Bibliograph

The unheard, a memoir of deafness and Africa, Josh Swiller

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Label

The unheard, a memoir of deafness and Africa, Josh Swiller

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The unheard

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Josh Swiller

Series statement

A Holt paperback

Sub title

a memoir of deafness and Africa

Summary

Describes one young man's efforts to reconcile his deafness in an unforgiving, hearing world by undertaking a two-year sojourn in a remote village in Zambia as a Peace Corps volunteer, where he finds a remarkable world marked by both beauty and violence

Table Of Contents

First day -- Deaf not deaf -- Varieties of the deaf experience, part I -- Phone call -- Varieties of the deaf experience, part II -- Well projects -- Jere -- Cultural exchange -- Varieties of the deaf experience, part III -- Alice -- The rains -- Christmas -- New Year's -- The night the boy had his leg cut off -- Starting over -- Game park -- Waiting -- Bro -- Committee -- Buses -- Superfish -- Gomorrah -- Departures -- The rain

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