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Mara Faulkner

Autor(a) de Going Blind: A Memoir

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Mara Faulkner, OSB, is Associate Professor of English at the College of St. Benedict. She is the author of Protest and Possibility in the Writing of Tillie Olsen and Born of Common Hungers: Benedictine Women in Search of Connections.

Obras por Mara Faulkner

Going Blind: A Memoir (2009) 12 exemplares
Still Birth (2013) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

"Tell Me a Riddle" Tillie Olsen (1995) — Contribuidor — 90 exemplares

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A very interesting rumination on the various meanings put on the word 'blind' in English usage. Faulkner includes how these aspects were played out in the life of her father and herself, both of whom had a genetic condition which leads to blindness by mid-life.
Faulkner is a very intelligent and well-read author who was able to bring in a wide variety of references to prove her point --that most people have a very negative view of blindness. Her father, in fact, was so set against being labelled 'blind', that he went to great lengths to hide and work around his inability to see.… (mais)
 
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juniperSun | Jun 30, 2023 |

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Membros
15
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