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Buch (Softcover): Belletristik
The Quiet Ear
An Investigation of Missing Sound: The ‘bighearted, transformative memoir’ about deafness and identity
Verlag:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: 6R8P867
EAN: 9781399619677
Auf Lager:
6
Zustellung: Di, 01.09.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 27.25
Beschreibung
From award-winning poet, educator, artist and 2026 Booker Prize judge, a groundbreaking memoir about family, identity, history and language. 'A big-hearted, transformative memoir' New York Times. 'A quiet revolution' Irish Times. 'Searing. often heart-rending' Guardian. Raymond Antrobus was diagnosed as deaf at the age of six. He discovered he had missing sounds - bird calls, whistles, kettles, alarms. Teachers thought he was slow and disruptive, some didn't believe he was deaf at all. The Quiet Ear. tells his story - from childhood to fatherhood - and the stories of other D/deaf cultural figures, from painters to silent film stars, poets to performers - the inspiring models of D/deaf creativity Antrobus did not have growing up. Told with the electrifying prose of a poet, this groundbreaking and moving memoir explores family, identity, history and language, and what it means to be in a world saturated with noise. A TIME. BOOK OF THE YEAR. 'Should force readers to pause and reflect' Independent. 'Wise, intimate and questing' Telegraph. 'Read this book' Lemn Sissay. 'An essential education' Safiya Sinclair. 'Important, honest, eye-opening and beautifully written' Bernardine Evaristo. 'A must read' Rose Ayling-Ellis. 'A modern classic' Roger Robinson. 'Changed the way I will move through the world' Clint Smith.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Antrobus Raymond
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2025
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Detailformat
- Softcover
Anzahl Seiten
- 224