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meaning of title?
Katharine Best I believe the answer is found when Werner and Jutta tune in to a broadcast early on when Marie Laure's grandfather states: "The brain is locked in tot…moreI believe the answer is found when Werner and Jutta tune in to a broadcast early on when Marie Laure's grandfather states: "The brain is locked in total darkness, of course,children, says the voice. It floats in a clear liquid inside the skull, never in the light. And yet the world it constructs in the mind is full of light. It brims with color and movement. So how, children, does the brain, which lives without a spark of light, build for us a world full of light?
Marie Laure's world was vividly depicted.(less)
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