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Out of Darkness: A Memoir

by Zoltan Torey

Other authors: Oliver Sacks (Foreword)

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Memoir about the author's experience in coping with sudden blindness while living alone in a foreign land. Hungarian-born Zoltan Torey was 21 years old when he was showered with acid during a workplace accident in Sydney that left him blinded and unable to speak above a whisper. Author recounts his devotion to the riddle of human consciousness as a means of psychologically returning to the world of light. Foreword by Oliver Sacks. Author has worked as a consultant psychologist.… (more)
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Memoir about the author's experience in coping with sudden blindness while living alone in a foreign land. Hungarian-born Zoltan Torey was 21 years old when he was showered with acid during a workplace accident in Sydney that left him blinded and unable to speak above a whisper. Author recounts his devotion to the riddle of human consciousness as a means of psychologically returning to the world of light. Foreword by Oliver Sacks. Author has worked as a consultant psychologist.

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