Product Description

'Light is in us even if we have no eyes.' It is a rare man who can maintain a love of life through the infirmity of blindness, the terrors of war, and the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp. Such a man was Jacques Lusseyran, a French underground resistance leader during the Second World War. This book is his compelling and moving autobiography. Jacques Lusseyran lost his sight in an accident when he was eight years old. At the age of sixteen, he formed a resistance group with his schoolfriends in Nazi-occupied France. Gradually the small resistance circle of boys widened, cell by cell. In a fascinating scene, the author tells of interviewing prospective underground recruits, 'seeing' them by means of their voices, and in this way weeding out early the weak and the traitorous. Eventually Jacques and his comrades were betrayed to the Germans and interrogated by the Gestapo. After a fifteen month incarceration in Buchenwald, the author was one of thirty to survive from an initial shipment of two thousand.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #218801 in Books
• Published on: 1985-03
• Original language: French
• Binding: Paperback
• 247 pages

Review
'This was the most inspiring autobiography I read this year.' -- Jill Hawkes, Towards Wholeness, Autumn 2000 'This is a remarkable true story by a remarkable man. This makes gripping reading and left me feeling uplifted and greatly strengthened. Highly recommended.' -- Stephanie Sorrell, New Vision, September 2000

About the Author
Jaqcques Lusseyran later became a university professor in the United States. He died in a car accident in 1971.

Customer Reviews

A profound and unforgettable book
This is one of my favorite books; one of the few which I keep on a special shelf with books that I re-read every few years or so. And with every reading, I discover something new.
Jacques Lusseyran is a fascinating person and his insights into life are profoundly moving. He became blind after an accident at the age of eight. His blindness, although at times inconvenient, was never a handicap, because it enabled him to develop exceptional spiritual and psychic capacities at a very young age. He discovered that he could "see" people and things but without using his eyes. He could also "see" the moral qualities of people, and often their hidden motivations and even their thoughts.
The book recounts his life and his adventures as a founder of an important French resistance group.
I strongly recommend this book.

"Enlightning" in the real sense of the word
This is the faszinating tale of a blind man who has survived the horrors of the concentration camp buchenwald under the nazis. But that is only a sideline, a few dozen pages in this wonderfull autobiographie. It is about hope, enlightment and about the love of life!
The author is sometimes a bit too phantastic, but if one can overlook that, it is one of the most captivating books I've read in years as it describes the world through "the eyes" of a blind person - and there is so much to discover and to learn.

Real Sight
This is a most amazing story on several levels. I have bought two copies from Amazon so that I can lend one out and still have a copy. The book is an inspiration to anyone who thinks they are unable to achieve anything.