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Dead languages : a novel

Title
  1. Dead languages : a novel / David Shields.
Published by
  1. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1989.
Author
  1. Shields, David, 1956-

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Description
  1. 245 pages; 22 cm
Summary
  1. The story of a young man who grows up stuttering so badly that he worships words.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of the Getty Literary Endowment
Subject
  1. Jewish families > Fiction
  2. Speech therapy > Fiction
  3. Teenage boys > Fiction
  4. Stutterers > Fiction
  5. Jewish families
  6. Speech therapy
  7. Stutterers
  8. Teenage boys
Genre/Form
  1. Bildungsromans.
  2. Domestic fiction.
  3. Jewish fiction.
  4. Fiction.
Call number
  1. JFD 89-7264
Author
  1. Shields, David, 1956-
Title
  1. Dead languages : a novel / David Shields.
Imprint
  1. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1989.
Edition
  1. 1st ed.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
LCCN
  1. 88013444
ISBN
  1. 0394573889
  2. 9780394573885
Research call number
  1. JFD 89-7264
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