From a former editor-in-chief of "Time" magazine, an autobiography of the eye--his visual awakening as a child and again as an older man who, facing the loss of sight, feels a growing wonder at the most ordinary act of seeing.
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From a former editor-in-chief of "Time" magazine, an autobiography of the eye--his visual awakening as a child and again as an older man who, facing the loss of sight, feels a growing wonder at the most ordinary act of seeing.
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New in New jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. First edition. 12mo. Dark blue quarter cloth over teal green boards with gilt lettering on spine, cream colored endpapers, 130 pp. The author gives us an autobiography of the eye-his visual awakening as a child and young man, and again as an older man who, facing the loss of sight, feels a growing wonder at the most ordinary acts of seeing. This is a story not merely about losing sight, but about gaining insight. New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.