Where There Is Danger / / Luba Jurgenson.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and Their Legacy
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Physical Description:1 online resource (104 p.)
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Other title: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 --
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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.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781644690406
9783110688191
DOI:10.1515/9781644690406?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Luba Jurgenson.