It is one of Wells's best known short stories and features prominently in literature dealing with blindness.While attempting to summit the unconquered crest of Parascotopetl, a fictitious mountain in Ecuador, a mountaineer named Nunez slips and falls down the far side of the mountain. At the end of his descent, down a snow-slope in the mountain's shadow, he finds a valley, cut off from the rest of...
H. G. Wells - The Country of the Blind
The Country of the Blind
H. G. Wells, Bauer Books
148
Description
It is one of Wells's best known short stories and features prominently in literature dealing with blindness.While attempting to summit the unconquered crest of Parascotopetl, a fictitious mountain in Ecuador, a mountaineer named Nunez slips and falls down the far side of the mountain. At the end of his descent, down a snow-slope in the mountain's shadow, he finds a valley, cut off from the rest of the world on all sides by steep precipices. Unbeknown to Nunez, he has discovered the fabled Country of the Blind