A Man Without Words

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.

ISBN:	9780520274914
Publisher:	University of California Press
Imprint:	University of California Press
Published date:	01 Aug 2012
DEWEY:	362.42092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	218
Weight:	274g
Height:	211mm
Width:	137mm
Spine width:	14mm

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