The Translator - Couverture souple

Schuyler, Nina

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1605985856 ISBN 13 : 9781605985855

Editeur : Pegasus Books, 2014

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

When renowned translator Hanne Schubert falls down a flight of stairs, she suffers an unusual condition the loss of her native language. Speaking only Japanese, a language she learned later in life, she leaves for Japan. There, to Hanne s shock, the Japanese novelist whose work she recently translated confronts her publicly for sabotaging his work. Reeling, Hanne seeks out the inspiration for the author s novel a tortured, chimerical actor, once a master in the art of Noh Theater. Through their passionate, volatile relationship, Hanne is forced to reexamine how she has lived her life, including her estranged relationship with her daughter. In elegant prose, Nina Schuyler offers a deeply moving and mesmerizing story about language, love, and the transcendence of family.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Nina Schuyler's first novel, The Painting, was nominated for the Northern California Book Award, and named a Best Book of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle and Rocky Mountain News. She was nominated for a 2010 Pushcart Prize and teaches creative writing at the University of San Francisco.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pegasus Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1605985856
• ISBN 13: 9781605985855
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336