Lives in Translation: Bilingual Writers on Identity and Creativity

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 mai 2009

Many writers work in a language other than their mother tongue. In this collection, writers explore the role that bilingualism has played in their creative lives and their sense of self. Contributors include Anita Desai, Ariel Dorfman, Eva Hoffman, Nuala Ni Dhomnail, Ilan Stavans, Assia Djebar and Yoko Tawanda.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780230610705
ISBN-10: 0230610706
Pagini: 166
Ilustrații: XV, 171 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:2004
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan US
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Various Lives; A.Desai Writing on the Language of the Other; A.Djebar The Wandering Bigamists of Language; A.Dorfman The Im/Possibility of Life-Writing in Two Languages; S.Geok, l.Lim & E.Hoffman The Mask and the Pen; N.Huston Bilingualism, Writing, and the Feeling of Not Quite Being There; S.Malloy Linguistic Ecology: Preventing a Great Loss; N.N. Dhomnail To Write and Eye Words; J.F.A.Oliver Arabic: The Silenced Father-Tongue; L.Sebbar The Drowned Library (Personal Reflections on Found, Lost, and Translated Books and Languages); A.Shammas My Love Affair with Spanglish; I.Stavans Writing in the Web of Words; Y.Tawada Memoirs of a Bilingual Daughter; I.de Courtivron

Recenzii

'Fascinating reading for anyone with an interest in or first-hand experience with bi- or multilingulism'
-Gunilla Anderman, Comparative Literature Studies

Notă biografică

Anita DesaiAssia DjebarAriel DorfmanShirley Geok-lin LimEva hoffmanNancy HustonSylvia MalloyNuala Ni DhomnailJosé F.A. OliverLeIla SebbarAnton ShammasIlan StavansYoko TawadaIsabelle de Courtivron

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