The wurd - Hardcover
Set in prehistoric times, this is a novel about the advent of language - of how human beings first came to speak. The tale is told through the interaction between Blind, young and strong, and Gob, old and feeble.
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"This is a strange, bolixed, brilliant poem of a book." John Clute, New Statesman."A meticulous description of the origins of every aspect of human culture... fine writing with a number of highly comic moments." Gerald Woodward, TLS
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- PublisherFlamingo
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0002243105
- ISBN 13 9780002243100
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages257
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(1995)
ISBN 10: 0002243105
ISBN 13: 9780002243100
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