Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Down All the Days by Christy Brown CHRISTY BROWN, AUTHOR, DIES; CRIPPLED, HE WROTE with TOE
Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Down All the Days by Christy Brown CHRISTY BROWN, AUTHOR, DIES; CRIPPLED, HE WROTE WITH TOE. Christy Brown, the crippled Irish author who wrote by typing with the little toe of his left foot, choked to death Sunday while having dinner at home in Parbrook, a village in Somerset, in western England. He was 49 years old. Mr. Brown wrote his first book, ''My Left Foot,'' in 1954. His autobiographical novel, ''Down All the Days,'' was written in 1970 and was translated into 14 languages. It told of the subculture of Kimmage, a working-class Dublin suburb in whi ch Mr. Brown grew up, and earned him $370,000. His most recent work s were ''Shadow on Summer'' and a collection of poems, ''Backgro und Music.'' Mr. Brown was a victim of cerebral palsy. In his early years he could not stand, walk, feed himself or drink. His speech consisted largely of grunts understood by his family and close friends. He could not control any part of his body except his left foot. He would jerk and shake and often slaver. 'The Urge to Write' His mother, who had 22 children, of whom 13 survived, refused to put him in an institution. She taught him to write, and he learned to read and paint - holding a paint brush with the toes of his left foot. Robert Collis, a Dublin physician who specialized in cerebral palsy, encouraged Mr. Brown to write. ''From very early on I had the urge to write,'' Mr. Brown said. ''As far back as I can remember I was always writing bits and pieces - poems, short stories, essays.
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