Literature

Of course blindfolds appear in many works of literature. However, not many books have blindfolds as some kind of theme, or an important factor in the plot or setting. Here I will discuss some of them, and hope to receive additional information by e-mail.

Siri Hustvedt - The Blindfold

A shameful admission - I haven't read this novel, but I've peeked at the blindfold bit! Hustvedt is the wife of Paul Auster, one of the greatest living novelists, and reputedly an accomplished author herself. In case I don't tell you more about this book, remind me to read it! Near the end, the female protagonist tells her lover that she knows her New York neighbourhood so well that she can find her way blindfolded. He decides to test her. She walks home with him, blindfolded with a scarf. Some spicier stuff follows.

Siegfried Lenz - Die Augenbinde

In this play, in some ways similar to H.G. Wells' "Country of the Blind", a group of travellers wind up in a village inhabited exclusively by people who are blind or blindfolded. They are put under pressure to put on leather blindfolds. If you're thinking about looking for a production, a word of warning: there's only one female lead, and she never puts on a blindfold.

Johann von Goethe - Blindekuh

A sad poem about a game of blind man's buff and misplaced love. I used to have it in the home, but the copy of Goethe's works was a birthday present to my ex (along with a very nice cotton scarf, actually), so it slipped away along with her. Someday I'll copy it in the library, or one of my readers could send it to me (gibt's welche im deutschsprachigen Raum?).

Update: I've got it now, only in German though. Read it here.

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