{"product_id":"touching-the-rock-9780281077472","title":"Touching the Rock","description":"\u003ci\u003eTouching the Rock\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique exploration of that distant, infinitely strange 'other world' of blindness. John Hull writes of odd sounds and echoes, of people without faces, of a curious new relationship between waking and dreaming, of a changed perception of nature and human personality. He reveals a world in which every human experience - eating and lovemaking, playing with children and buying drinks in the bar - is transformed. 'The incisiveness of Hull's observation, the beauty of his language, make this book poetry; the depth of his reflection turns it into phenomenology or philosophy.'\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eOliver Sacks, neurologist and bestselling author (1933-2015)\u003c\/b\u003e 'He lets us see with no trace of self-pity or self-praise how blindness has become for him a genuine acquisition, an unforeseeably rich gift that has made of him what so few of us are: excellent watchers and hearers of the world . . . triumphant in the teeth of ruin.' \u003cb\u003eReynolds Price, American novelist (1933-2011)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on Blindness\u003c\/i\u003e, a feature film and virtual reality experience by Peter Middleton \u0026amp; James Spinney based on John's original audio diaries. The project is an Archer's Mark Production in association with Fee Fie Foe Films and 104 Films in co-production with Agat Films \u0026amp; Cie\/Ex Nihilo. www.notesonblindness.co.uk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e SPCK Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780281077472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.46d","brand":"John Hull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43140434428085,"sku":"9780281077472","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2227bd2b-a687-42bc-9613-d61532f28d4d.jpg?v=1695699141","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/touching-the-rock-9780281077472","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}