Lusseyran allows us to glimpse both heaven and hell on Earth through the eyes of a man who has lived through both. So why is your breath caught in your throat and why can't you put this book down even the second or third time through it?" - The Baltimore Sun " And There Was Light is the little-known but thoroughly luminous autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran, a blind man who discovered the gift of inner sight after losing his vision in a childhood accident - and then put his gift to use in the struggle against Nazism. How do you explain the incredible suspense of this book? You know he lives.
Under it all runs a deep current of mystical truth and hope." - Jacob Needleman, author of An Unknown World An exciting, inspirational account of a life without sight." - Library Journal What normally would seem a tragic plunge into darkness becomes a thrilling journey into light." - Peter Brook, director of the International Centre for Theatre Research, Paris This book is his testament to the joy which exists in all of us, a joy which no conditions - not even the worst - can kill." - Roshi Philip Kapleau, author of The Three Pillars of Zen, "A magical book, the kind that becomes a classic, passed along between friends. His description of what it is like to #145 see' as a blind man is fascinating and inspiring his account of Buchenwald, where he was condemned to the living hell of the #145 Invalids' Barracks,' is one of the most anguishing fragments of Holocaust testimony that I have ever encountered." - Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times A stunning revelation of human courage and love arising in the midst of implacable human evil. It is why books are published at all." - Mark Nepo, author of Seven Thousand Ways to Listen Lusseyran allows us to glimpse both heaven and hell on Earth through the eyes of a man who has lived through both.
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experience is thrilling, horrible, honest, spiritually profound, and utterly full of joy." - Ethan Hawke, in the Village Voice One of the most extraordinary books I have ever read. A magical book, the kind that becomes a classic." - Baltimore Sun One of the most powerful memoirs I've ever encountered.
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