Henry Green, Daniel Mendelsohn
Blindness
Paperback
(NYRB Classics April 4, 2017)
, Reprint edition
Henry Green's first novel, and the book that began his career as a master of British modernism
Blindness—Henry Green’s first novel, begun while he was still at Eton and finished before he left university—is the story of John Haye, a young student with literary airs. It starts with an excerpt from his diary, brimming with excitement and affectation and curiosity about life and literature. Then a freak accident robs John of his sight, plunging him into despair. Forced to live with his high-handed, horsey stepmother in the country, John begins a weird dalliance with a girl named Joan, leading to a new determination. Blindness is the curse of youth and inexperience and love and ambition, but blindness, John will discover, can also be the source of vision.
- Series
- NYRB Classics
- ISBN
- 1681370662 / 9781681370668
- Pages
- 240
- Weight
- 7.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 0.5
in.