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Key ideas from the book
- Language reflects the culture in which it is used.
- Translation involves the challenge of recreating a text across linguistic and cultural differences.
- Languages can differ in how they express gender.
- Monolingualism is considered as a potential threat.
- The discussion asks whether mathematics can express truths about the universe.
About Speaking in Tongues by J.M. Coetzee
In this dialogue with translator Mariana Dimópulos, J. M. Coetzee examines what language can express and where its limits lie. Their discussion considers how language reflects culture and why carrying a text from one language into another involves more than replacing words.
Topics include gendered languages, the risks of monolingualism, and whether mathematics might offer a way to describe universal truths. Published by Liveright in 2025, this nonfiction work will interest readers of linguistics, translation, literature, and philosophical writing.
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