Deaf Sentence: A Novel

The subject of enthusiastic and widespread reviews, David Lodge's fourteenth work of fiction displays the humor and shrewd observations that have made him a much-loved icon. Deaf Sentence tells the story of Desmond Bates, a recently retired linguistics professor in his mid-sixties. Vexed by his encroaching deafness and at loose ends in his personal life, Desmond inadvertently gets involved with a seemingly personable young American female student who seeks his support in matters academic and not so academic, who finally threatens to destabilize his life completely with her unpredictable-and wayward-behavior. What emerges is a funny, moving account of one man's effort to come to terms with aging and mortality-a classic meditation on modern middle age that fans of David Lodge will love.

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• Outcasts and Angels: The New Anthology of Deaf Characters in Literature
• Richard III (Folger Shakespeare Library)
• Wonderstruck (Schneider Family Book Award - Middle School Winner)
• The Secret Garden
• Deaf American Prose: 1980-2010 (Gallaudet Deaf Literature Series, Vol. 1)
• Tribes
• The Campus Trilogy: Changing Places; Small World; Nice Work
• Deaf American Poetry: An Anthology
• Deformity: An Essay (English Literary Studies Monographs (Els))