A review by bnbisch
The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight by Andrew Leland

hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

I picked this up on audio after hearing the author on the radio quite a while ago, and it ended up being one of my favorite books of the year. Leland is a great writer and narrator, and it was so easy to listen and follow even as he jumped from the personal to the political and theoretical. His forthright descriptions of his experiences, and his unflinching inquiry into himself and his place in the world as a human and a blind man were extremely compelling, and the political and theoretical discussions were fascinating. I particularly liked the section about audio descriptions and the root of AI and audio technology in the blind community.