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Twilight

Losing Sight, Gaining Insight

Losing Sight, Gaining Insight

Losing Sight, Gaining Insight

By Henry Grunwald
Foreword by Mark G. Ackermann

By Henry Grunwald
Foreword by Mark G. Ackermann

By Henry Grunwald
Foreword by Mark G. Ackermann

By Henry Grunwald
Foreword by Mark G. Ackermann

By Henry Grunwald
Read by Arthur Morey
Foreword by Mark G. Ackermann

By Henry Grunwald
Read by Arthur Morey
Foreword by Mark G. Ackermann

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    About Twilight

    In 1992, when Henry Grunwald missed a glass into which he was pouring water, he assumed that he needed new eyeglasses, not that the incident was a harbinger of darker times. But in fact Grunwald was entering the early stages of macular degeneration—a gradual loss of sight that affects almost 15 million Americans yet remains poorly understood and is, so far, incurable. In Twilight, he chronicles his experience of disability: the discovery of what medicine can and can’t do, the clouding of his sight, the daily struggle to overcome its physical and psychological implications. This is a story not merely about seeing but about living; not merely about losing sight but about gaining insight.

    About Twilight

    In 1992, when Henry Grunwald missed a glass into which he was pouring water, he assumed that he needed new eyeglasses, not that the incident was a harbinger of darker times. But in fact Grunwald was entering the early stages of macular degeneration — a gradual loss of sight that affects almost 15 million Americans yet remains poorly understood and is, so far, incurable. Now, in Twilight, Grunwald chronicles his experience of disability: the clouding of his sight, and the daily struggle to overcome its physical and psychological implications; the discovery of what medicine can and cannot do to restore sight; his compulsion to understand how the eye works, its evolution, and its symbolic meaning in culture and art.

    Grunwald 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 seeing but about living; not merely about losing sight but about gaining insight. It is a remarkable meditation.

    About Twilight

    In 1992, when Henry Grunwald missed a glass into which he was pouring water, he assumed that he needed new eyeglasses, not that the incident was a harbinger of darker times. But in fact Grunwald was entering the early stages of macular degeneration — a gradual loss of sight that affects almost 15 million Americans yet remains poorly understood and is, so far, incurable. Now, in Twilight, Grunwald chronicles his experience of disability: the clouding of his sight, and the daily struggle to overcome its physical and psychological implications; the discovery of what medicine can and cannot do to restore sight; his compulsion to understand how the eye works, its evolution, and its symbolic meaning in culture and art.

    Grunwald 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 seeing but about living; not merely about losing sight but about gaining insight. It is a remarkable meditation.

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    About Henry Grunwald

    Henry Grunwald was the editor in chief of Time magazine and all other Time Inc. publications. During his tenure as editor in chief, he helped move the magazine away from Republican interests and personally wrote the editorial calling for Richard Nixon’s resignation. He served as the… More about Henry Grunwald

    About Henry Grunwald

    Henry Grunwald was the editor in chief of Time magazine and all other Time Inc. publications. During his tenure as editor in chief, he helped move the magazine away from Republican interests and personally wrote the editorial calling for Richard Nixon’s resignation. He served as the… More about Henry Grunwald

    About Henry Grunwald

    Henry Grunwald was the editor in chief of Time magazine and all other Time Inc. publications. During his tenure as editor in chief, he helped move the magazine away from Republican interests and personally wrote the editorial calling for Richard Nixon’s resignation. He served as the… More about Henry Grunwald

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Wellness

    Paperback | $14.95
    Published by Vintage
    Sep 25, 2012 | 144 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780345803962

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Wellness

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 04, 2012 | 144 Pages | ISBN 9780307818942

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Wellness | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Sep 25, 2012 | 177 Minutes | ISBN 9780385366656

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    Praise

    “Elegant, moving, and enlightening.” —Los Angeles Times

    “Splendid. . . . Grunwald weds a graceful, economic prose to a lucid vision of his changed world—exactly what we would expect from such a distinguished journalist—and produces a lovely book. In losing his sight, he has reached for light.” —The New York Times Book Review

    “This sensitive and so beautifully written book is indeed an eye-opener to the glories of the world around us.”  —Barbara Walters
     
    “Twilight is wise and original, on one level a riveting, very down-to-earth account of the author’s struggle with macular degeneration, on another a work of the imagination—a gifted writer flying high, letting his curiosity and artistry take him and the reader into strange and unexpected places.” —Mary Ellin Barrett

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