Reviews

This is an exciting, inspirational account of a life without sight. Lusseyran, blinded at the age of eight by a freak accident, becomes a youth leader in the French Underground during World War II. While still in his teens, he is arrested and sent to Buchenwald, where he serves his fellow prisoners as translator and disseminator of information, never giving in to despair. His refusal to let blindness cripple him shines through his writing with an almost religious tone as he tells of the inner light that guides him. The audio format makes this autobiography especially compelling. Andre Gregory's matter-of-fact reading conveys the author's positive attitude despite blindness and Nazi atrocities. Accounts of uncommon courage are always important for the examples they set, and this one is no exception. Highly recommended for general collections.-- Nancy R. Ives, SUNY at Geneseo