For the Benefit of Those Who See: Dispatches from the World of the Blind

by Rosemary Mahoney

Book Overview

In the tradition of Oliver Sacks's The Island of the Colorblind, Rosemary Mahoney tells the story of Braille Without Borders, the first school for the blind in Tibet, and of Sabriye Tenberken, the remarkable blind woman who founded the school.

Fascinated and impressed by what she learned from the blind children of Tibet, Mahoney was moved to investigate further the cultural history of blindness. As part of her research, she spent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316043435
• ISBN13: 9780316043434
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"