{"product_id":"for-the-benefit-of-those-who-see-9780316043434","title":"For the Benefit of Those Who See","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of Oliver Sacks's \u003ci\u003eThe Island of the Colorblind\u003c\/i\u003e, Rosemary Mahoney tells the story of Braille Without Borders, the first school for the blind in Tibet, and of Sabriye Tenberken, the remarkable blind woman who founded the school.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fascinated and impressed by what she learned from the blind children of Tibet, Mahoney was moved to investigate further the cultural history of blindness. As part of her research, she spent three months teaching at Tenberken's international training center for blind adults in Kerala, India, an experience that reveals both the shocking oppression endured by the world's blind, as well as their great resilience, integrity, ingenuity, and strength. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By living among the blind, Rosemary Mahoney enables us to see them in fascinating close up, revealing their particular \"quality of ease that seems to broadcast a fundamental connection to the world.\" Having read \u003ci\u003eFor the Benefit of Those Who See\u003c\/i\u003e, you will never see the world in quite the same way again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In this intelligent and humane book, Rosemary Mahoney writes of people who are blind . . . She reports on their courage and gives voice, time and again, to their miraculous dignity.\" -- Andrew Solomon, author of \u003ci\u003eFar From the Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mahoney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316043434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRose Tremain\u003c\/b\u003e's fiction has won the Whitbread Novel of the Year (\u003ci\u003eMusic and Silence\u003c\/i\u003e) and has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (\u003ci\u003eRestoration\u003c\/i\u003e) and the Orange Prize (\u003ci\u003eThe Colour\u003c\/i\u003e). Her stories have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other periodicals, and one was selected for The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008. Rose Tremain lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer Richard Holmes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40843718262899,"sku":"9.78032E+12","price":22.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c0b56e17-661c-4616-9cb6-9a6b2705d4e1.jpg?v=1685798885","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/for-the-benefit-of-those-who-see-9780316043434","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}