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128 pages • first pub 2019 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780192806246
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
Why do we say bete noir and not 'black beast', doppelganger and not 'double goer'? When is it that meanings become lost in translation and it is simply more satisfying to use the original? This wonderfully accessible book gives unique insights int...
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128 pages • first pub 2019 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780192806246
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
Why do we say bete noir and not 'black beast', doppelganger and not 'double goer'? When is it that meanings become lost in translation and it is simply more satisfying to use the original? This wonderfully accessible book gives unique insights int...