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26%OFFMinae Mizumura - The Fall of Language in the Age of English - 9780231163026 - V9780231163026
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The Fall of Language in the Age of English

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Description for The Fall of Language in the Age of English Hardback. First published in Japan in 2008 by Chikumashobo Ltd., Tokyo. entitled "Nihongo ga horobiru toki: Eigo no seiki no naka de." Translator(s): Yoshihara, Mari; Carpenter, Juliet Winters. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Winner of the Kobayashi Hideo Award, The Fall of Language in the Age of English lays bare the struggle to retain the brilliance of one's own language in this period of English-language dominance. Born in Tokyo but raised and educated in the United States, Minae Mizumura acknowledges the value of a universal language in the pursuit of knowledge yet also embraces the different ways of understanding offered by multiple tongues. She warns against losing this precious diversity. Universal languages have always played a pivotal role in advancing human societies, Mizumura shows, but in the globalized world of the Internet, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231163026
SKU
V9780231163026
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About Minae Mizumura
Minae Mizumura was born in Tokyo, moved to New York at the age of twelve, and studied French literature at Yale University. Acclaimed for her audacious experimentation and skillful storytelling, Mizumura has won major literary awards for all four of her novels-one of which, A True Novel, was recently published in English. She lives in Tokyo. Mari Yoshihara is ... Read more

Reviews for The Fall of Language in the Age of English
The Fall of Language in the Age of English provocatively participates in current debates on world literature, translation, reading, and writing in the age of global English and the Internet, bringing forward a new and illuminating perspective on the translingual formation of national languages and the now endangered arc of modern literature. It is written from the viewpoint of a ... Read more

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