Fifty Sounds

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.

ISBN:	9781913097509
Publisher:	Fitzcarraldo Editions
Imprint:	Fitzcarraldo Editions
Published date:	14 Apr 2021
DEWEY:	952.05092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	360
Weight:	350g
Height:	197mm
Width:	127mm
Spine width:	24mm

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