130 x 200mm, 70 pages, Black & white printing, Perfect bound, Softcover, 2020

Unwanted prayers on your behalf, kindnesses that you end up resenting – living with visual impairment is less about matters of sight than it is about problems of perception. 

A life without mirrors is not a life without self-examination. On the contrary, Jacques Coetzee’s debut is a manifesto of personhood, a portrait of a world brought into being by its textures, its movements, and – most importantly – its music. Easy-flowing and sensuous, this is a collection of the unexpected, the strange, and the suddenly beautiful. Unavoidably and undeniably, Coetzee’s is a truly unique perspective.

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