A Man Without Words (Paperback, 2nd edition)

For more than a quarter of a century, Ildefonso, a Mexican Indian, lived in total isolation, set apart from the rest of the world. He wasn't a political prisoner or a social recluse, he was simply born deaf and had never been taught even the most basic language. Susan Schaller, then a twenty-four-year-old graduate student, encountered him in a class for the deaf where she had been sent as an interpreter and where he sat isolated, since he knew no sign language. She found him obviously intelligent and sharply observant but unable to communicate, and she felt compelled to bring him to a comprehension of words. The book vividly conveys the challenge, the frustrations, and the exhilaration of opening the mind of a congenitally deaf person to the concept of language. This second edition includes a new chapter and afterword.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Susan Schaller
Foreword by:	Oliver Sacks
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	220
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-27491-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Medicine > General issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-520-27491-1
Barcode:	9780520274914

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