Blindness

by Henry Green

Overview

In this haunting and masterfully crafted novel, Henry Green explores the fragile boundaries between sight and perception, reality and illusion. Blindness tells the story of John Haye, a young man whose promising future is suddenly shattered when he loses his sight. As darkness overtakes his world, John is forced to confront not only his new reality but also the complexities of human relationships, isolation, and identity.

Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century England, Green's poetic prose delves into the psychological and emotional turmoil of a life altered beyond recognition. With a blend of subtle tension and introspective depth, Blindness is a profound meditation on what it means to truly see.

Rich in literary merit and psychological insight, this novel appeals to fans of deeply reflective fiction, as well as readers captivated by human resilience in the face of adversity. Green's unique style, filled with lyrical beauty and sharp observations, ensures that Blindness resonates long after the final page is turned.

For readers of literary fiction, psychological drama, and introspective storytelling, Blindness offers an unforgettable exploration of the human condition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798330462414
Publisher:	Caramna Corporation
Publication date:	10/02/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	138
File size:	310 KB

About the Author

Henry Green (1905–1973) was the pen name of Henry Vincent Yorke. Born near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, England, he was educated at Eton and Oxford before working in his family’s engineering firm for most of his life while also writing novels. During World War II, Green served on the London Fire Brigade. He wrote nine novels between 1926 and 1952.

Daniel Mendelsohn is a classicist and nonfiction writer. His books include The New York Time bestseller The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million, and the collection Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays from the Classics to Pop Culture, published by New York Review Books. He teaches at Bard College.

Editorial Reviews

Written in 1926 and 1952, respectively, these are Green's first and last books. Both ponder the nature of love among the upper class. Blindness follows young John Haye, who is blinded in an accident. His mother wishes to palm him off on anyone who'll take him, but when he falls for a poor girl, it's quite a different matter. Doting portrays a couple in a loveless marriage. Husband Arthur becomes infatuated with a younger girl, which sets events in motion. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

A quite astonishing tour de force...it announced the entry on the literary stage of the most genuinely original novelist of his day.... [Green] had an ear which was most delicately and sensitively attuned to every cadence and nuance of the English language as it is actually spoken.”—Encounter
 
“Writers do not need to see but to feel, to get away from reality by closing their eyes to it. This exchange of the sensual for the cerebral is a sacrifice without which no art will be made. It is symbolized overpoweringly in Blindness.”—John Sturrock, The Times Literary Supplement
 
“[Blindness] is a polished piece of energetic young work that students of the 20th-century novel’s development will be eager to examine. And Green’s admirers will welcome a significant addition to his relatively small canon.”—Kirkus Reviews
 
“Green’s remains the most interesting and vital imagination in English fiction in our time.”—Eudora Welty
 
“Green’s novels reproduce as few do the actual sensations of living.”—Elizabeth Bowen
 
“At its highest pitch Green’s writing brings the rectangle of the printed page alive like little else in English fiction in this century.”—John Updike
 
“Blindness is a literary masterpiece that displays the sheer breadth of his abilities. Green uses parenthetical statements and an idiosyncratic sentence structure to describe innovative methods of interpretation in a state of blindness. One of the great unsung architects of modernist literature, Green uses the concept of blindness to show that we are inherently blind to the true nature of reality.”—Qwiklit Blog

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