Fiction

Speechless

by Anne Simpson

Description

When a Nigerian teenager is charged with adultery and sentenced to death, a North American journalist writes an impassioned article about her plight. The article sets off waves of outrage and violence, forcing the journalist to come to terms with the naiveté with which she approached the story. Who can—and should—tell a story?

Written by master storyteller Anne Simpson, Speechless is about the power of words, our responsibility for them, and the ways they affect others in matters of life and death.

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Rights held: World English

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Author Biography

Anne Simpson is the author of several books, including the bestselling novel Falling  (longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), and winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize for her collection Loop . She lives in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Literary Press Group of Canada

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Freehand Books
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9781988298627
  • Publication Country or regionCanada
  • FormatPaperback
  • Primary Price 22.95 CAD
  • Pages350
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Copyright Year2020

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