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The Word Exchange, by Alena Graedon
In the beginning was the word. It might be hyperbole—though I don't think it is—to say that without words, without language, civilization would be impossible. Words are collections of sounds that we collectively agree have meaning. They translate our ideas into something others can understand. They connect us to the thoughts from the dead and let us pass ours on to future generations. All that is preface to the fact that Alena Graedon's The Word Exchange scared the hell out of me. In this book, the ability to speak is stripped away from thousands, millions of people around the world through a dreadful, unintentional collision of two viruses.
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