- The novel constantly examines what it is to communicate, with words, with hands, with eyes, with skin - [Stern gives us] the chance to see the world through different eyes that only literature can offer - [A] startling first novel... an opera without song - The novel reads almost like poetry, as recurring images are used both literally and ... Read morethen transmuted into symbols. I'm certain that Stern is creating a new language for deaf and hearing readers alike, artistic and realistic all in one - Stern's writing is the perfect antidote to tokenism. It is full of characters carved from knowledge, experience and heart The novel constantly examines what it is to communicate, with words, with hands, with eyes, with skin - Observer [Stern gives us] the chance to see the world through different eyes that only literature can offer - Maria Crawford, Financial Times [A] startling first novel... an opera without song - Madeleine Kingsley, Jewish Chronicle The novel reads almost like poetry, as recurring images are used both literally and then transmuted into symbols. I'm certain that Stern is creating a new language for deaf and hearing readers alike, artistic and realistic all in one - Jean Straus, Time In Stern's writing is the perfect antidote to tokenism. It is full of characters carved from knowledge, experience and heart - Rebecca Monks, List The novel constantly examines what it is to communicate, with words, with hands, with eyes, with skin - Observer [Stern gives us] the chance to see the world through different eyes that only literature can offer -Maria Crawford, Financial Times [A] startling first novel... an opera without song. -Madeleine Kingsley, Jewish Chronicle The novel reads almost like poetry, as recurring images are used both literally and then transmuted into symbols. I'm certain that Stern is creating a new language for deaf and hearing readers alike, artistic and realistic all in one. -Jean Straus, Time In Stern's writing is the perfect antidote to tokenism. It is full of characters carved from knowledge, experience and heart. -Rebecca Monks, List Show Less