The World I Live In (New York Review Books Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Helen Keller
Creator: Roger Shattuck
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 247544
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1590170679
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.41092
EAN: 9781590170670
ASIN: 1590170679
Publication Date: January 31, 2004
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Out of print for nearly a century, The World I Live In is Helen Keller's most personal and intellectually adventurous work—one that transforms our appreciation of her extraordinary achievements. Here this preternaturally gifted deaf and blind young woman closely describes her sensations and the workings of her imagination, while making the pro-vocative argument that the whole spectrum of the senses lies open to her through the medium of language. Standing in the line of the works of Emerson and Thoreau, The World I Live In is a profoundly suggestive exercise in self-invention, and a true, rediscovered classic of American literature.
This new edition of The World I Live In also includes Helen Keller's early essay "Optimism," as well as her first published work, "My Story," written when she was twelve.
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very prompt efficient delivery May 19, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I received the book promptly. The material was in new condition without any flaws. I was very pleased. Thank you!
Her world without sight and sound. March 26, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
She tries to help you understand the reality of her life. It is much more than you can imagine.
Wonderfully touching November 5, 2004
45 out of 47 found this review helpful
What beautiful writing! It's pointed out in the intro that, more than most of us, her world was shaped with WORDS. I've only read about four essays so far, and am profoundly touched. I've always admired Helen Keller, but am newly re-impressed with her wisdom and vision, and touched that she can write so clearly as to make me feel how little she felt limited by her handicap. If Helen Keller had simply learned to behave and ask politely for her food, etc, it would have been an impressive accomplishment. The fact that she grew to fully embrace her intelligence, her world and her potential . . . wow. I know so many people who are content to just do the bare minimum, to not stretch their limits at all, to not show any intellectual curiosity . . . she had the perfect excuse to exert the least effort, yet she didn't. Once she was given the key, the entree to humanity, she didn't let her handicaps stop her. I love that even all these years later, she is still able to share that.
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