{"product_id":"talk-to-me-paperback-1","title":"Talk to Me - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eT. C. Boyle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698443292735,"sku":"9780063052833","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/14937aeeffbb8ecc4096e57764ba49e5.webp?v=1765010370","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/talk-to-me-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}