ELEGANTLY WRITTEN and profoundly moving, Frances Itani's debut novel is a tale of virtuosity and power. Set on the eve of the Great War, Deafening spans two continents and the lives of a young deaf woman and her beloved husband. Frances Itani's astonishing depiction of a world where sound exists only in the margins is a singular feat in literary fiction, a place difficult to leave and even harder to forget. With the simultaneous publication of Poached Egg on Toast , Itani's new short story collection, this is the ...
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ELEGANTLY WRITTEN and profoundly moving, Frances Itani's debut novel is a tale of virtuosity and power. Set on the eve of the Great War, Deafening spans two continents and the lives of a young deaf woman and her beloved husband. Frances Itani's astonishing depiction of a world where sound exists only in the margins is a singular feat in literary fiction, a place difficult to leave and even harder to forget. With the simultaneous publication of Poached Egg on Toast , Itani's new short story collection, this is the perfect time for the trade paperback edition of Deafening . PREVIOUS EDITION: 0-00-200539-5 PRAISE FOR DEAFENING "Itani has entered a league inhabited by few Canadians beyond Margaret Atwood." Ottawa Citizen
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This story is set in south-eastern Ontario during World War 1 and before. It begins with the sudden deafening of a five year old girl and chronicles the process of learning to communicate. She is taught by her grandmother to speak audibly. She also goes to a school for the deaf to learn sign language and to get an education. While there, she meets her future husband, Jim (whom she calls Chim), who can hear. They marry and he is sent off to be an ambulance attendant / litter carrier in the war. They correspond over that time. It also follows the course of the war and the things he experienced. It is a little slow moving at times, but very insightful into the world of the deaf and learning to communicate.
