Afternoon Reading - Chattering - Window Washer

Window Washer is the next in our selection of short stories from Louise Stern's debut collection. In this story sculptures about the voice and silence belonging to a client give Christian, a window cleaner, pause for thought. What sets Christian apart is that like Stern herself he is deaf, and reveals a world that is at times unfamiliar and hard to grasp, but one that at the same time is instantly understood. Alan Warner says: "An amazing debut. Vibrantly perceptive, gentle, funny and profound." The reader is Harry Lloyd. Abridged and produced by Elizabeth Allard.