Twilight: Losing Sight, Gaining Insight

by Henry Grunwald

Book Overview

In 1992, when Henry Grunwald missed a glass into which he was pouring water, he assumed that he needed new eyeglasses, not that the incident was a harbinger of darker times. But in fact Grunwald was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375404228
• ISBN13: 9780375404221
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.7" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful book for those who suffer from AMD and those who c

This is a brilliant analysis of the deterioration of vision by Mr. Grunwald who has gone through it. He handles his unfortunate situation with grace and class. I am very surprised that this text has not been published in audio form since there are so many individuals who cannot read because of AMD, but would gain so much from Mr. Grunwalds words.

Learning from Within

As a new person to the field of age-related vision loss, I picked up Grunwald's book and instantly felt a genuine person telling me his story and explaining his perspectives. His book is not compartamentalized in medical, emotional and social sections. It is a natural journey through which you begin to understand what Grunwald experienced.As a writer myself, I can only imagine how difficult it must be to no longer pick up your own books and read them, as in Grunwald's account of his frustration or simply write and edit with ease.His plain English explanation of his feelings, situations and medical details of his vision loss has been a gift that has helped me understand what persons with degenerative vision loss are going through. Thank you Henry for pouring yourself into a book, just to help so many others affected directly and indirectly by degenerative vision loss. Your impact lasts beyond the last words in your book.

WHEN is this book coming out on tape or large type?

This is a sensitive, inspirational book about Henry Grunwald's journey into macular degeneration. I am buying two more books for my brothers to increase their understanding of our mother's struggle with this disease. And speaking of my mother, she would love to read this book (especially the part about mistaking the Princess of Wales for Diane Sawyer)and she would be inspired by his account of "losing sight, gaining insight." Unfortunately, she can't do either because the book isn't in LARGE,BOLD. BLACK TYPE or ON TAPE. Publisher Alfred A Knopf, ARE YOU LISTENING?

A Book For Those Who Love Someone Who Has M.D.

Powerful and well written, this book really gives you a feel for what it must be like to live with macular degeneration and watch your world blur away. But note to publisher...PLEASE, GET THIS BOOK ON TAPE IMMEDIATELY! The whole point is to gain compassion for (and grow closer to) those living with M.D., but how can I discuss the book with my Gram unless she's heard it? Did the publisher fall asleep at the wheel on this one?

A compelling, visceral autobiography.

Henry Gunwald's experiences with macular degeneration - a gradually loss of sight which affects the elderly - details his growing disability and his struggle to understand new, increasing limitations in his strong autobiography Twilight. From his visual awakening as a child to his revised perspective as an adult, this muses on the nature of sight and its loss.