She could neither see nor hear but she experienced the world as a richly vitalplace redolent of smells that were a language to her and alive with vibrationsthat... » 

She could neither see nor hear but she experienced the world as a richly vitalplace redolent of smells that were a language to her and alive with vibrationsthat spoke to her alone. American author and activist HELEN ADAMS KELLER 18801968 was already famous thanks to her 1903 biography when she wrote this1908 collection of beautifully poetic essays that brought readers enthralledwith her story deeper insights into how she saw the world. Here she wondersat how limited the senses of others appear to her and how deeply languagecolors perception and offers us a startling account of the nothingness thatwas her existence before her soul dawn before her famous teacher AnnieSullivan drew her out of her insular semiconsciousness. Surely one of the mostextraordinary books ever written but one of the most extraordinary people ofrecent centuries this is a classic exploration of what it means to be humanand alive that continues to captivate readers today. «