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3.7 AVERAGE
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I was reading a library copy of this and placed a fnac order for my own copy on the same day. Take that as you will.
For me, this is personal. I immigrated to the United States at the tender age of fourteen and have been chasing a sort of acceptance ever since. Unlike Polina, I spoke fluently on arrival and chose to change my name at naturalization. For me, it was the last phase of erasing something that felt like a thing of the past. People expect teenagers to not integrate as much, and yet there is not a single fully Russian bone in my body. I literally have to "hold my tongue" for it to stay with me, because I feel it slipping daily. When I came to Paris, it was a sort of delight when people thought I was "just American" based on my accent in French. After all, I never lost my accent in English, and probably never will. Tenir sa langue showed me something that I forgot was relevant, I think. A need to hold on. "My soil" doesn't call me, no, only New York does. But what if one day it will? I had so much fear in me of not being American that I forgot how to be Russian—a loss I can't compensate for.
For me, this is personal. I immigrated to the United States at the tender age of fourteen and have been chasing a sort of acceptance ever since. Unlike Polina, I spoke fluently on arrival and chose to change my name at naturalization. For me, it was the last phase of erasing something that felt like a thing of the past. People expect teenagers to not integrate as much, and yet there is not a single fully Russian bone in my body. I literally have to "hold my tongue" for it to stay with me, because I feel it slipping daily. When I came to Paris, it was a sort of delight when people thought I was "just American" based on my accent in French. After all, I never lost my accent in English, and probably never will. Tenir sa langue showed me something that I forgot was relevant, I think. A need to hold on. "My soil" doesn't call me, no, only New York does. But what if one day it will? I had so much fear in me of not being American that I forgot how to be Russian—a loss I can't compensate for.
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Au début ça allait, mais ç'a vite déraillé. Les changements de temps, les phrases qui n'avait aucun sens pour moi, etc.
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Polina m'a fait voyager dans sa famille russe, dans leurs traditions, dans leur histoire, dans cette relation entre le pays d'origine et le pays d'adoption.
Ça m'a fait beaucoup réfléchir sur les traditions et la transmission dans ma propre famille.
Je crois qu'il est important de veiller à transmettre, à écrire, à dire, à faire à manger. J'ai trouvé tout ça dans ce 1er roman et j'ai hâte de lire les suivants.
Ça m'a fait beaucoup réfléchir sur les traditions et la transmission dans ma propre famille.
Je crois qu'il est important de veiller à transmettre, à écrire, à dire, à faire à manger. J'ai trouvé tout ça dans ce 1er roman et j'ai hâte de lire les suivants.