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Cover of Joe: The Only Boy in the World

Joe: The Only Boy in the World

โœ Scribed by Blastland, Michael

Book ID
110449237
Publisher
Profile
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
127 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781861979445

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โœฆ Synopsis

An exceptionally haunting memoir that also shows us what it is to be really human. In a hardware store, Joe sits on a display toilet amidst the throng of customers and wees, smiling serenely. He thumps crying babies. He is amazed when the car he runs in front of actually hits him. Joe is ten and mentally disabled. He's funny, fascinating and maddening, and this memoir tells his moving story, but also argues that until we know Joe's life, we can't understand our own. Through philosophy, psychology and medical research, the author explains how we are mind-readers, how we make sense of other people and how we understand guilt and innocence, and shows that Joe sets our humanity in sharp relief. But in that case, is Joe part of it? The author who asks that outrageous question is Joe's father.

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