In altre parole. English. (local)tlcaut2013218109482200
Contents:
Author's note -- La traversata = The crossing -- Il dizionario = The dictionary -- Il colpo di fulmine = Love at first sight -- L'esilio = Exile -- Le conversazioni = The conversations -- La rinuncia = The renunciation -- Leggere con il dizionario = Reading with a dictionary -- Il raccolto delle parole = Gathering words -- Il diario = The diary -- Il racconto = The story -- Lo scambio = The exchange -- Il riparo fragile = The fragile shelter -- L'impossibilità = Impossibility -- Venezia = Venice -- L'imperfetto = The imperfect -- L'adolescente peloso = The hairy adolescent -- Il secondo esilio = The second exile -- Il muro = The wall -- Il triangolo = The triangle -- La metamorfosi = The metamorphosis -- Sondare = Plumbing the depths -- L'impalcatura = The scaffolding -- Penombra = Half-light -- Postfazione = Afterword.
Summary:
"This book is Lahiri's meditation on the process of learning to express herself in another language and the stunning journey of a writer seeking a new voice."--Page [4] of cover.
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