Two Speakers
a novel by Caleb Aragon
They had no words in common. So they made their own.
About the book
In 1994, in a shipyard town on the Norwegian coast, Mairead, an Irish nurse, meets Haruto, a Japanese welder. They do not share a single word. So they make their own, one at a time.
Over thirty years it becomes a whole private language. Their marriage is lived in it. Their daughter refuses to speak it.
Two Speakers begins in plain English and takes up each word as the couple coin it, so you learn their language without ever being taught. By the end you will be able to read something no one else can.
A language is alive for as long as two people speak it.
Theme song
Theme from Two Speakers
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Details
- Genre
- Literary fiction.
- Status
- Forthcoming.
- Readers
- For adult readers.