On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language by Ilan Stavans

On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language

Ilan Stavans

272 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction memoir reflective slow-paced
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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 frag...

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