Presents both a history of the deaf and an account of the development of an extraordinary and expressive language This title offers a way into a world that is, for many people, alien and unfamiliar - for to be profoundly deaf is not just to live in a world of silence, but also to live in a world where the visual is paramount. From the bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.
