Joe
Subtitle: the only boy in the world
By: Michael Blastland
Publisher: Profile
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781861979612; 9781861978011
Subjects: Social aspects; Learning disabilities; Philosophy; Children with mental disabilities; Biography
Description: Joe is ten and mentally disabled. He exists in a lonely bubble of misunderstanding and occasional calamity. This book tells his moving story, but it also argues that Joe is a profound lesson in our own humanity, and that until we get to know his unusual, eventful life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Fascination; title: Experience; title: Obsession; title: Language; title: Intention; title: Self-consciousness; title: Storytelling; title: Innocence; title: Seeing; title: Meaning.