Crashing Through: A True Story of Risk, Adventure and the Man Who Dared to See
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Genres: Nonfiction, Medicine
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genres: Nonfiction, Medicine
Book Type: Paperback
tani reviewed on
Helpful Score: 1
This is a fascinating book about a most unusual, and successful even while still blind, man. The part I enjoyed most and felt I learned a lot from was how he adjusted to regaining his sight.
Seeing, for him, constantly involved mental work to figure out what each image was. Many blind from infancy or birth people who regained their sight have regretted it--found this constant awareness and effort too much to deal with. But in the case of this man, when the situation seemed not to be improving, he found a way of his own around it.
Although written a bit formulaically, as these "reportage" type stories about the exciting experiences of others often are, it is really an interesting book and, as I have indicated, the best parts are about how he adjusted to seeing. Not good literature, by any means, but certainly worth reading.
Seeing, for him, constantly involved mental work to figure out what each image was. Many blind from infancy or birth people who regained their sight have regretted it--found this constant awareness and effort too much to deal with. But in the case of this man, when the situation seemed not to be improving, he found a way of his own around it.
Although written a bit formulaically, as these "reportage" type stories about the exciting experiences of others often are, it is really an interesting book and, as I have indicated, the best parts are about how he adjusted to seeing. Not good literature, by any means, but certainly worth reading.
