Unveiling the Hidden Stories Behind Glasses: A Riveting Review by Adam Geczy
Reviewed by Amy Goldmacher
Glasses, as of July 2026, is the latest in the series of 100+ books in Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons series. These tiny (approximately 25,000 words each) tomes are delightful, deep yet digestible dives into “the hidden lives of ordinary things.”
As a glasses-wearing twelve-year old, Adam Geczy recalls watching the 1964 film Tomb of Ligeia, based loosely on Edgar Allan Poe’s tale, where the main character has an eye condition that requires him to wear dark glasses outdoors that is a metaphor for his disconnection to the world, which (spoiler alert) leads him being blinded. And thus Geczy’s eyes were opened (literally and metaphorically) to the many functions and perceptions of glasses.
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