Invisible: a memoir
Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Summary
Blinded in an attack in his New York home in 1978, de Montalembert, then a filmmaker and painter, was violently forced out of his intensely visual world. In this raw memoir, he navigates the environs of Manhattan and, not much… later, Bali and Greenland, with new confidence and ability. He's also painfully honest about the affects of his blindness, refusing the comfort of standard tropes about spirituality but finding wonder in the kindness of absolute strangers and isolation from those closest to him. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2010.