榮獲多項圖書獎,包括普立茲獎和美國國家圖書獎的著名作家安德魯.所羅門盛情推薦:
‘This is a courageous book about the ability of the human mind and soul to reorganize around changed sources of information. In losing his sight, John Hull learned how much he had loved seeing, and how much he could love other means of interacting with the world. His poignant and wise description of his rebirth as a blind man is thrilling and disturbing is written in incandescent prose, and demonstrates an exhilarating passion for life itself.’
由作者口述完成的電影《失明筆記》,榮獲英國獨立電影獎的最佳紀錄片,附上電影的片段: https://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2016/jun/13/notes-on-blindness-trailer-video
「這是一份禮物,不是我想要的禮物,但它確是一份禮物!」
在第一個兒子出生前,學者DJohn M. Hull已慢慢步向失明,他將會完全失去視力,陷入黑暗的世界,無能力分別任何光影,被隔離和幽閉恐懼症的困擾,他墮入深深的沮喪中,不久,他忘記他妻子和女兒的長相。
在《Notes on Blindness》一書中,作者揭示他失去視力後、對時間和空間;睡眠和清醒;愛與友誼的觀念有了深刻的改變,以驚人的明朗思想和非自憐的筆觸,敘說從開始無法面對的恐懼;質疑作為丈夫和父親的真正意義,到最後他發現經驗這個世界的新方法,以及儘管黑暗他仍然能見到光明。
這是一本深入、感人、肯定生命價值的作品,一位失明者的勵志故事。