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24%OFFSusan Schaller - A Man Without Words - 9780520274914 - V9780520274914
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A Man Without Words

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Description for A Man Without Words Paperback. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270. With New Material. 221 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHMC. Dimension: 211 x 137 x 14. Weight: 270.
For more than a quarter of a century, Ildefonso, a Mexican Indian, lived in total isolation, set apart from the rest of the world. He wasn't a political prisoner or a social recluse, he was simply born deaf and had never been taught even the most basic language. Susan Schaller, then a twenty-four-year-old graduate student, encountered him in a class for the deaf where she had been sent as an interpreter and where he sat isolated, since he knew no sign language. She found him obviously intelligent and sharply observant but unable to communicate, and she felt compelled to bring ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
221
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
271g
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520274914
SKU
V9780520274914
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-37

About Susan Schaller
Susan Schaller is a teacher of American Sign Language affiliated with the World Federation of the Deaf and the founder of In the Name of Deaf Adults (NaDA). Oliver Sacks is a physician, best-selling author and professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center. He has written ten books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for ... Read more

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