Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Dumb HouseCondition: NewEAN: 9781784870119ISBN: 9781784870119Publisher: Vintage ClassicsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/06/2015Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 14mmItem Weight: 159gAuthor: John BurnsideLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 1784870110Description: 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 TimesCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: FictionRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Dumb House
Title: The Dumb House
EAN: 9781784870119
ISBN: 9781784870119
Release Date: 08/06/2015
Release Year: 2015
ISBN-10: 1784870110
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Title: Dumb House
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2016
Topic: General, Literary
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 5.8 Oz
Author: John Burnside
Item Length: 7.7 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Book Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
