by RupertThomson (Author)
It is a Thursday evening. After work Martin Blom drives to the supermarket to buy some groceries. As he walks back to his car, a shot rings out. When he wakes up he is blind. His neurosurgeon, Bruno Visser, tells him that his loss of sight is permanent and that he must expect to experience shock, depression, self-pity, even suicidal thoughts before his rehabilitation is complete. But it doesn't work out quite like that. One spring evening, while Martin is practising in the clinic gardens with his new white cane, something miraculous happens.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 19 Sep 1996
ISBN 10: 074752601X
ISBN 13: 9780747526018
Book Overview: 'When someone writes as well as Thomson does, it makes you wonder why other people bother ... some of it is pure poetry' New Statesman
Prizes: Shortlisted for Guardian Fiction Prize 1996.