Fifty Sounds - Couverture souple

Barton, Polly

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1913097501 ISBN 13 : 9781913097509

Editeur : Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2021

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Polly Barton is a translator of Japanese literature and non-fiction. Born in 1984, and raised in west London, she studied philosophy at Cambridge before travelling with the JET Programme to teach English in Sado Island, Japan. Her translations include Spring Garden by Tomoka Shibasaki (Pushkin Press, 2017) and Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda (Tilted Axis Press, 2020). She won the 2019 Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize for Fifty Sounds.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fitzcarraldo Editions
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1913097501
• ISBN 13: 9781913097509
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Goldtop; n.pederzini@terminaldistribuzione.com ; ; Via Bruno Buozzi, 24/26,; Granarolo dell'Emilia BO,; 40057; Italie