight entirely, plunged into darkness, unable to distinguish any sense of light or shadow. Isolated and claustrophobic, he sank into a deep depression. Soon, he had forgotten what his wife and daughter looked like. In Notes on Blindness, John reveals his profound sense ... Read more
Notes on Blindness was the basis for a major documentary in 2016. 'It's a gift. Not a gift I want, but it is a gift' Days before the birth of his first son, writer and academic John M. Hull started to go blind. He would lose his sight entirely, plunged into darkness, unable to distinguish any sense of light or shadow. Isolated and claustrophobic, he sank into a deep depression. Soon, he had forgotten what his wife and daughter looked like. In Notes on Blindness, John reveals his profound sense ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Wellcome
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781258590
SKU
V9781781258590
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About John Hull
John Hull was Professor of Religious Education at the University of Birmingham. He died in July 2015. Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health. Inspired by the medical objects and curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome, it connects science, medicine, life and art. Wellcome Collection exhibitions, ... Read more
Reviews for Notes on Blindness: A Journey Through the Dark
There is wisdom on every page... a gift to the whole of humanity
Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of 'The Last Act of Love' 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 He lets us see with no trace of ... Read more
Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of 'The Last Act of Love' 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 He lets us see with no trace of ... Read more