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The World I Live in | Helen Keller
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She could neither see nor hear, but she experienced the world as a richly vital place, redolent of smells that were a language to her and alive with vibrations that spoke to her alone. American author and activist HELEN ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968) was already famous, thanks to her 1903 biography, when she wrote this 1908 collection of beautifully poetic essays that brought readers enthralled with her story deeper insights into how she "saw" the world. Here, she wonders at how limited the senses of others appear to her and how deeply language colors perception, and offers us a startling account of the nothingness that was her existence before her "soul dawn," before her famous teacher, Annie Sullivan, drew her out of her insular semiconsciousness. Surely one of the most extraordinary books ever written, but one of the most extraordinary people of recent centuries, this is a classic exploration of what it means to be human and alive that continues to captivate readers today.
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willaful
The World I Live in | Helen Keller
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#URC prompt “blind author.“

I was reading There Plant Eyes for this prompt (I wanted fiction but couldn't find anything easily obtainable) and it gave me a yen to read this, a book which is largely a defense of a deaf-blind person's right to use language and have an imagination. You can feel Keller's frustration, even as she tries to maintain a positive outlook -- no one is interested in what she has to say unless it's about her disability.

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 12mo
Faranae Even I resorted to Helen Keller for that prompt because I don't have time to go scaring up something else. Well, I used Lafcadio Hearn for the #FRC prompt, at least (he was fully blind in one eye and slowly lost vision in the other - his move to Japan was partly because he was no longer able to see well enough to draw the illustrations that kept his newspaper afloat). 12mo
willaful @Faranae GoodReads really let me down on this one. 12mo
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Awk_Word_Smith
The World I Live in | Helen Keller
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Trying to live this while also dealing with the mundane and work.

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DebinHawaii
The World I Live in | Helen Keller
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#QuotsyJune18 #vision

I'm actually not sure exactly where this Helen Keeler quote is from book-wise, but how true it is. #helenkeller 💙

Gezemice Great quote! I just read her autobiography. She was so determined! Definitely had vision, despite of lack of sight. 6y
smichellehos So true! 6y
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