The Dumb House
The Dumb House
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Résumé
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.
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The Dumb House by John Burnside
As a child, Lukes 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.
Compelling reading * Scotsman *
A wonderfully disturbing book - chillingly focused and lyrically amoral with moments of remarkable stillness and beautyA poetic novel in the best and most troubling sense -- A. L. Kennedy
Burnside's prose is exquisite and he dissects his themes with delicacy to produce a novel resonant with poetic menace * Sunday Times *
An exceptionally sinister book... It is the story of Luke, whose experiments into the nature of human language are recounted with all the beguiling reasonableness of the highly intelligent madman... The horror is tempered and fine-tuned by the exceptional beauty of Burnside's writing... In Luke, Burnside has produced one of the most chilling voices in recent fiction * Times Literary Supplement *
My favourite book of the year * Jen Campbell’s vlog *
A wonderfully disturbing book - chillingly focused and lyrically amoral with moments of remarkable stillness and beautyA poetic novel in the best and most troubling sense -- A. L. Kennedy
Burnside's prose is exquisite and he dissects his themes with delicacy to produce a novel resonant with poetic menace * Sunday Times *
An exceptionally sinister book... It is the story of Luke, whose experiments into the nature of human language are recounted with all the beguiling reasonableness of the highly intelligent madman... The horror is tempered and fine-tuned by the exceptional beauty of Burnside's writing... In Luke, Burnside has produced one of the most chilling voices in recent fiction * Times Literary Supplement *
My favourite book of the year * Jen Campbell’s vlog *
John Burnside was among the most acclaimed writers of his generation. His novels, short stories, poetry and memoirs won numerous awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial, Saltire Scottish Book of the Year and, in 2023, he received the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime’s achievement in literature. In 2011 Black Cat Bone won both the Forward and the T.S. Eliot Prizes for poetry. He died in 2024.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781784870119 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784870110 |
| Titre | The Dumb House |
| Auteur | John Burnside |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Vintage Publishing |
| Année de publication | 2015-08-06 |
| Nombre de pages | 224 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |