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Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening
Eavesdropping A Memoir of Blindness and Listening
Author: Stephen Kuusisto
A memoir of blindness and listening rendered with a poet's delight by the author of the acclaimed Planet of the Blind. — Blind people are not casual listeners. Blind since birth, Stephen Kuusisto recounts with a poet's sense of detail the surprise that comes when we are actively listening to our surroundings. There is an art to eave...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393058925
ISBN-10: 0393058921
Publication Date: 9/5/2006
Pages: 224
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Publisher: W. W. Norton
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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A "sequel" to "Planet of the Blind" in the sense that it contains stories of his life that took place after the conclusion of that book. However, rather than being a linear autobiographical narrative (as that one was), this book is a series of essays relating to various times in the author's life, some from childhood, and others fairly recent.


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