Publication

1999 - Knopf, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

32,500 words, Guess

Page Count

130 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL42646M
  • ISBN-100375404228
  • OCLC Control Number41565230
  • Library of Congress Control Number99035757
  • Goodreads157611
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  • LibraryThing1013948

Classifications

  • DDC362.4/1/092
  • LCCPN4874.G79 A3 1999

Description

"In 1992, when Henry Grunwald missed a glass into which he was pouring water, he assumed that he needed new eyeglasses, not that the incident was a harbinger of darker times. But in fact Grunwald was entering the early stages of macular degeneration - a gradual loss of sight that affects almost 15 million Americans yet remains poorly understood and is, so far, incurable. Now, in Twilight, Grunwald chronicles his experience of disability: the clouding of his sight, and the daily struggle to overcome its physical and psychological implications; the discovery of what medicine can and cannot do to restore sight; his compulsion to understand how the eye works, its evolution, and its symbolic meaning in culture and art." "This is a story not merely about seeing but about living; not merely about losing sight but about gaining insight."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

EditorsPatientsBlindnessBiographyOlder peopleBlind, biographyGrunwald, Henry A.

Places

People

Henry A. Grunwald

Genres

  • Biography.

Other Editions

  • Twilight: losing sight, gaining insightKnopf1999-01-01

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