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The Genius of Language: Fifteen Writers Reflect on Their Mother Tongues
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Hardcover
from Pantheon Books (September 30, 2004)
9780375422386 | details & prices | 241 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.92 lbs | List price $23.00
About: A collection of original essays reflects on their writers' formative experiences of language and culture, from Bharati Mukherjee's appreciation of the Bangla language after the Hindu-Muslim riots of 1946, to Amy Tan's frustration with comparisons betweenEnglish and Chinese.
About: A collection of original essays reflects on their writers' formative experiences of language and culture, from Bharati Mukherjee's appreciation of the Bangla language after the Hindu-Muslim riots of 1946, to Amy Tan's frustration with comparisons betweenEnglish and Chinese.