{"_id":"6292c393fa5c01e51eff5d97","title":"The Country of the Blind","publish_year":1904,"publish_source":"The Strand Magazine","publish_edition":"Vol. 27, Iss. 160","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/sim_strand-magazine_1904-04_27_160/page/400/mode/2up","author":"H. G. Wells","code":"the-country-of-the-blind","words":9523,"image":"town.jpg","image_alt":"A cliffside town. Graphite filter.","genres":["adventure","gothic"],"blurb":"They turned their faces this way and that, and Nunez gesticulated with freedom. But they did not appear to see him for all his gestures, and after a time, directing themselves towards the mountains far away to the right, they shouted as if in answer.","description":"A mountain-climber has a fall and finds himself in a geographically isolated region between the mountains. He discovers a culture of people who have lived so long by themselves they have developed peculiar qualities.","rating":5,"unique_cover":"A drawing of a man overlooking a cliff and seeing people walking on paths far away.","cover_position":"right","cover_source":true,"has_review":true,"has_collections":[{"code":"choice","title":"Librarian’s Picks","collection_type":"static"},{"code":"adventure","title":"Best of Adventure","collection_type":"genre"}]}