alfabet/alphabet : a memoir of a first language
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1989287603
ISBN-13
9781989287606
Publisher
Palimpsest Press
Imprint
Palimpsest Press
Country of Manufacture
CA
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 15th, 2020
Print length
160 Pages
Weight
156 grams
Dimensions
11.50 x 17.60 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Literary essaysAnthologies (non-poetry)Gender studies: women
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alfabet / alphabet is the record of Sadiqa de Meijer?s transition from speaking Dutch to English. Exploring questions of identity, landscape, family, and translation, the essays navigate the shifting cultural currents of language by using an eclectic approach to storytelling. As such, fellow linguistic migrants to anglophone Canada will recognize elements of their experience in alfabet / alphabet, while lifelong English speakers will perceive their mother tongue in a new light.
Literary Nonfiction. ALFABET/ALPHABET is the record of Sadiqa de Meijer''s transition from speaking Dutch to English. Exploring questions of identity, landscape, family, and translation, the essays navigate the shifting cultural currents of language by using an eclectic approach to storytelling. As such, fellow linguistic migrants to anglophone Canada will recognize elements of their experience in ALFABET/ALPHABET, while lifelong English speakers will perceive their mother tongue in a new light.
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