{"product_id":"9780691231167","title":"Translating Myself and Others","description":"Author: Jhumpa Lahiri\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780691231167\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 17 May 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslating Myself and Others\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of candid and disarmingly personal essays by Pulitzer Prizewinning author Jhumpa Lahiri, who reflects on her emerging identity as a translator as well as a writer in two languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith subtlety and emotional immediacy, Lahiri draws on Ovid's myth of Echo and Narcissus to explore the distinction between writing and translating, and provides a close reading of passages from Aristotle's \u003ci\u003ePoetics\u003c\/i\u003e to talk more broadly about writing, desire, and freedom. She traces the theme of translation in Antonio Gramsci's \u003ci\u003ePrison Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e and takes up the question of Italo Calvino's popularity as a translated author. Lahiri considers the unique challenge of translating her own work from Italian to English, the question \"Why Italian?,\" and the singular pleasures of translating contemporary and ancient writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing essays originally written in Italian and published in English for the first time, as well as essays written in English, \u003ci\u003eTranslating Myself and Others\u003c\/i\u003e brings together Lahiri's most lyrical and eloquently observed meditations on the translator's art as a sublime act of both linguistic and personal metamorphosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Wonderful...Through language, we come to know ourselves: Lahiri's work shows how it is always possible to expand that knowledge.\u0026amp;#x27;  Erica Wagner, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;[Lahiri's] observations are as plentiful as they are enlightening.\u0026amp;#x27;  Juliana Ukiomogbe, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;[In this book] a vision emerges of translation as a site where the physical and the textual, the extraordinary and the ordinary, intersect.\u0026amp;#x27;  Polly Barton, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46803854622878,"sku":"ADS-9780691231167","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780691231167.jpg?v=1778206379","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780691231167","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}