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The story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski

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The story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
The story of Edgar Sawtelle
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Oclc number
234090079
Responsibility statement
David Wroblewski
Summary
This modern take on Hamlet is set in rural Wisconsin, where the young protagonist, Edgar Sawtelle, is born mute. He develops his own language, a mixture of sound and sign, and can communicate with everyone and everything, including the family's distinctive breed of dogs and an occasional ghost. When Edgar's father dies unexpectedly, Claude, the boy's paternal uncle, returns and implants himself into the family
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