This Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun

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Started reading 12 July 2006
Finished reading 15 July 2006

Frightening. Depressing. The things that those in power can do to break the human spirit - physically and mentally. The story shows how one man manages to overcome the horrors of his incarceration. He is a changed man when he is finally released about 20 years later. His experiences could never be imagined by anyone else - family or friends. The lost years of his life, lost forever.