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Spck Publishing Touching The Rock by John Hull
Touching The Rock Is A Unique Exploration Of That Distant, Infinitely Strange 'Other World' Of Blindness. John Hull Writes Of Odd Sounds And Echoes, Of People Without Faces, Of A Curious New Relationship Between Waking And Dreaming, Of A Changed Perception Of Nature And Human Personality. He Reveals A World In Which Every Human Experience - Eating And Lovemaking, Playing With Children And Buying Drinks In The Bar - Is Transformed. '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, Neurologist And Bestselling Author (1933-2015)'He Lets Us See With No Trace Of Self-Pity Or Self-Praise How Blindness Has Become For Him A Genuine Acquisition, An Unforeseeably Rich Gift That Has Made Of Him What So Few Of Us Are: Excellent Watchers And Hearers Of The World . . . Triumphant In The Teeth Of Ruin.'Reynolds Price, American Novelist (1933-2011)Notes On Blindness, A Feature Film And Virtual Reality Experience By Peter Middleton & James Spinney Based On John'S Original Audio Diaries. The Project Is An Archer'S Mark Production In Association With Fee Fie Foe Films And 104 Films In Co-Production With Agat Films & Cie/Ex Nihilo. Www.Notesonblindness.Co.Uk