{"product_id":"the-point-of-vanishing-howard-axelrod-9780807075463","title":"The Point of Vanishing: A Memoir of Two Years in Solitude","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInto the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e--a lyrical memoir for nature lovers and for anyone who has wondered what it would be like to disconnect from our hyper-connected culture and seek more meaningful connections\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After losing vision in one eye and becoming estranged from his family and friends, a young man spent two years searching for identity in self-imposed solitude in the backwoods of northern Vermont, where he embarked on a project of stripping away facades and all social ties--and learned to face himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On a clear May afternoon at the end of his junior year at Harvard, Howard Axelrod played a pick-up game of basketball. In a skirmish for a loose ball, a boy's finger hooked behind Axelrod's eyeball and left him permanently blinded in his right eye. A week later, he returned to the same dorm room, but to a different world. A world where nothing looked solid, where the distance between how people saw him and how he saw had widened into a gulf. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Desperate for a sense of orientation he could trust, he retreated to a jerry-rigged house in the Vermont woods, where he lived without a computer or television, and largely without human contact, for two years. He needed to find a more lasting sense of meaning away from society's pressures and rush. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed one of the best books of the year by \u003ci\u003eSlate, Chicago Tribune, Entropy Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and named one of the top 10 memoirs by \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Axelrod\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807075469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807075463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2015 pg. 13","brand":"Howard Axelrod","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926286172415,"sku":"9780807075463","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f44fd326-e84d-44e3-93e1-301ed1a69635.jpg?v=1681082226","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-point-of-vanishing-howard-axelrod-9780807075463","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}