This short story collection offers readers many possible answers that reveal the Deaf experience in all its complexities. Written over nearly forty years by celebrated Deaf author Raymond Luczak, this collection of thirty stories paints a vivid panorama of Deaf lives. From a young DeafBlind boy feeling lost within his hearing family to a hearing mother realizing in the split second of her own death the full impact of the missteps she has taken while raising her Deaf son, Luczak crafts narratives that resonate with authenticity. The Language of Home is an exciting literary contribution that offers rare, nuanced representations of Deaf characters.
Advance Praise
“The Language of Home is a moving collection of stories written by one of our most important contemporary Deaf writers. Luczak’s work is a tender, humorous, and lyrical offering of sharp truths about the lives of the Deaf.”
— Raymond Antrobus, author of The Quiet Ear: An Investigation of Missing Sound
“Raymond Luczak writes for us—the Us who are, to most nondisabled people, Them, the Other. In The Language of Home, he writes for Deaf readers first, and the rest of us, recognizing some of the struggle, are swept along. He writes in a series of short stories and vignettes like flashes of lightning that throw shadows at slant and sharp angles, rendering the ordinary newly strange, immersing us in the lived experience of his deaf (and Deaf) characters as they move through a sometimes hostile world.”
— Nicola Griffith, author of Hild, Spear, and So Lucky