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Touching the Rock: An Experience of Blindness

John M. Hull, SPCK Publishing, 1990 (reissued Vintage, 2017)

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Hull's memoir of his journey into total blindness — the book that grew from the audio diaries. A sustained phenomenological account of losing sight and discovering the acoustic, tactile, and emotional world that replaced it.

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The Academy · May 27, 2026

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What does this material reveal? Where else does it lead?