A Change of TongueRandom House, 2003 - 376 pages In times of fundamental change, people tend to find a space, lose it and the find another space as life and the world transform around them. What does this metamorphosis entail and in what ways are we affected by it? How do we live through it and what may we become on our journey toward each other, particularly when the space and places form which we depart are - at least on the surface - so vastly different? Ranging freely and often wittily across many terrains, this brave book by one of South Africa's foremost writers and poets provides a unique and compelling discourse on living creatively in Africa today |
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Page 268
... languages . ' This book has been translated into practically all the languages of the world . I can go to any place on earth and my story can be found there in that language . Except here . Here I exist only in English . I want to be ...
... languages . ' This book has been translated into practically all the languages of the world . I can go to any place on earth and my story can be found there in that language . Except here . Here I exist only in English . I want to be ...
Page 269
... language . It seems to her that works are usually translated from weaker into mightier languages . The more a language is threatened , the stronger the urge becomes to translate from that language . The mightier a language , the ...
... language . It seems to her that works are usually translated from weaker into mightier languages . The more a language is threatened , the stronger the urge becomes to translate from that language . The mightier a language , the ...
Page 271
... language to another can be bridged . At times , however , things will come up that strike you because of their difficulty , their complexity , the way they resist the resources you yourself use , in your own language and culture , to ...
... language to another can be bridged . At times , however , things will come up that strike you because of their difficulty , their complexity , the way they resist the resources you yourself use , in your own language and culture , to ...
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