Deafening - Hardcover

Itani, Frances

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0871139022 ISBN 13: 9780871139023

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 2003

Synopsis

Left profoundly deaf following a bout with scarlet fever, Grania O'Neill grows up at the Ontario School for the Deaf, where she spends her entire time, protected from the hearing world outside and learning sign language and speech, but her life is changed forever when she falls in love with Jim Lloyd, a hearing man, in a debut novel set on the eve of the Great War. 100,000 first printing.

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Review:

'DEAFENING has a very particular grace and eloquence, and the spareness of the writing beautifully complements the power of the emotions which Frances Itani describes.' - Helen Dunmore

'DEAFENING is a remarkable and absorbing first novel. Itani's writing is clear-headed and sure-handed; her strong characters will not leave you.' - Charles Frazier

'The subtlety of Itani's writing is nothing short of remarkable . . . her voice is pitch perfect . . . Itani is unquestionably a prodigious talent' - Toronto Star

War and deafness are the twin themes of this psychologically rich, impeccably crafted debut novel set during WWI . . . Wonderfully felt novel is a timely reminder of war's cost, told from an unexpected perspective. Forecast: Itani's first novel is reminiscent of Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy (Publishers Weekly)

'An impressively daring first novel from Canada immerses us in both the world of the deaf and the world of WWI trench warfare . . . Husband and wife embody Itani's theme; the power and reach of love - love that falters only in the face of the unknowable. Itani never loses control of her tricky material: the result is an artistic triumph' - Kirkus Review

Book Description:

Set on the eve of the Great War, a first novel of remarkable virtuosity and power spanning two continents and the life of one of fiction's most memorable characters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0871139022
• ISBN 13: 9780871139023
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400