The Country of the Blind

Author(s): Wells, H.G.,
Binding: Board Book,
Date of Publication: 01/08/2022,
Pagination: 62 pages,
Series: ERIS Gems,
Imprint: ERIS,
Published By: ERIS,
Book Classification: Classic science fiction,
Dimensions: 109 x 196 x 7
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781912475810

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'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?