The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

"When Andrew Leland was growing up in New Mexico, he noticed that he had trouble seeing in the dark. That night blindness was the first sign of retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic condition that gradually narrows one’s sight. The Country of the Blind represents Leland’s personal, cultural and historical journey into “the world of blindness and what possibilities might exist there” as he comes to terms with the total blindness he knows awaits him. This artful blend of memoir and wide-ranging investigation generously invites the reader to “discover the largely invisible terrain of blindness” and sit together with Leland in uncertainty."