The Silent History

By: Eli Horowitz, Matthew Derby, Kevin Moffett

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Paperback | 10 June 2014

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528 Pages

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19.51 x 12.57 x 3.51

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An innovative literary thriller about a generation of children born unable to create or comprehend language

Sometime right around now, doctors, nurses, and-most of all-parents begin to notice an epidemic spreading among children. Children who are physically normal in every way except that they do not speak and do not respond to speech; they don't learn to read, don't learn to write. Theories spread-maybe it's related to a popular antidepressant. Maybe these children, without the ability to use or comprehend language, have special skills of their own.
Unfolding in a series of brief testimonials from parents, teachers, friends, doctors, cult leaders, profiteers, impostors-everyone touched by the silent phenomenon except, of course, the children themselves-The Silent History is both a bold storytelling experiment and an unexpectedly propulsive reading experience. Originally conceived and serially published as an award-winning iPhone/iPad app by Eli Horowitz, the former publisher of McSweeney's, along with the acclaimed novelists Matthew Derby and Kevin Moffett and the intrepid coder Russell Quinn, the book has been reedited and, at times, rewritten into a definitive, nuanced, and unputdownable text, a story that is timely, timeless, and terrifying.

Industry Reviews

"Terrific." --"The Wall Street Journal" "Ingenious . . . A richly textured vision of a dystopian future." --"Publishers Weely "(Starred Review) "Fascinating." --Liz Colville, "San Francisco Chronicle " "A sprawling, captivating work." --Dave Thier, "Forbes" "Brilliant . . . A vital work of art." --"The Huffington Post" "Terrific." --The Wall Street Journal

"Ingenious . . . A richly textured vision of a dystopian future." --Publishers Weely (Starred Review)

"Fascinating." --Liz Colville, San Francisco Chronicle

"A sprawling, captivating work." --Dave Thier, Forbes

"Brilliant . . . A vital work of art." --The Huffington Post Terrific. "The Wall Street Journal"

Ingenious . . . A richly textured vision of a dystopian future. "Publishers Weely (Starred Review)"

Fascinating. "Liz Colville, San Francisco Chronicle"

A sprawling, captivating work. "Dave Thier, Forbes"

Brilliant . . . A vital work of art. "The Huffington Post""

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