Where There Is Danger / Luba Jurgenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jurgenson, Luba, Author.

Contributor:

Sopher, Meredith

Series:

Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and their legacy.

Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and Their Legacy

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 pages).

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Writer, professor, translator and editor Luba Jurgenson lives between two languages-her native Russian and her adopted French. She recounts the coexistence of these two languages, as well as two bodies and two worlds, in an autobiographical text packed with fascinating anecdotes. Living bilingually can be uncomfortable, but this strange in-between state can equally serve as a refuge and inspire creativity. Jurgenson sheds light on this little-explored territory with lively prose and a keen awareness of her historical and literary context. Language, identity, translation, and the self: all are intertwined. The ceaseless journey of bilingualism is at last revealed. 2015 winner of the Prix Valery Larbaud.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

1. Conversation in the Mountains

2. The Third-to-Last

3. The Sidewalk Across the Street

4. Mouths, Rivers, and the Letter R

5. The Sidewalk Across the Street, Part 2

6. Forgetting Babel

7. Stumbling Block

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

1-64469-040-3

OCLC:

1089278896