Impossible Music
Published on 2. July 2019
320 pages
978-1-328-63006-3 (ISBN)
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Inan emotionally compelling tale cracklingwith originality,when a teen musician goes deaf, his quest to create an entirely new form of music brings him to a deeper understanding of his relationship to the hearing world, of himself, and of the girl he meets along the way.
Music is Simon's life-which is why he is devastated when a stroke destroys his hearing. He resists attempts to help him adjust to his new state, refusing to be counseled, refusing to learn sign-language, refusing to have anything to do with Deaf culture. Refusing, that is, until he meets G, a tough-as-nails girl dealing with her own newly-experienced deafness.
Inan emotionally engaging tale cracklingwith originality, Simon's quest to create an entirely new form of music forces him into a deeper understanding of his relationship to the hearing world, of himself, and of the girl he meets along the way.
Music is Simon's life-which is why he is devastated when a stroke destroys his hearing. He resists attempts to help him adjust to his new state, refusing to be counseled, refusing to learn sign-language, refusing to have anything to do with Deaf culture. Refusing, that is, until he meets G, a tough-as-nails girl dealing with her own newly-experienced deafness.
Inan emotionally engaging tale cracklingwith originality, Simon's quest to create an entirely new form of music forces him into a deeper understanding of his relationship to the hearing world, of himself, and of the girl he meets along the way.
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Sean Williams is the award-winning, #1
New York Timesbest-selling author of over forty novels, as well as short stories, poetry, and a science-fiction musical. He lives in Adelaide, Australia. Visit him online at seanwilliams.com and on Twitter and Instagram@adelaidesean.
