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Blind Man (Paperback)
Mitija Cander; Translated by Rawley Grau
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The main character and narrator of Blind Man is a successful book
editor and critic with severely impaired vison, although he has
never had much to do with the visually impaired community and
doesn't really feel like he is one of them. But when he is offered
a chance to enter the world of politics, he is "blinded" by the
lure of power, and this easy-going, level-headed husband and
soon-to-be father gradually turns into a self-absorbed careerist.
Author Mitja Cander, without pontificating and with a measured dose
of humour, paints a critical, unsparing portrait of a small
European country and through it a convincing satire on the
psychological state of contemporary European society. What, or who,
do we still believe in today, and who should we trust? Politicians,
apparatchiks, the media? Speeches laden with buzzwords and
grandiose promises break down the flimsy facade, as the
protagonist's own insecurity suggests that things are not always
what they seem. In the end, social blindness is worse than any
physical impairment, and worst of all is to be blinded by your own
ego.
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