Dumb house
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As a child, Luke’s mother often tells him the story of the Dumb House, an experiment on newborn babies raised in silence, designed to test the innateness of language.
As a child, Luke’s mother often tells him the story of the Dumb House, an experiment on newborn babies raised in silence, designed to test the innateness of language.
As Luke grows up, his interest in language and the delicate balance of life and death leads to amateur dissections of small animals – tiny hearts revealed still pumping, as life trickles away. But as an adult, following the death of his mother, Luke’s obsession deepens, resulting in a haunting and bizarre experiment on Luke’s own children.
‘A wonderfully disturbing book - chillingly focused and lyrically amoral with moments of remarkable stillness and beauty.’ A.L. Kennedy
‘Burnside's prose is exquisite, and he dissects his themes with delicacy to produce a novel resonant with poetic menace’ Sunday Times
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 06 augustus 2015
Aantal pagina's: 204
Kaarten inbegrepen: Nee
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: John Burnside
Hoofduitgeverij: Vintage Classics
Originele titel: The Dumb House (Vintage Classics
AI-gegenereerd: Nee
Dyslexievriendelijk: Nee
Editie: Reissue edition
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 129 mm
Product hoogte: 17 mm
Product lengte: 198 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 129 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 198 mm
Verpakking lengte: 17 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 226 g
eWaste: Nee
EAN: 9781784870119