"Stylish, imaginative, poignant, and hugely unsettling."--"The Australian"
"Goldsworthy's greatest achievement. . . . Brave, brilliant, as intellectually challenging as it is playful, it is testament to a restless and unpredictable imagination."--James Bradley
J.J. is back living at home, unemployed and drifting after a messy divorce. Then he is offered a job teaching Sign to Eliza. His new pupil is smart, sensitive, attractive--and a gorilla recently liberated from a medical research laboratory by animal rights activists.
First published in 1995, the third novel by the acclaimed writer Peter Goldsworthy is unique in Australian literature: a dazzling, moving story about scientific experimentation and ethics, language, and love.
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"Stylish, imaginative, poignant, and hugely unsettling."--"The Australian"
"Goldsworthy's greatest achievement. . . . Brave, brilliant, as intellectually challenging as it is playful, it is testament to a restless and unpredictable imagination."--James Bradley
J.J. is back living at home, unemployed and drifting after a messy divorce. Then he is offered a job teaching Sign to Eliza. His new pupil is smart, sensitive, attractive--and a gorilla recently liberated from a medical research laboratory by animal rights activists.
First published in 1995, the third novel by the acclaimed writer Peter Goldsworthy is unique in Australian literature: a dazzling, moving story about scientific experimentation and ethics, language, and love.
Imprint | The Text Publishing Company |
Country of origin | Australia |
Release date | July 2013 |
Availability | Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available. |
First published | August 2014 |
Authors | Peter Goldsworthy |
Introduction by | James Bradley |
Dimensions | 200 x 132 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - B-format |
Pages | 400 |
Edition | Revised |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-922147-03-5 |
Barcode | 9781922147035 |
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LSN | 1-922147-03-6 |