{"product_id":"my-language-is-a-jealous-lover-paperback-softback-9781978834583","title":"My Language Is a Jealous Lover (Paperback \/ softback) 9781978834583","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMy Language Is a Jealous Lover\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAdrián N. Bravi (Author), Victoria Offredi Poletto (Translated by), Giovanna Bellesia Contuzzi (Translated by), Shirin Ramzanali Fazel (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978834583\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 January 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e194 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.027 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"A masterful assemblage of intimate memories from the author and utterly persuasive arguments from fellow travelers, this book offers readers a multifaceted and nuanced portrait of what it means to live in and between languages. That it has now been admirably and creatively translated into a third language, beyond the author's own Spanish and Italian, triangulates Bravi's defense of linguistic relativity into an irrefutable work of realism.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e— Jim Hicks, Executive Editor of Massachusetts Review\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"A wonderful semi-autobiographical book about thinking and writing in a second language, about embracing many languages without betraying one's mother tongue. A thoughtful book about the languages in which global citizens think and write.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Graziella Parati, author of Migration Italy: The Art of Talking Back in a Destination Culture\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMany great writers have been fluent in multiple languages but have never been able to escape their mother tongue. Yet if a native language feels like home, an adopted language sometimes offers a hospitality one cannot find elsewhere. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eMy Language Is a Jealous Lover \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the plights and successes of authors who lived and wrote in languages other than their mother tongue, from Samuel Beckett and Vladimir Nabokov to Ágota Kristóf and Joseph Brodsky. Author Adrián N. Bravi weaves their stories in with his own experiences as an Argentinian-Italian, thinking and writing in the language of his new life while recalling that of his childhood. Bravi bears witness to the frustrations, the soul-searching, the pain, and the joys of embracing another language.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTranslators' Note\u003cbr\u003e  Preface\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  \u003col\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eChildhood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eDisplacements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eMy Aunt's Languages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eThe Maternity of Language I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eThe Language of Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eThe Hospitality of Language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eThe Enemy Language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eThe Possessiveness of Languages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eThe Fluidity of Language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eWithout Style\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eThe Scent of the Panther\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003ePrisoners of Our Own Language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eTwo Short Stories: Landolfi and Kosztolányi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eTwo Old Children\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003ePoetics of Chaos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eExile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eWriting in Another Language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eFalse Friends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eInterference\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eEvery Foreigner Is in Their Own Way a Translator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eSome Cases of Self-Translation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eIdentity and National Language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eThe Language of Death\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eLanguage as Property\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eThe Abandonment of Language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eThe Difficulty of Abandoning One's Own Language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eLanguage as a Line of Defense\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eThe Maternity of Language II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  Notes\u003cbr\u003e  Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  Notes on Contributors\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702554718488,"sku":"9781978834583","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/my-language-is-a-jealous-lover-paperback-softback-9781978834583","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}