Fifty Sounds A Memoir Of Language Learning And Longing

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Fifty Sounds A Memoir Of Language Learning And Longing

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Author : Polly Barton
language : en
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Release Date : 2022-03-15

Fifty Sounds A Memoir Of Language Learning And Longing written by Polly Barton and has been published by Liveright Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

For anyone who has ever yearned to master a new language, Fifty Sounds is a visionary personal account and an indispensable resource for learning to think beyond your mother tongue. “The language learning I want to talk about is sensory bombardment. It is a possession, a bedevilment, a physical takeover,” writes Polly Barton in her eloquent treatise on this profoundly humbling and gratifying act. Shortly before graduating with a degree in philosophy from the University of Cambridge, Barton on a whim accepted an English-teaching position in Japan. With the characteristic ambivalence of a twenty-one-year-old whose summer—and life—stretched out almost infinitely before her, she moved to a remote island in the Sea of Japan, unaware that this journey would come to define not only her career but her very understanding of her own identity. Divided into fifty onomatopoeic Japanese phrases, Fifty Sounds recounts Barton’s path to becoming a literary translator fluent in an incredibly difficult vernacular. From “min-min,” the sound of air screaming, to “jin-jin,” the sound of being touched for the first time, Barton analyzes these and countless other foreign sounds and phrases as a means of reflecting on various cultural attitudes, including the nuances of conformity and the challenges of being an outsider in what many consider a hermetically sealed society. In a tour-de-force of lyrical, playful prose, Barton recalls the stifling humidity that first greeted her on the island along with the incessant hum of peculiar new noises. As Barton taught English to inquisitive middle school children, she studied the basics of Japanese in an inverse way, beginning with simple nouns and phrases, such as “cat,” “dog,” and “Hello, my name is.” But when it came to surrounding herself in the culture, simply mastering the basics wasn’t enough. Japanese, Barton learned, has three scripts: the phonetic katakana and hiragana (collectively known as kana) and kanji (characters of Chinese origin). Despite her months-long immersion in the language, a word would occasionally produce a sinking feeling and send her sifting through her dictionaries to find the exact meaning. But this is precisely how Barton has come to define language learning: “It is the always-bruised but ever-renewing desire to draw close: to a person, a territory, a culture, an idea, an indefinable feeling.” Engaging and penetrating, Fifty Sounds chronicles everything from Barton’s most hilarious misinterpretations to her new friends and lovers in Tokyo —and even the influence of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s transformative philosophy. A classic in the making in the tradition of Anne Carson and Rachel Cusk, Fifty Sounds is a celebration of the empowering act of learning to communicate in any new language.

Dl

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Author : ケイ・ヘザリ
language : ja
Publisher: アルク
Release Date : 2023-01-26

Dl written by ケイ・ヘザリ and has been published by アルク this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-26 with Foreign Language Study categories.

●ENGLISH JOURNAL誌の人気連載を書籍化 月刊誌ENGLISH JOURNALに2005年から約18年にわたり連載された人気コーナー「Tea Time Talk」の、2017年7月号以降の掲載分から32編を選び書籍化しました。端正な英語で綴られた楽しく読みやすいエッセイは、多読の教材としても、英語で表現する際のお手本としても最適。2020年を挟む数年間というまさに激動の時期に書き継がれた、英語を学ぶ人々への温かい贈り物です。 ●シンプルな英語で書かれた奥深いエッセイ シンプルかつ洗練された文章と奥深い内容を味わい、上質のユーモアにほっこりしながら、無理なく学習を進められます。日本に長く暮らした著者ならではの、思わずはっとさせられる日米比較の考察も魅力の一つ。日本文化について、そして異文化理解について、新たな気づきを与えてくれるエッセイの数々は、入学試験や就職試験にもよく採用されています。 ●復習クイズや著者による朗読音声も！ 全エッセイに、内容の理解度を確認できるクイズが付いています。また、著者のケイ・ヘザリさん自身による朗読音声もダウンロードできます。文章と同様に多くのファンを引き付けてきた自然で聞き取りやすい朗読は、多聴の教材としても、ディクテーションやシャドーイングなどのトレーニング素材としてもお薦めです。 ※この商品は、固定レイアウトで作成されており、タブレットなど大きいディスプレイを備えた端末で読むことに適しています。また文字列のハイライトや、検索、辞書の参照、引用などの機能が使用できません。 ※本書の音声（MP3）は、全てアルクのウェブサイトよりダウンロード可能です。無料でPCやスマホの音声プレーヤーアプリでご利用いただけます（本電子書籍のビューワー上で音声再生はできません）。なお、スマホアプリ「英語学習booco」（無料）を使えば、音声を直接ダウンロードして聞くことができます。商品ご購入前に、App Store/Google Playストア等でご利用の端末への「英語学習 booco」インストール可否をご確認ください。

