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Deaf Sentence
Deaf Sentence (Paperback)
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Description
The subject of enthusiastic and widespread reviews, David Lodge's fourteenth work of fiction displays the humor and shrewd observations that have made him a much-loved icon. Deaf Sentence tells the story of Desmond Bates, a recently retired linguistics professor in his mid-sixties. Vexed by his encroaching deafness and at loose ends in his personal life, Desmond inadvertently gets involved with a seemingly personable young American female student who seeks his support in matters academic and not so academic, who finally threatens to destabilize his life completely with her unpredictable-and wayward-behavior. What emerges is a funny, moving account of one man's effort to come to terms with aging and mortality-a classic meditation on modern middle age that fans of David Lodge will love.
About the Author
David Lodge is the author of thirteen novels and a novella, including Nice Work and Small World, both of which were finalists for the Booker Prize.
Praise for Deaf Sentence…
"Deaf Sentence is funny, all right, but . . . Lodge goes wider and further by creating a man who learns to be clear to the increasingly inaudible years of late life."
-Roger Rosenblatt, The Washington Post
" Terrific . . . a balancing act that few authors could pull off with such grace."
-Entertainment Weekly
" Funny and touching."
-Los Angeles Times