Surprise Castle
Untranslatable

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Availability:In StockContributor:Alma AlexanderPublish date:2018-11-21Pages:182
Language:EnglishPublisher:Mystique PressISBN-13:9781949914580ISBN-10:1949914585UPC:9781949914580Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author)Size:8.50 x 5.51 x 0.39 inchesWeight:0.4806Product ID:SCF44KHH9K
There is a story behind every word. There is a word behind every story. Some concepts require a single word in other languages but paragraphs to explain in English.There are times when it is impossible to have a direct translation of something, to understand an idea at once simple to one mind and unutterably impenetrable to another-except through the bridge of story, through a literal journey into another language, another culture, another mind. The 14 stories in this book are bridges made of words-crossing into language landscapes of Japan, of Sweden, of France, of Portugal, of Tierra del Fuego-glimpses into the worldview and the mindset of cultures different enough from our own to produce a single word that encompasses a world of concepts. Translating the untranslatable. "I love Alma Alexander's writing. Reading one of her stories is like having a beautiful and intense conversation that you walk away from realizing that you've learned something you didn't know about yourself." - Leigh Grossman, author of The Green Lion and The Lost Daughters, creator of "Sense of Wonder"
Language:EnglishPublisher:Mystique PressISBN-13:9781949914580ISBN-10:1949914585UPC:9781949914580Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author)Size:8.50 x 5.51 x 0.39 inchesWeight:0.4806Product ID:SCF44KHH9K
Publisher: Mystique Press

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