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The Sight Sickness - Couverture souple

Grassman, Christine Faltz

 
9780595531561: The Sight Sickness
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595531563 ISBN 13 : 9780595531561
Editeur : iUniverse, 2009

Synopsis

It was an epidemic. It was a plague that shocked both those who got it and those who did not. It was coined ?the white sickness.? For inexplicable reasons, random citizens became blind, and the sickness was believed to be contagious. Instead of teaching people to manage their disability, the government rounded up the newly-blind and caged them like animals. The quarantine facilities had no organization, no plumbing, no electricity, and no law and order. Both the blind and the seeing were terrified.When the crisis subsided, the officials in charge were tried for their role in the inhumane treatment of the citizens; they were acquitted. One vigilante group is not satisfied with the verdict. Calling themselves the Cellmates, they kidnap seven people and hold them hostage?keeping them blinded so they can experience the same fears as those who were blinded in the plague.A blend of social commentary, criticism, parody, and polemic, author Christine Faltz Grassman offers an anti-sequel to Blindness, a psychological thriller written by Jos‚ Saramago. The Sight Sickness, Grassman?s personal response to the public?s fear of blindness, works to show that with the right attitude, the right tools, and the right techniques, blindness is manageable.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

It was an epidemic. It was a plague that shocked both those who got it and those who did not. It was coined ?the white sickness.? For inexplicable reasons, random citizens became blind, and the sickness was believed to be contagious. Instead of teaching people to manage their disability, the government rounded up the newly-blind and caged them like animals. The quarantine facilities had no organization, no plumbing, no electricity, and no law and order. Both the blind and the seeing were terrified.When the crisis subsided, the officials in charge were tried for their role in the inhumane treatment of the citizens; they were acquitted. One vigilante group is not satisfied with the verdict. Calling themselves the Cellmates, they kidnap seven people and hold them hostage?keeping them blinded so they can experience the same fears as those who were blinded in the plague.A blend of social commentary, criticism, parody, and polemic, author Christine Faltz Grassman offers an anti-sequel to Blindness, a psychological thriller written by Jos‚ Saramago. The Sight Sickness, Grassman?s personal response to the public?s fear of blindness, works to show that with the right attitude, the right tools, and the right techniques, blindness is manageable.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595531563
ISBN 13 
9780595531561
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
140
Coordonnées du fabricant
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