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Lost in Translation : A Life in a New Language
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Lost in Translation : A Life in a New Language Paperback - 1990

by Hoffman, Eva

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This remarkable book is Eva Hoffman's personal story of her experiences as an emigre who loses and remakes her identity in a new land and translates her sense of self into a new culture and a different language.

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Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title Lost in Translation : A Life in a New Language
  • Author Hoffman, Eva
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 280
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
  • Date 1990-03-01
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 5310448-6
  • ISBN 9780140127737 / 0140127739
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.82 x 5.12 x 0.56 in (19.86 x 13.00 x 1.42 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Topical: Holocaust
  • Library of Congress subjects Jews - United States, Immigrants - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89023016
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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About the author

Eva Hoffman was born in Krakow, Poland, and emigrated to America in her teens. She is the author of Lost in Translation, Exit Into History, Shtetl, The Secret, and After Such Knowledge. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Whiting Award, and an award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Hoffman lives in London.

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