Face To Face
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Face to Face is the remarkable autobiography of Ved Mehta, a blind Indian writer who chronicles his extraordinary journey from losing his sight at age three due to meningitis to eventually studying at prestigious institutions in the United States and England. Written with piercing clarity and quiet courage, the memoir presents an intimate portrait of growing up blind in 1930s and 1940s India, navigating family expectations, and finding his way to Arkansas School for the Blind at just fifteen years old. Mehta argues through lived experience that disability is never the defining boundary others assume it to be, illustrating instead the power of intellect, determination, and a relentless hunger for independence. The narrative moves across continents and cultures, capturing the collision of East and West with a lyrical precision that marks Mehta as one of the finest prose stylists of his generation.
Author: Ved Mehta
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Face to Face is the remarkable autobiography of Ved Mehta, a blind Indian writer who chronicles his extraordinary journey from losing his sight at age three due to meningitis to eventually studying at prestigious institutions in the United States and England. Written with piercing clarity and quiet courage, the memoir presents an intimate portrait of growing up blind in 1930s and 1940s India, navigating family expectations, and finding his way to Arkansas School for the Blind at just fifteen years old. Mehta argues through lived experience that disability is never the defining boundary others assume it to be, illustrating instead the power of intellect, determination, and a relentless hunger for independence. The narrative moves across continents and cultures, capturing the collision of East and West with a lyrical precision that marks Mehta as one of the finest prose stylists of his generation.