{"product_id":"the-hearing-test-hardcover","title":"The Hearing Test - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEliza Barry Callahan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young woman reorients her relationship to the world in the wake of sudden deafness in this mesmerizing debut novel for readers of Rachel Cusk, Clarice Lispector, and Fleur Jaeggy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the narrator of \u003ci\u003eThe Hearing Test\u003c\/i\u003e, an artist in her late twenties, awakens one morning to a deep drone in her right ear, she is diagnosed with Sudden Deafness, but is offered no explanation for its cause. As the specter of total deafness looms, she keeps a record of her year--a score of estrangement and enchantment, of luck and loneliness, of the chance occurrences to which she becomes attuned--while living alone in a New York City studio apartment with her dog. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough a series of fleeting and often humorous encounters--with neighbors, an ex-lover, doctors, strangers, family members, faraway friends, and with the lives and works of artists, filmmakers, musicians, and philosophers--making meaning becomes a form of consolation and curiosity, a form of survival. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once a rumination on silence and a novel on seeing, \u003ci\u003e The Hearing Test\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of vitalizing intellect and playfulness which marks the arrival of a major new literary writer with a rare command of form, compression, and intent.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEliza Barry Callahan\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, filmmaker, and musician from New York, NY. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003efrieze\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Drift\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. She co-wrote the short film \u003ci\u003eBUST\u003c\/i\u003e which premiered at Sundance in 2024. She is a New York Foundation for The Arts Fellow and she teaches at Columbia University. \u003ci\u003eThe Hearing Test\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.82 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748793123104,"sku":"9781646222131","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ecd0a2ea4fc1f3d2f9224560c8db19f4.webp?v=1779916315","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-hearing-test-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}