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Fifty Sounds

Polly Barton
4.16/5 (831 ratings)
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In this dazzling debut, Polly Barton reflects on her experience of moving to the Japanese island of Sado at the age of twenty-one and on her journey to becoming a literary translator. Written in fifty semi-discrete entries, Fifty Sounds is a personal dictionary of the Japanese language that draws together a variety of cultural reflections – from conformity and being an outsider, to the gendering of Japanese society, and attitudes towards food and the cult of ‘deliciousness’ – alongside probing insights into the transformative powers of language-learning. Candid, humane, witty and wise, Fifty Sounds is remarkable work that takes a transparent look at language itself, lifting the lid on the quietly revolutionary act of learning, speaking, and living in another language.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
345 pages
Publication:
2021
Publisher:
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1913097501
ISBN13:
9781913097509
kindle Asin:
B098TWJ8G8

Fifty Sounds

Polly Barton
4.16/5 (831 ratings)
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In this dazzling debut, Polly Barton reflects on her experience of moving to the Japanese island of Sado at the age of twenty-one and on her journey to becoming a literary translator. Written in fifty semi-discrete entries, Fifty Sounds is a personal dictionary of the Japanese language that draws together a variety of cultural reflections – from conformity and being an outsider, to the gendering of Japanese society, and attitudes towards food and the cult of ‘deliciousness’ – alongside probing insights into the transformative powers of language-learning. Candid, humane, witty and wise, Fifty Sounds is remarkable work that takes a transparent look at language itself, lifting the lid on the quietly revolutionary act of learning, speaking, and living in another language.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
345 pages
Publication:
2021
Publisher:
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1913097501
ISBN13:
9781913097509
kindle Asin:
B098TWJ8G8

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