Fifty Sounds: A Memoir of Language, Learning, and Longing by Polly Barton

Fifty Sounds: A Memoir of Language, Learning, and Longing

Polly Barton

384 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir philosophy informative reflective medium-paced
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"Witty, exuberant, also melancholy, and crowded with intelligence" (Rivka Galchen), Fifty Sounds is a genre-defying meditation on language from an electric new voice. When Polly Barton moved to a remote island in Japan at twenty-one, she did not ...

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Moods

reflective 96%
informative 63%
emotional 36%
challenging 27%
inspiring 27%
funny 25%
hopeful 10%
adventurous 7%
sad 5%
dark 3%
relaxing 3%
tense 3%

Pace

slow 52%
medium 47%

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