Prende la luz: escritos de helen keller ante la ceguera social By Helen Keller
Blind and deaf since infancy American memoirist and lecturer Helen Adams Keller learned to read to write and to speak from her teacher Anne Sullivan graduated from Radcliffe in 1904 and lectured widely on behalf of sightless people her books include n Out of the Dark n 1913 Conditions bound not Keller Scarlet fever rendered her deaf and blind at 19 months she in several languages and as a student wrote n The Story of My Life n In this age few women then attended college and people often relegated the disabled to the background and spoke of the disabled only in hushed tones when she so remarkably accomplished Nevertheless alongside many other impressive achievements Keller authored 13 books wrote countless articles and devoted her life to social reform An active and effective suffragist pacifist and socialist the latter association earned her a file of Federal Bureau of Investigation she lectured on behalf of disabled people everywhere She also helped to start several foundations that continue to improve the lives of the deaf and blind around the world As a young girl obstinate Keller prone to fits of violence seethed with rage at her inability to express herself Nevertheless at the urging of Alexander Graham Bell Anne Sullivan a teacher transformed this wild child at the age of 7 years in an event that she declares the most important day I remember in all my life After a series of operations Sullivan once blind partially recovered her sight In a memorable passage Keller writes of the day Teacher led her to a stream and repeatedly spelled out the letters w a t e r on one of her hands while pouring water over the other This method proved a revelation That living world awakened my soul gave it light hope joy set it free There were barriers still it is true but barriers that could in time be swept away And indeed most of them were In her lovingly crafted and deeply perceptive autobiography Keller s joyous spirit is most vividly expressed in her connection to nature Indeed everything that could hum or buzz or sing or bloom had a part in my education Few know what joy it is to feel the roses pressing softly into the hand or the beautiful motion of the lilies as they sway in the morning breeze Sometimes I caught an insect in the flower I was plucking and I felt the faint noise of a pair of wings rubbed together in a sudden terror The idea of feeling rather than hearing a sound or of admiring a flower s motion rather than its color evokes a strong visceral sensation in the reader giving The Story of My Life a subtle power and beauty Keller s celebration of discovery becomes our own In the end this blind and deaf woman succeeds in sharpening our eyes and ears to the beauty of the world Shawn Carkonen Prende la luz escritos de helen keller ante la ceguera social
| Prende la luz: escritos de helen keller ante la ceguera social By Helen Keller |
| Spanish; Castilian |
| 121 |
| Paperback |
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