The Country of the Blind

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-912475-81-0
Verlag: ERIS

Buch, Englisch, 62 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 111 mm x 199 mm, Gewicht: 72 g

Reihe: ERIS gems

“Over the mountains I come,” said Nunez, “out of the country beyond there—where men can see. From near Bogota, where there are a hundred thousands of people, and where the city passes out of sight.”

One of the acknowledged masters of speculative fiction, H.G. Wells conducts in this short story a disconcerting thought experiment. What would become of a community if its members were somehow deprived of sight? How would society evolve in the absence of the very concept of visibility? And what if, one day, a sighted outsider suddenly found himself in this country of the blind?

Eris Gems make available in the form of beautifully produced saddle-stitched booklets a series of outstanding short works of fiction and non-fiction.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wells, H. G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren

Über Autor(innen)

H.G. Wells (1866-1946) was a novelist and social theorist who was among the preeminent public intellectuals of his time. He is arguably the single most influential writer within the genre of science fiction; his many works include The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds.