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ISBN: 9781922147035

Text Classics

Peter Goldsworthy, James Bradley

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Text Publishing Company
24 July 2013

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

'I'm not deaf, but I've always felt more at home in Sign. Both my parents are deaf. Deaf as posts. Deaf as adders, deaf as beetles. And proud as peacocks, Deaf Pride long before there was a word, or a sign, for it. I learnt to speak with my hands from birth; there was no other way of reaching my parents...' J.J. is back living at home in Adelaide, unemployed and drifting after a messy divorce. Then he is offered a job teaching Sign to Eliza. His new pupil is smart, sensitive, attractive - and a gorilla recently liberated from a medical research laboratory by animal rights activists.

First published in 1995, the third novel by the acclaimed writer Peter Goldsworthy is unique in Australian literature: a dazzling, moving story about scientific experimentation and ethics, language and love. This edition comes with a new introduction by James Bradley.

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By: Peter Goldsworthy
Introduction by: James Bradley
Imprint: Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 287g
ISBN: 9781922147035
ISBN 10: 1922147036
Publication Date: 24 July 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Wish: Text Classics

'[Goldsworthy's] greatest achievement...Brave, brilliant, as intellectually challenging as it is playful, it is testament to a restless and unpredictable imagination.' -- James Bradley 'Stylish, imaginative, poignant, and hugely unsettling.' * Australian * 'A deeply satisfying book...represents a new achievement in his fiction...Read it. You won't find another novel like it.' * Adelaide Review *