The World I Live In - Softcover

Keller, Helen

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ISBN 10: 160444729X ISBN 13: 9781604447293

Publisher: IndoEuropeanPublishing.com, 2012

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Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker. A prolific author, Keller was well-traveled, and was outspoken in her anti-war convictions. A member of the Socialist Party of America and the Industrial Workers of the World, she campaigned for women's suffrage, labor rights, socialism, and other radical left causes. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1971. (wikipedia.org) Review of the title: "The autobiography of Helen Keller is unquestionably one of the most remarkable records ever published."—British Weekly. "This book is a human document of intense interest, and without a parallel, we suppose, in the history of literature."—Yorkshire Post. "Miss Keller's autobiography, well written and full of practical interest in all sides of life, literary, artistic and social, records an extraordinary victory over physical disabilities."—Times. "This book is a record of the miraculous. No one can read it without being profoundly touched by the patience and devotion which brought the blind, deaf-mute child into touch with human life, without being filled with wonder at the quick intelligence which made such communication with the outside world possible."—Queen.

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Review:

"Roger Shattuck's striking new edition of "The World I Live In", a sparkling work too long obscured, renews Helen Keller for all generations--for the steadfast admirers of her art, and particularly for readers not yet acquainted with the sightless genius who taught the world the majesty of her insight. "The World I Live In" brings us intimately close, in her own valiant words, to the mind of a woman for whom language was life."
-- Cynthia Ozick

"While Helen Keller is better known for "The Story of My Life", her later book, "The World I Live In", is a warmer, more intimate and more beautiful work, one in which we encounter Helen Keller's remarkable imagination, her originality, and her power as a literary artist. She comes alive here, vividly and idiosyncratically, more than in any other of her writings."
-- Oliver Sacks

"An astounding account, enhanced further by Roger Shattuck's excellent introduction in which he explores the implications of her experience."
-- "The Observer"

"An affirmation of the fact that real miracles are the product of human endeavour and inspiration"
-- "Times Educational Supplement" (London)

"Roger Shattuck s striking new edition of "The World I Live In," a sparkling work too long obscured, renews Helen Keller for all generations for the steadfast admirers of her art, and particularly for readers not yet acquainted with the sightless genius who taught the world the majesty of her insight. "The World I Live In" brings us intimately close, in her own valiant words, to the mind of a woman for whom language was life."
Cynthia Ozick
"While Helen Keller is better known for "The Story of My Life," her later book, "The World I Live In," is a warmer, more intimate and more beautiful work, one in which we encounter Helen Keller s remarkable imagination, her originality, and her power as a literary artist. She comes alive here, vividly and idiosyncratically, more than in any other of her writings."
Oliver Sacks
"An astounding account, enhanced further by Roger Shattuck s excellent introduction in which he explores the implications of her experience."
"The Observer"
"An affirmation of the fact that real miracles are the product of human endeavour and inspiration"
"Times Educational Supplement" (London)"

"Roger Shattuck's striking new edition of The World I Live In, a sparkling work too long obscured, renews Helen Keller for all generations--for the steadfast admirers of her art, and particularly for readers not yet acquainted with the sightless genius who taught the world the majesty of her insight. The World I Live In brings us intimately close, in her own valiant words, to the mind of a woman for whom language was life."
-- Cynthia Ozick

"While Helen Keller is better known for The Story of My Life, her later book, The World I Live In, is a warmer, more intimate and more beautiful work, one in which we encounter Helen Keller's remarkable imagination, her originality, and her power as a literary artist. She comes alive here, vividly and idiosyncratically, more than in any other of her writings."
-- Oliver Sacks

"An astounding account, enhanced further by Roger Shattuck's excellent introduction in which he explores the implications of her experience."
-- The Observer

"An affirmation of the fact that real miracles are the product of human endeavour and inspiration"
-- Times Educational Supplement (London)

About the Author:

Helen Keller is Professor of Constitutional, European and Public International Law at the University of Zurich. She served as a member of the UN Human Rights Committee from 2008 until 2011, when she was elected as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights.

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