Fifty Sounds (Paperback)

Why Japan? In Fifty Sounds, winner of the 2019 Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize, Polly Barton attempts to exhaust her obsession with the country she moved to at the age of 21, before eventually becoming a literary translator. From min-min, the sound of air screaming, to jin-jin, the sound of being touched for the very first time, from hi'sori, the sound of harbouring masochist tendencies, to mote-mote, the sound of becoming a small-town movie star, Fifty Sounds is a personal dictionary of the Japanese language, recounting her life as an outsider in Japan. Irreverent, humane, witty and wise, Fifty Sounds is an exceptional debut about the quietly revolutionary act of learning, speaking, and living in another language.

General

Imprint:	Fitzcarraldo Editions
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Polly Barton
Dimensions:	197 x 125 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-1-913097-50-9
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-913097-50-1
Barcode:	9781913097509

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