Fifty Sounds

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Author : POLLY. BARTON
language : en
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Release Date : 2021-08-24

Fifty Sounds written by POLLY. BARTON and has been published by Fitzcarraldo Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-24 with Literary Collections categories.

The Best We Could Do

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Author : Thi Bui
language : en
Publisher: Abrams
Release Date : 2017-03-07

The Best We Could Do written by Thi Bui and has been published by Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

National bestseller 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring 2017 Selection ALA 2018 Notable Books Selection An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui. This beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative memoir about the search for a better future and a longing for the past. Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family’s daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves. At the heart of Bui’s story is a universal struggle: While adjusting to life as a first-time mother, she ultimately discovers what it means to be a parent—the endless sacrifices, the unnoticed gestures, and the depths of unspoken love. Despite how impossible it seems to take on the simultaneous roles of both parent and child, Bui pushes through. With haunting, poetic writing and breathtaking art, she examines the strength of family, the importance of identity, and the meaning of home. In what Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen calls “a book to break your heart and heal it,” The Best We Could Do brings to life Thi Bui’s journey of understanding, and provides inspiration to all of those who search for a better future while longing for a simpler past.

Seeing Ghosts

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Author : Kat Chow
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-08-24

Seeing Ghosts written by Kat Chow and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

This "graceful, captivating" (New York Times Book Review) story from a singular new talent paints a portrait of grief and the search for meaning as told through the prism of three generations of her Chinese American family—perfect for readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander. Kat Chow has always been unusually fixated on death. She worried constantly about her parents dying---especially her mother. A vivacious and mischievous woman, Kat's mother made a morbid joke that would haunt her for years to come: when she died, she'd like to be stuffed and displayed in Kat's future apartment in order to always watch over her. After her mother dies unexpectedly from cancer, Kat, her sisters, and their father are plunged into a debilitating, lonely grief. With a distinct voice that is wry and heartfelt, Kat weaves together a story of the fallout of grief that follows her extended family as they emigrate from China and Hong Kong to Cuba and America. Seeing Ghosts asks what it means to reclaim and tell your family’s story: Is writing an exorcism or is it its own form of preservation? The result is an extraordinary new contribution to the literature of the American family, and a provocative and transformative meditation on who we become facing loss. AN NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2021 PICK * A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF 2021 PICK * A NEW YORK TIMESNOTABLE BOOK OF 2021 * A HARPER'S BAZAAR BOOK YOU NEED TO READ IN 2021 * A TOWN & COUNTRYBEST BOOK OF 2021 PICK * A FORTUNE BEST BOOK OF 2021 PICK

Surrender

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Author : Joanna Pocock
language : en
Publisher: House of Anansi
Release Date : 2019-09-24

Surrender written by Joanna Pocock and has been published by House of Anansi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-24 with Social Science categories.

In the style of Barry Lopez, Annie Dillard, and Eula Biss, Surrender explores the changing landscape of the American West and the radical environmental movements that have taken root in response to the increasingly urgent climate crisis. Blending personal memoir with insightful reportage and vivid nature writing, award-winning author and essayist Joanna Pocock investigates the changing landscape of the West and the radical environmental movements that have taken root in the Mountain States. She witnesses the annual tribal bison hunt near Yellowstone National Park, where she meets a scavenger community honing ancestral skills. She joins Finisia Medrano, a transgender rewilder who for many years has been living on the “hoop,” following her food source by seasonal migration. She attends the Ecosex Convergence — an annual gathering of people who place their relationship with the earth above everything else — and attends a workshop led by Reverend Teri Ciacchi, a sexologist, priestess of Aphrodite, and holistic spiritual healer in the Living Love Revolution Church. Surrender is a keen and compelling examination of the outsider eco-cultures blossoming in the new American West in an era of increasing climatic disruption, rising sea levels, animal extinctions, melting glaciers, and catastrophic wildfires.

