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The Dumb House: Author: John Burnside: Genre: Novel: Written: Length: pages: Availability: The Dumb House - US: The Dumb House - UK: The Dumb House - Canada: La maison muette - Author: John Burnside. In his first novel, John Burnside explores the possibilites inherent in a modern-day repetition of Akbar`s investigations. Following the death of his mother, the unnamed narrator creates a twisted varient of the Dumb House, finally using his own chidren as subjects in a bizarre experiment/5(49).  · The Book: www.doorway.ru?ref=grid-view?a_aid=bookishthoughtsWhere else can you find .

The Dumb House by John Burnside / "The trick and beauty of language is that it seems to order the whole universe, misleading us into believing that we live in sight of a rational space, a possible harmony." I've been taking a wee break but I just started this book and it's already savagely beautiful #bookstagram. ― John Burnside, quote from The Dumb House "If the components of the body were organs and veins and cells, then the components of thought and language were words and grammar." "I have always been suspicious of the phrase, the glow of pregnancy, and my suspicions were only confirmed by Lillian's appearance. In his first novel, John Burnside explores the possibilities inherent in a modern-day repetition of Akbar`s investigations. Following the death of his mother, the unnamed narrator creates a twisted varient of the Dumb House, finally using his own children as subjects in a bizarre experiment.

The Book: www.doorway.ru?ref=grid-view?a_aid=bookishthoughtsWhere else can you find me?Twitter: htt. here's my review of the dumb house! I loved it but I think I need to read more john burnside without knowing too much going in.(the lighting was so nice when. As 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. As 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.