{"product_id":"talk-to-me-a-novel-isbn-9780063052857","title":"Talk to Me: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom bestselling and award-winning author T.C. Boyle, a lively, thought-provoking novel that asks us what it would be like if we could \u003cem\u003ereally\u003c\/em\u003e talk to the animals\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen animal behaviorist Guy Schermerhorn demonstrates on a TV game show that he has taught Sam, his juvenile chimp, to speak in sign language, Aimee Villard, an undergraduate at Guy's university, is so taken with the performance that she applies to become his assistant.  A romantic and intellectual attachment soon morphs into an interspecies love triangle that pushes hard at the boundaries of consciousness and the question of what we know and how we know it.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if it were possible to speak to the members of another species—to converse with them, not just give commands or coach them but to really have an exchange of ideas and a meeting of minds? Did apes have God?  Did they have souls?  Did they know about death and redemption?  About prayer?  The economy, rockets, space?  Did they miss the jungle?  Did they even know what the jungle was?  Did they dream?  Make wishes?  Hope for the future?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are some the questions T.C. Boyle asks in his wide-ranging and hilarious new novel \u003cem\u003eTalk to Me\u003c\/em\u003e, exploring  what it means to be human, to communicate with another, and to truly know another person—or animal… \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“ If the measure of a good story is how often you think about it after you are done, then \u003cem\u003eTalk to Me . . . \u003c\/em\u003ehits the mark. . . . \u003cem\u003eTalk to Me\u003c\/em\u003e feels real and relevant ” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookTrib\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTalk to Me—\u003c\/em\u003etold alternately from the point of view of the human and chimp characters—finds a sensitive issue and dives deep into an exploration that locks on and won’t let go. . . . Against a backdrop of lurid news stories of chimps living with humans, where things go horribly wrong, this novel makes a visceral kind of sense and raises uncomfortable issues of human relationships with other species. Highly recommended.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Boyle eloquently lays out the philosophical and ethical debates of raising chimps in a human household…Boyle poignantly exposes our anthropocentric biases while exploring the nature of consciousness and reminds us of the adage about the most dangerous species in the zoo being the humans.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The novel is one of Boyle’s recent best…the virtuoso…[Boyle’s] masterly storytelling and shrewd social commentary have much in common with Charles Dickens; his laid-back, colloquial prose is maximalist rather than minimalist, with a touch of acute satire...If you’re willing to suspend your disbelief about anthropomorphism, you’ll enjoy this gripping and inescapably bittersweet book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889546653925,"sku":"NP9780063052857","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063052857.jpg?v=1730231476","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/talk-to-me-a-novel-isbn-9780063052857","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}