{"product_id":"9781784870119","title":"The Dumb House","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: John Burnside\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 August 2015 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e131 x 197 x 15mm | 164g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a child, Luke’s mother often tells him the story of the Dumb House, an experiment on newborn babies raised in silence, designed to test the innateness of language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Luke grows up, his interest in language and the delicate balance of life and death leads to amateur dissections of small animals – tiny hearts revealed still pumping, as life trickles away. But as an adult, following the death of his mother, Luke’s obsession deepens, resulting in a haunting and bizarre experiment on Luke’s own children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A wonderfully disturbing book - chillingly focused and lyrically amoral with moments of remarkable stillness and beauty.’ A.L. Kennedy‘Burnside's prose is exquisite, and he dissects his themes with delicacy to produce a novel resonant with poetic menace’ Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Burnside","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64839173636445,"sku":"9781784870119","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781784870119.jpg?v=1780057615","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781784870119","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}