Description |
311 pages ; 18 cm |
Series |
Penguin modern classics ; 1566 |
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Penguin modern classics ; 1566
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Summary |
Sensitive, moving novel set in a Southern town centers on John Singer, a deaf mute whose best friend, also a mute, is committed to a mental institution. Singer, who can read lips, becomes the confidante of several residents of the town--all of whom want answers to their problem |
Notes |
First published: Cresset Press, 1943 |
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Oprah's Book Club Selection |
Subject |
Deaf -- Southern States -- Fiction.
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SUBJECT |
Southern States -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111210
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Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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ISBN |
014008360X |
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