The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found
Written by Frank Bruni
Narrated by Frank Bruni
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One morning in late 2017, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni woke up with strangely blurred vision. He wondered at first if some goo or gunk had worked its way into his right eye. But this was no fleeting annoyance, no fixable inconvenience. Overnight, a rare stroke had cut off blood to one of his optic nerves, rendering him functionally blind in that eye—forever. And he soon learned from doctors that the same disorder could ravage his left eye, too. He could lose his sight altogether.
In this “moving and inspiring” (The Washington Post) memoir, Bruni beautifully recounts his adjustment to this daunting reality, a medical and spiritual odyssey that involved not only reappraising his own priorities but also reaching out to, and gathering wisdom from, longtime friends and new acquaintances who had navigated their own traumas and afflictions.
The result is a poignant, probing, and ultimately “a positive message, a powerful reminder that with great vulnerability also comes great reward” (Oprah Winfrey). Bruni’s world blurred in one sense, as he experienced his first real inklings that the day isn’t forever and that light inexorably fades, but sharpened in another. Confronting unexpected hardship, he felt more blessed than ever before. The Beauty of Dusk is “a wonderful book. Honest. Poetic. Uplifting.” (Lesley Stahl).
Editor's Note
Raw memoir…
One morning in October 2017, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni awoke with blurry vision, only to learn he’d suffered a stroke that severely damaged his optic nerve. His raw memoir about the emotional and psychological toll of losing his eyesight is a heartfelt exploration of aging and an uplifting ode to humans’ ability to adapt.
Frank Bruni
Frank Bruni has been a prominent journalist for more than three decades, including more than twenty-five years at The New York Times, in roles as diverse as op-ed columnist, White House correspondent, Rome bureau chief, and chief restaurant critic. He is the author of four New York Times bestsellers. In July 2021, he became a full professor at Duke University, teaching in the school of public policy. He currently writes his popular weekly newsletter for the Times and produces additional essays as one of the newspaper’s Contributing Opinion Writers. Contact him on X: @FrankBruni; Facebook: @FrankBruniNYT; Instagram/Threads: @FrankABruni64 or his website Frank.Bruni.com.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What an absolutely beautiful book to listen to. Thank you for writing about your journey through vision loss and for bringing forth the stories of so many others. As someone who has a child who has gone through something similar, I really appreciate on so many levels the wisdom in this book.
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