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Lives in Translation: Bilingual Writers on Identity and Creativity


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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.

Table of Contents:
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

About the Author :
Anita Desai Assia Djebar Ariel Dorfman Shirley Geok-lin Lim Eva hoffman Nancy Huston Sylvia Malloy Nuala Ni Dhomnail José F.A. Oliver LeIla Sebbar Anton Shammas Ilan Stavans Yoko Tawada Isabelle de Courtivron

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


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780230610705
  • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
  • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 171
  • Sub Title: Bilingual Writers on Identity and Creativity
  • ISBN-10: 0230610706
  • Publisher Date: 07 May 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 140 mm


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