Dead Languages (Graywolf Rediscovery Series)
ISBN-13:
9781555972745
ISBN-10:
1555972748
Author:
David Shields
Publication date:
1998
Publisher:
Graywolf Press
Format:
Paperback
246 pages
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ISBN-13:
9781555972745
ISBN-10:
1555972748
Author:
David Shields
Publication date:
1998
Publisher:
Graywolf Press
Format:
Paperback
246 pages
Summary
Dead Languages (Graywolf Rediscovery Series) (ISBN-13: 9781555972745 and ISBN-10: 1555972748), written by authors
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Description
Washington State Book Award, 1990
Silver Medal, Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards, 1990
From the moment his mother tries unsuccessfully to coax him into saying "Philadelphia," Jeremy Zorn's life is framed by his unwieldy attempts at articulation. Through family rituals with his word-obsessed parents and sister, failed first love, an ill-fated run for class president, as the only Jewish boy on an otherwise all-black basketball team, all of the passages of Jeremy's life are marked in some way by his stutter and his wildly off-the-mark attempts at a cure. It is only when he enters college and learns his strong-willed mother is dying that he realizes all languages, when used as hiding places for the heart, are dead ones.
Silver Medal, Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards, 1990
From the moment his mother tries unsuccessfully to coax him into saying "Philadelphia," Jeremy Zorn's life is framed by his unwieldy attempts at articulation. Through family rituals with his word-obsessed parents and sister, failed first love, an ill-fated run for class president, as the only Jewish boy on an otherwise all-black basketball team, all of the passages of Jeremy's life are marked in some way by his stutter and his wildly off-the-mark attempts at a cure. It is only when he enters college and learns his strong-willed mother is dying that he realizes all languages, when used as hiding places for the heart, are dead ones.
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