Fifty Sounds

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Paperback, 360 pages

English language

Published April 14, 2021 by Fitzcarraldo Editions.

ISBN:
978-1-913097-50-9
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Fifty Sounds is a personal dictionary of the Japanese language, recounting her life as an outsider in Japan. Irreverent, humane, witty and wise, Fifty Sounds is an exceptional debut about the quietly revolutionary act of learning, speaking, and living in another language.

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reviewed Fifty Sounds by Polly Barton

Fun and philosophical take on the act of translation

Quite a unique book. Part travelogue, part navel gaze, part meditation on the joy and challenges of language. Language and culture intertwine to shape the limits of thought and the scope of lived experience... A pretty quick read, but well worth your time