Fifty Sounds.
Polly. Barton
Bok · Engelsk · 2021 · Autobiographies.
| Opplysninger | Intro -- ¶ sara-sara: the sound of a very smooth fluid taking you by surprise (and being the most acceptable part of you) -- Title Page -- Epigraph -- Preface -- ¶ giro': the sound of eyes riveting deep into holes in your self-belief, or vicariously visiting the -- ¶ giza-giza: the sound of seeing what you thought was yours through the lens of an alternative syste -- ¶ zara-zara: the sound of the rough ground -- ¶ mushi-mushi: the sound of insects being forced from your body, or laughing as you vocalize an unth -- ¶ min-min: the sound of the air screaming, or being saturated in sound -- ¶ sa'pari: the sound of a mind unblemished by understanding -- ¶ nobi-nobi: the sound of space -- ¶ moja-moja: the sound of electric hair -- ¶ yochi-yochi: the sound of tottering (at last) -- ¶ zu': the sound of always and never having been like this -- ¶ mecha-kucha: the sound of a truly mixed tool-bag -- ¶ chira-chira: the sound of the mighty loner and the caress of ten thousand ownerless looks -- ¶ jin-jin: the sound of being touched for the very first time -- ¶ pota-pota: the sound of red dripping onto asphalt -- ¶ kyuki-kyuki: the sound of writing your obsession on a steamy tile, or the miracle becoming transpa -- ¶ muka-muka: the sound of nights with a dictionary, and the thrill of drawing close to someone's rea -- ¶ hiya-hiya: the sound of recalling your past misdemeanours -- ¶ bin-bin: the sound of having lots of sex of dubitable quality -- ¶ bare-bare: the sound of being so invested in something that it leaks into everything you do, or ab -- ¶ pika-pika: the sound of my floors and your trainers and our graveyards -- ¶ jara-jara: the sound of a flash of metal in the blood -- ¶ koro-koro: the sound your teeny little identity makes as it goes spinning across the floor.. - ¶ bishi-bishi: the sound of being struck sharply and repeatedly by a stick-like object, or (infreque -- ¶ mote-mote: the sound of being a small-town movie star -- ¶ kasa-kasa: the sound of the desert heat in the heart or the desert heart in the heat -- ¶ bō': the sound of a ship leaving shore -- ¶ kira-kira: the sound of a #magiclife, or embracing your shining future -- ¶ shobo-shobo: the sound of persistent drizzle on a thirteenth-century Scottish castle -- ¶ chiku-chiku: the sound of kicking against the pricks, or the ugliness of learning a language as a -- ¶ giri-giri: the sound of just about getting by, or being weighed on a moment-by-moment basis -- ¶ poka-poka: the sound of stepping into a warm obliviousness that is probably not what a higher self -- ¶ kiri-kiri: the sound of the small sharp dark piercing feeling, or not loving anime as much as you -- ¶ gara-gara: the rattling sound the inexplicable makes as it becomes manifest -- ¶ shi'kuri: the sound of fitting where you don't fit -- ¶ hi'sori: the sound of being a masochist, or having an unrealizable dream of which you can't let go -- ¶ beta': the sound of very sticky fingers -- ¶ pera-pera: the sound of spouting forth, or a bullish market -- ¶ uwaa: the sound of the feeling that cannot be spoken -- ¶ ba'sari: the sound of nevermore, and how it comes when you least expect it -- ¶ nuru-nuru: the slippery sound of knowing the lingo -- ¶ uda-uda: the sound of the wild bore -- ¶ don: the sound of the sexy lovely violent hand slamming the wall -- ¶ dōn: the sound of big drums, bombs, and the good-bad dream -- ¶ uka-uka: the sound of always being slightly wrong -- ¶ boro-boro: the important sound of things falling apart -- ¶ sara-sara: the sound of a very smooth fluid taking you by surprise (and being the most acceptable.. - ¶ ho': the sound of the xenophobe returning home, or being restored to magical normality by your fri.. - 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.
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| ISBN | 9781324091318
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