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55/100Critics
50/100Scholars
Author:
Frank Bruni
Publisher:
Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Date:
March 1, 2022
In late 2017, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni suffered a rare stroke, rendering him functionally blind in one eye. Here Bruni recounts his adjustment to this daunting new reality, a medical and spiritual odyssey that involved not only reappraising his own priorities but also reaching out to, and gathering wisdom from, longtime friends and new acquaintances who had navigated their own traumas and afflictions.
What The Reviewers Say
What makes The Beauty of Dusk far more remarkable than one man’s triumph over life’s cruelties is how Bruni persevered through the difficulties: by seeking the counsel of others who had suffered physical losses. This isn’t the sad story of a man who lost his sight; it is the generous narrative of a student who sought wisdom when trials appeared in his life.
Bruni helps us see how hardship might allow for a deeper understanding than a life 'untouched by significant turmoil'.
Bruni...includes graphic descriptions of the treatment...and philosophical discourses on what it means truly to see.
Everywhere he perceives gratitude, optimism, hope, and courage in his interviewees, leading to a shift within himself to compassion and appreciation. The result is a book about vision loss that becomes testimony to human courage, a moving memoir that offers perspective, comfort, and hope..
