Unheard A Memoir of Deafness and Africa

Name: Unheard A Memoir of Deafness and Africa
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ISBN: 9780805082104

ISBN-10: 0805082107

ISBN-13: 9780805082104

Edition: 2007

Authors: Josh Swiller

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A young man's quest to reconcile his deafness in an unforgiving world leads to a remarkable sojourn in a remote African village that pulsates with beauty and violence These are hearing aids. They take the sounds of the world and amplify them." Josh Swiller recited this speech to himself on the day he arrived in Mununga, a dusty village on the shores of Lake Mweru. Deaf since a young age, Swiller spent his formative years in frustrated limbo on the sidelines of the hearing world, encouraged by his family to use lipreading and the strident approximations of hearing aids to blend in. It didn't work. So he decided to ditch the well-trodden path after college, setting out to find a place so far…

Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 9/4/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English