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The country of the blind : a memoir at the end of sight /

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 b...

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Main Author:	Leland, Andrew (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Penguin Press, [2023].
Subjects:	Leland, Andrew. Blind > United States > Biography. People with visual disabilities > United States > Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities. SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities.

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