{"product_id":"the-dumb-house-john-burnside","title":"The Dumb House (John Burnside)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs a child, Luke's mother often tells him the story of the Dumb House, an experiment on newborn babies raised in silence, designed to test the innateness of language.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Luke grows up, his interest in language and the delicate balance of life and death leads to amateur dissections of small animals - tiny hearts revealed still pumping, as life trickles away. But as an adult, following the death of his mother, Luke's obsession deepens, resulting in a haunting and bizarre experiment on Luke's own children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderfully disturbing book - chillingly focused and lyrically amoral with moments of remarkable stillness and beauty.' A.L. Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Burnside's prose is exquisite, and he dissects his themes with delicacy to produce a novel resonant with poetic menace' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJohn Burnside\u003c\/b\u003e was among the most acclaimed writers of his generation. His novels, short stories, poetry and memoirs won numerous awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial, Saltire Scottish Book of the Year and, in 2023, he received the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in literature. In 2011\u003ci\u003e Black Cat Bone\u003c\/i\u003e won both the Forward and the T.S. Eliot Prizes for poetry. He died in 2024.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 224 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65905175200093,"sku":"K049586057","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/4958605700001A.jpg?v=1789238964","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-dumb-house-john-burnside","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}