Blindness

Henry Green's first novel, and the book that began his career as a master of British modernismBlindnessHenry Green's first novel, begun while he was still at Eton and finished before he left universityis the story of John Haye, a young student with literary airs.

It starts with an excerpt fromhis diary, brimming with excitement and affectation and curiosity about life andliterature.

Then a freak accident robs John of his sight, plunging him into despair.

Forced to live with his high-handed, horsey stepmother in the country, John beginsa weird dalliance with a girl named Joan, leading to a new determination.

Blindness is the curse of youth and inexperience and love and ambition, but blindness, Johnwill discover, can also be the source of vision.