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On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language

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Availability:In StockContributor:Ilan StavansAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2002-07-30Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780142000946ISBN-10:142000949UPC:9780142000946Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Literary Figures, Entertainment & Performing ArtsSize:7.77 x 5.00 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.4894Product ID:SCK6AEVHNQ
Yiddish, Spanish, Hebrew, and English-at various points in Ilan Stavans's life, each of these has been his primary language. In this rich memoir, the linguistic chameleon outlines his remarkable cultural heritage from his birth in politically fragile Mexico, through his years as a student activist and young Zionist in Israel, to his present career as a noted and controversial academic and writer.

Along the way, Stavans introduces readers to some of the remarkable members of his family-his brother, a musical wunderkind; his father, a Mexican soap opera star; his grandmother, who arrived in Mexico from Eastern Europe in 1929 and wrote her own autobiography. Masterfully weaving personal reminiscences with a provocative investigation into language acquisition and cultural code switching, On Borrowed Words is a compelling exploration of Stavans's search for his place in the world.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780142000946ISBN-10:142000949UPC:9780142000946Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Literary Figures, Entertainment & Performing ArtsSize:7.77 x 5.00 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.4894Product ID:SCK6AEVHNQ
Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College and the author or editor of numerous books.
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr

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