The Eyes Have It - Philip K. Dick

The Eyes Have It

By Philip K. Dick

  • Release Date: 1982-03-02
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4
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From 171 Ratings

Description

The Eyes Have It (also known as The Girl on the Train & The Eyes Are Not Here) is a short story by Ruskin Bond that was originally published in Contemporary Indian English Stories. The narrator of this story, a blind man whose eyes were sensitive to light and darkness, was going to Dehradun by train when he met a girl and had a chit-chat with her. It was only after she left and another passenger came into the compartment that the narrator realizes the girl was blind.

Reviews

  • Cute!

    4
    By shardizzzle
    Funny little book! Only 16 pages. :)
  • The Eyes Have It

    4
    By Hoodoo84
    Philip K. Dick uses the narrator's misunderstanding of idioms to describe the horror with which most science fiction might read a run of the mill romance novel. It's a quick read with lots of humor.