Jellyfish have no ears
Rosenfeld, Adèle, 1986-2024
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Louise has always felt adrift between communities: not deaf enough to be a part of deaf culture, not hearing enough to be fully within the hearing world. Hearing, for Louise, is inseparable from reading other people's lips. Through sight, she perceives words and strings them together like pearls to reconstruct a conversation. Then an audiology exam shows that most of her hearing has gone, and her doctor suggests a cochlear implant. With this irreversible intervention, Louise would gain a new, synthetic sense of hearing - but she would lose what remains of her natural hearing, which has shaped her unique relationship with the world, full of whispers and shadows. As she weighs the prospect of surgery, she must also contend with the chaotic reality of her life as she falls in love, suffers through her first job, and steadies herself with friends.
Main title:
Jellyfish have no ears / Adèle Rosenfeld ; translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman.
Author:
Rosenfeld, Adèle, 1986-, authorZuckerman, Jeffrey, 1987-, translator
Imprint:
London : MacLehose Press, 2024.
Collation:
224 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781529437911 (pbk)
Dewey class:
843.92
Language:
EnglishFrench
Related title:
Jellyfish have no ears
BRN:
1477374
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