num_pages: 378
description: ELEGANTLY WRITTEN and profoundly moving, Frances Itani’s debut novel is a tale of virtuosity and power. Set on the eve of the Great War, Deafening spans two continents and the lives of a young deaf woman and her beloved husband. Frances Itani’s astonishing depiction of a world where sound exists only in the margins is a singular feat in literary fiction, a place difficult to leave and even harder to forget. With the simultaneous publication of Poached Egg on Toast , Itani’s new short story collection, this is the perfect time for the trade paperback edition of Deafening .PREVIOUS 0-00-200539-5PRAISE FOR DEAFENING“Itani has entered a league inhabited by few Canadians beyond Margaret Atwood.” Ottawa Citizen
language: English
title: Deafening
titlecomplete: Deafening
genres: Historical, World War I, Book Club, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Adult Fiction, Canadian Literature, Canada, Romance
ratings_count: 4253
series: Grania O’Neill
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in Caribbean and Canada, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Harper Collins Publishers