Deaf Sentence

Deaf Sentence: A Novel

By: David Lodge

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Paperback | 29 September 2009

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304 Pages

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18+

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20.96 x 12.7 x 1.91

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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.

Industry Reviews

""Deaf Sentence" is funny, all right, but . . . Lodge goes wider and further by creating a man who learns to be clear to the increasingly inaudible years of late life." -Roger Rosenblatt, "The Washington Post"

" Terrific . . . a balancing act that few authors could pull off with such grace." -"Entertainment Weekly"

" Funny and touching." -"Los Angeles Times" Praise for Author, Author: "Superb, engaging. A unique achievement." -" Daily Mail" Praise for Thinks: "Wonderfully entertaining, inquisitive and serious in describing humanity's attempts to understand itself." - "Spectator"

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