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Deaf sentence a novel

Desmond Bates is a recently retired linguistics professor in his mid-sixties, at loose end in his personal life and vexed by the lack of academic responsibilities that once gave rhythm to his life. He has become househusband to his entrepreneur-wife and minder to his querulous eighty-nine -year-old father. But as disconcerting as these troubles are, they pale in comparison to his advancing hearing loss. A source of friction and embarrassment, it is through his deafness that Desmond inadvertently becomes involved with a certain female American graduate student who seeks his support in matters academic and not so academic-- and whose unpredictable and somewhat sociopathic behavior threatens to destabilize his life altogether.

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  • "Deaf sentence"
  • "Deaf sentence"@it

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  • "Frustrated by hearing loss and his messy personal life, retired professor Desmond Bates journeys to London to check up on his elderly father and finds his hearing problems have resulted in an unintended relationship with a young woman."
  • "Een Britse hoogleraar wordt langzaam aan doof, hetgeen hem voorkomt als een veroordeling tot eenzaamheid en nutteloosheid."
  • "Desmond Bates is a recently retired linguistics professor in his mid-sixties, at loose end in his personal life and vexed by the lack of academic responsibilities that once gave rhythm to his life. He has become househusband to his entrepreneur-wife and minder to his querulous eighty-nine -year-old father. But as disconcerting as these troubles are, they pale in comparison to his advancing hearing loss. A source of friction and embarrassment, it is through his deafness that Desmond inadvertently becomes involved with a certain female American graduate student who seeks his support in matters academic and not so academic-- and whose unpredictable and somewhat sociopathic behavior threatens to destabilize his life altogether."@en
  • "Frustrated by hearing loss and his messy personal life, retired linguistics professor Desmond Bates reluctantly journeys to London to check up on his elderly father and finds his hearing problems resulting in an unintended relationship with a young woman."
  • "Lodge narre le quotidien de Desmond, professeur retraité, et sa perception du monde dans cette demi-surdité qui est la sienne. Autour de lui, une femme active, un père très âgé, une étudiante plongée dans un travail sur les lettres de suicidés et, surtout, un appareil auditif tombant en panne au plus mauvais moment."
  • "A retired professor strugles with the domestic and social conflicts incurred by his encroaching deafness."
  • "The subject of enthusiastic and widespread reviews, David Lodge's fourteenth work of fiction displays the humor and shrewd observations that have made him a much-loved icon. Deaf Sentence tells the story of Desmond Bates, a recently retired linguistics professor in his mid-sixties. Vexed by his encroaching deafness and at loose ends in his personal life, Desmond inadvertently gets involved with a seemingly personable young American female student who seeks his support in matters academic and not so academic, who finally threatens to destabilize his life completely with her unpredictable-and wayward-behavior. What emerges is a funny, moving account of one man's effort to come to terms with aging and mortality-a classic meditation on modern middle age that fans of David Lodge will love."@en
  • "Desmond, professeur de linguistique marié à Winifred, vit paisiblement dans une grande ville de province. Il saisit l'opportunité de prendre une retraite anticipée. Son quotidien est rythmé par la lecture du journal, des travaux domestiques, des visites à son père à Londres et des activités avec sa femme. Lors d'un vernissage, il rencontre une étudiante, mais son ouïe lui joue des tours."

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  • "Large type books"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Roman anglais"
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Powieść angielska"
  • "Novels"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"

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  • "Deaf sentence a novel"@en
  • "Il prof è sordo"
  • "Il prof è sordo"@it
  • "Wie bitte? Roman"
  • "La vie en sourdine"
  • "Wie bitte? : Roman"
  • "Deaf Sentence"@en
  • "La vida en sordina"
  • "La vida en sordina"@es
  • "Nejtišší trest"
  • "Deaf sentence : [a novel]"
  • "La vie en sourdine : roman"
  • "Skazani na ciszę"@pl
  • "Skazani na ciszę"
  • "La Vida en sordina"
  • "Deaf sentence"
  • "Deaf sentence"@en
  • "A vida em surdina"

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