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Paperback or Softback. Etat : New. Mother Tongue. Book.

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Paperback or Softback. Etat : New. On the Bodies of Strangers. Book.

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Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 136 pages. 5.50x0.32x8.50 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. When I speak Mandarin with my mother, I am reminded of the distance that separates usof my foreignness from the person who made me.In Mother Tongue, Hilda Hoy explores the manifold capacities of language: to shape ones sense of self, to bring together, to hold apart.Raised in Taiwan by her Taiwanese mother and Canadian father, bilingual from the beginning, Hoy explores her experience of growing up with otherness, and traces how English became her dominant tongue. After many years living in Canada and Europe, her Chinese-speaking self packed into a box and sealed shut, the repercussions of her loss of Mandarin are thrown into sharp focus when her mother is diagnosed with dementia, and begins losing the ability to speak.A tender exploration of grief and reconnection, of belonging and self, Mother Tongue is the story of a journey to locate ones voice between hybrid places. A meditation on language, culture, and identity, as writer Hilda Hoy seeks to reconnect with the Mandarin, spoken by her mother. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. "When I speak Mandarin with my mother, I am reminded of the distance that separates us-of my foreignness from the person who made me."In Mother Tongue, Hilda Hoy explores the manifold capacities of language: to shape one's sense of self, to bring together, to hold apart.Raised in Taiwan by her Taiwanese mother and Canadian father, bilingual from the beginning, Hoy explores her experience of growing up with otherness, and traces how English became her dominant tongue. After many years living in Canada and Europe, her Chinese-speaking self packed into a box and sealed shut, the repercussions of her loss of Mandarin are thrown into sharp focus when her mother is diagnosed with dementia, and begins losing the ability to speak.A tender exploration of grief and reconnection, of belonging and self, Mother Tongue is the story of a journey to locate one's voice between hybrid places. A tender exploration of grief and reconnection, belonging and self, Hilda Hoy's Mother Tongue is a reflection on a journey to reclaim the Mandarin that was the author's childhood tongue, and to locate her voice between hybrid places. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Our lives, our experiences and the people we encounter leave behind indelible marks. On the Bodies of Strangers is a collection of stories about marked lives and marked flesh. The stories in this collection are linked by a single thread: the tattoos of their protagonists, traces of experiences and meaning etched onto their skin. These are stories about the chaos of ordinary lives, about people who are flawed, complicated, but always deeply human. From domestic abuse to unexpected friendship, mixing horror and hope, intimacies and lies, On the Bodies of Strangers explores the many ways we mark each other and ourselves as we navigate the complexities of human relationships.…

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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Our lives, our experiences and the people we encounter leave behind indelible marks. On the Bodies of Strangers is a collection of stories about marked lives and marked flesh. The stories in this collection are linked by a single thread: the tattoos of their protagonists, traces of experiences and meaning etched onto their skin. These are stories about the chaos of ordinary lives, about people who are flawed, complicated, but always deeply human. From domestic abuse to unexpected friendship, mixing horror and hope, intimacies and lies, On the Bodies of Strangers explores the many ways we mark each other and ourselves as we navigate the complexities of human relationships. Our lives, experiences, and the people we meet leave indelible marks. A collection of stories about marked lives and marked flesh, linked by a single thread: their protagonist's tattoos, traces of meaning etched onto the skin. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. In a remote Taiwanese temple, a goddess of saliva vanishes without a trace. One Hogmanay in Inverness, a family party is disrupted by an unexpected guest. On the streets of Taipei, an elderly prophet foretells an attack on the subway. On the way home from her day in court, a woman finds a sheep tangled in the roadside brambles.Four writers, four stories and four languages. Taigael is a first-of-its-kind collaborative writing and translation project, bringing together writers from Scotland and Taiwan, to explore language, translation and culture. These four stories by Elissa Hunter-Dorans (Scotland), Kiu-kiong (Taiwan), Lisa MacDonald (Scotland) and Naomi Sim (Taiwan) cross between languages and cultures to speak of things unspoken, and to find new and surprising connections.Taiwanese (Tai-gi) and Scottish Gaelic (Gaidhlig) are languages that have been historically marginalised and suppressed. Taigael presents two newly commissioned short stories in Gaelic, and two in Taiwanese, or Tai-gi. And then it translates these stories between the two languages, via Mandarin and English. Each story is published in all four languages, to allow the largest possible audience. In a Taiwanese temple, a saliva goddess vanishes without trace. A Hogmanay party is disrupted by an unexpected guest. In Taipei, an elderly prophet foretells a subway attack. On the way home from a day in court, a woman finds a sheep tangled in the brambles. Four stories, four writers, four languages: Gaelic, Taiwanese, Mandarin & English. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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