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21%OFFJohn Burnside - The Dumb House - 9781784870119 - V9781784870119
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The Dumb House

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Description for The Dumb House Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 190.

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 ... Read more

‘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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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784870119
SKU
V9781784870119
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Ref
99-98

About John Burnside
John Burnside was among the most acclaimed writers of his generation. His novels, short stories, poetry and memoirs won numerous awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial, Saltire Scottish Book of the Year and, in 2024, he received the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime’s achievement in literature. In 2011 Black Cat Bone won both the Forward and the T.S. Eliot ... Read more

Reviews for The Dumb House
Compelling reading
Scotsman
A wonderfully disturbing book - chillingly focused and lyrically amoral with moments of remarkable stillness and beauty. A poetic novel in the best and most troubling sense
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
An ... Read more

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