The Quiet Ear

An Investigation of Missing Sound

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Beschreibung

From award-winning poet, educator, artist and 2026 Booker Prize judge, a groundbreaking memoir about family, identity, history and language. <br> 'A big-hearted, transformative memoir' New York Times<br> 'A quiet revolution' Irish Times<br>'Searing . . . often heart-rending' Guardian<br><br>Raymond Antrobus was diagnosed as deaf at the age of six. He discovered he had missing sounds - bird calls, whistles, kettles, alarms. Teachers thought he was slow and disruptive, some didn't believe he was deaf at all.<br><br> The Quiet Ear tells his story - from childhood to fatherhood - and the stories of other D/deaf cultural figures, from painters to silent film stars, poets to performers - the inspiring models of D/deaf creativity Antrobus did not have growing up.<br><br> Told with the electrifying prose of a poet, this groundbreaking and moving memoir explores family, identity, history and language, and what it means to be in a world saturated with noise.<br><br>A TIME BOOK OF THE YEAR<br><br>'Should force readers to pause and reflect' Independent<br>'Wise, intimate and questing' Telegraph<br> 'Read this book' Lemn Sissay <br>'An essential education' Safiya Sinclair<br> 'Important, honest, eye-opening and beautifully written' Bernardine Evaristo<br> 'A must read' Rose Ayling-Ellis<br> 'A modern classic' Roger Robinson<br> 'Changed the way I will move through the world' Clint Smith

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781399619677

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

208 x 135 x 27 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Orion Publishing Group