How We Are Translated - Couverture souple

Gaitán Johannesson, Jessica

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1950354822 ISBN 13 : 9781950354825

Editeur : Scribe Us, 2022

Synopsis

People say 'I'm sorry' all the time when it can mean both 'I'm sorry I hurt you' and 'I'm sorry someone else did something I have nothing to do with'. It's like the English language gave up on trying to find a word for sympathy which wasn't also the word for guilt.

Swedish immigrant Kristin won't talk about the Project growing inside her. Her Brazilian-born Scottish boyfriend Ciaran won't speak English at all; he is trying to immerse himself in a Swedish
språkbad language bath,
to prepare for their future, whatever the fick that means. Their Edinburgh flat is starting to feel very small.

As this young couple is forced to confront the thing that they are both avoiding, they must reckon with the bigger questions of the world outside, and their places in it.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jessica Gaitán Johannesson grew up between Sweden, Colombia, and Ecuador. She's a bookseller and an activist working for climate justice, and lives in Edinburgh. Her first novel, How We Are Translated, was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scribe Us
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1950354822
• ISBN 13: 9781950354825
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible