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Dead Languages

David Shields

In the face of many well-meaning, but often misguided attempts to cure him of his stutter, young Jeremy Zorn develops both an astonishing prowess as an athlete and a large vocabulary, and comes to understand the power of language

GenresFICTION_JEWISHJEWS_FICTIONUNITED STATES_FICTION

256 pages, 4 editions

English edition · First published 1989 by HarperCollins · ISBN 9780060972912

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Editions

4 editions

English

  • Dead Languages · HarperCollins · 1990 · ISBN 9780060972912 This page
  • Dead Languages · Macmillan Trade · 2011 · ISBN 9781555970307
  • Dead Languages: A Novel · Knopf · 1989 · ISBN 9780394573885
  • Dead Languages: A Novel · Graywolf Press · 1989 · ISBN 9781555972745

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