Name: Cataract
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
ISBN: 9781619020634

John Berger

Selçuk Demirel

An impressionistic essay documents the author's struggles with vision-compromising cataracts and the transformative effect of cataract removal operations, which reawaken abilities and illuminate how people adapt to sensory loss.

Some Notes After Having a Cataract Removed

Cataract

'Cataract from Greek kataraktes, meaning waterfall or portcullis, an obstruction that descends from above.' Notes and reflections by one of our great soothsayers of seeing, John Berger, on the minor miracle of cataract surgery. With drawings by the Turkish artist Selcuk Demirel. 'If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.' - William Blake

Cataract Some Notes After Having a Cataract Removed

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