This astonishing autobiography tells “And There Was Light” is the little-known but thoroughly luminous autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran, a blind man who discovered the gift of inner sight after losing his vision in a.
Jacques Lusseyran · 4.4 out Jacques Lusseyran (19 September – 27 July ) was a French author and political activist. Blinded at the age of 7, at 17 Lusseyran became a leader in the French resistance against Nazi Germany's occupation of France in
He wrote about his life, And There Was Light is the strange and beautiful autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran: “Blind Hero of the French Resistance.” Born in Paris in , Lusseyran lost his sight at the age of 8 in a schoolroom incident. Even at that age, he was groping toward the transcendent.
This excellent autobiography to every And There Was Light is an enthralling tale of one blind man's poignant struggle for survival against insurmountable odds. Jacques Lusseyran shares a deep insight into what it means for him find his place in this world as a blind person.
The Extraordinary Memoir of a Jacques was a patriot. At 17, he decided to organize his friends into a resistance unit. Wisely, they appointed him head of recruiting — his hearing made him a great judge of character.
Jacques Lusseyran was born in Biography: Jacques Lusseyran, who was blinded in an accident at age 7, is best known for his leadership in the French Resistance during World War II, his survival of the Buchenwald concentration camp, and his autobiographical reflections in "And There Was Light" ().
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Lusseyran was sighted at birth, but a childhood accident caused him to lose his vision. Neither Lusseyran nor his parents--comfortable members of the petit bourgeoisie--let his blindness define him in the way that most people living in the more developed nations of the early 20th century would have done. When Jacques Lusseyran was an Don’t be afraid to lose your soul there, for God is in it.”20 4 Buckley Lusseyran’s And There Was Light LSHVFall End Notes 1 Jacques Lusseyran, And There Was Light: The Extraordinary Memoir of a Blind Hero of the French Resistance in World War II, (transl.) Elizabeth R. Cameron (Novato, CA: New World Library; ),