The Book Of Longings

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Author : Sue Monk Kidd
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2020-04-21

The Book Of Longings written by Sue Monk Kidd and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-21 with Fiction categories.

“An extraordinary novel . . . a triumph of insight and storytelling.” —Associated Press “A true masterpiece.” —Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed An extraordinary story set in the first century about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny, from the celebrated number one New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings In her mesmerizing fourth work of fiction, Sue Monk Kidd takes an audacious approach to history and brings her acclaimed narrative gifts to imagine the story of a young woman named Ana. Raised in a wealthy family with ties to the ruler of Galilee, she is rebellious and ambitious, with a brilliant mind and a daring spirit. She engages in furtive scholarly pursuits and writes narratives about neglected and silenced women. Ana is expected to marry an older widower, a prospect that horrifies her. An encounter with eighteen-year-old Jesus changes everything. Their marriage evolves with love and conflict, humor and pathos in Nazareth, where Ana makes a home with Jesus, his brothers, and their mother, Mary. Ana's pent-up longings intensify amid the turbulent resistance to Rome's occupation of Israel, partially led by her brother, Judas. She is sustained by her fearless aunt Yaltha, who harbors a compelling secret. When Ana commits a brazen act that puts her in peril, she flees to Alexandria, where startling revelations and greater dangers unfold, and she finds refuge in unexpected surroundings. Ana determines her fate during a stunning convergence of events considered among the most impactful in human history. Grounded in meticulous research and written with a reverential approach to Jesus's life that focuses on his humanity, The Book of Longings is an inspiring, unforgettable account of one woman's bold struggle to realize the passion and potential inside her, while living in a time, place and culture devised to silence her. It is a triumph of storytelling both timely and timeless, from a masterful writer at the height of her powers.

Ru

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Author : Kim Thuy
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2012-05-24

Ru written by Kim Thuy and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-24 with Fiction categories.

Ru: In Vietnamese it means lullaby; in French it is a small stream, but also signifies a flow - of tears, blood, money. Kim Thúy's Ru is literature at its most crystalline: the flow of a life on the tides of unrest and on to more peaceful waters. In vignettes of exquisite clarity, sharp observation and sly wit, we are carried along on an unforgettable journey from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded and muddy Malaysian refugee camp, and onward to a new life in Quebec. There, the young girl feels the embrace of a new community, and revels in the chance to be part of the American Dream. As an adult, the waters become rough again: now a mother of two, she must learn to shape her love around the younger boy's autism. Moving seamlessly from past to present, from history to memory and back again, Ru is a book that celebrates life in all its wonder: its moments of beauty and sensuality, brutality and sorrow, comfort and comedy.

Where The Wild Ladies Are

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Author : Aoko Matsuda
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2020-10-20

Where The Wild Ladies Are written by Aoko Matsuda and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-20 with Fiction categories.

In this "delightfully uncanny" collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales (The New York Times Book Review), humans live side by side with spirits who provide a variety of useful services—from truth-telling to babysitting, from protecting castles to fighting crime. A busybody aunt who disapproves of hair removal; a pair of door-to-door saleswomen hawking portable lanterns; a cheerful lover who visits every night to take a luxurious bath; a silent house-caller who babysits and cleans while a single mother is out working. Where the Wild Ladies Are is populated by these and many other spirited women—who also happen to be ghosts. This is a realm in which jealousy, stubbornness, and other excessive “feminine” passions are not to be feared or suppressed, but rather cultivated; and, chances are, a man named Mr. Tei will notice your talents and recruit you, dead or alive (preferably dead), to join his mysterious company. With Where the Wild Ladies Are, Aoko Matsuda takes the rich, millenia-old tradition of Japanese folktales—shapeshifting wives and foxes, magical trees and wells—and wholly reinvents them, presenting a world in which humans are consoled, guided, challenged, and transformed by the only sometimes visible forces that surround them.

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

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Author : Maya Angelou
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2009-04-21

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings written by Maya Angelou and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin