Showing results for "Blind" in World Literature

Blindness in the 1950s was a social stigma. Stephen's mother wanted a normal life for him, so he fought desperately to uphold the illusion of sight. For a child frantic to fit in, each day was an exhausting pretence. He managed to ride a bike, when even reading involved pressing his nose to the page and painfully forcing his eyes to concentrate. Head up, he strode through a carefully memorized labyrinth of streets, hoping to fool passers-by that he could actually see.

"The Blind Man" is a delicate study of a loving relationship blighted by the man's blindness and disfigurement in the First World War. The arrival of an old friend of the woman brings into the open feelings and fears previously suppressed.

Steuermann Lauken möchte seine Geliebte Alwine heiraten, doch sie wartet immer noch auf ihren seit Jahren verschollenen Ehemann. Ist er denn überhaupt noch am Leben? Nur noch eine letzte Reise für den Steuermann und dann soll die Hochzeit sein.