The Tongue of Adam by Kilito, Abdelfattah

The Tongue of Adam

In the beginning there was one language--one tongue that Adam used to compose the first poem, an...
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Author: Abdelfattah Kilito
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Language: English
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The Tongue of Adam by Kilito, Abdelfattah

The Tongue of Adam

€22,80

The Tongue of Adam

€22,80
Author: Abdelfattah Kilito
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In the beginning there was one language--one tongue that Adam used to compose the first poem, an elegy for Abel. "These days, no one bothers to ask about the tongue of Adam. It is a naive question, vaguely embarrassing and irksome, like questions posed by children, which one can only answer rather stupidly." So begins Abdelfattah Kilito's The Tongue of Adam, a delightful series of lectures. With a Borgesian flair for riddles, stories, and subtle scholarly distinctions, Kilito presents an assortment of discussions related to Adam's tongue, including translation, comparative religion, and lexicography: for example, how, from Babel onward, can we explain the plurality of language? Or can Adam's poetry be judged aesthetically, the same as any other poem? Drawing from the commentators of the Koran to Walter Benjamin, from the esoteric speculations of Judaism to Herodotus, The Tongue of Adam is a nimble book about the mysterious rise of humankind's multilingualism.

Author: Abdelfattah Kilito
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 11/22/2016
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.20h x 4.50w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9780811224932


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/10/2016

About the Author
Kilito, Abdelfattah: - Abdelfattah Kilito was born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1945. He has received the Great Moroccan Award (1989), the French Academy Award (1996), and the Sultan Al Owais Prize for Criticism and Literature Studies (2006).Creswell, Robyn: - A critic, translator, and scholar, Robyn Creswell is currently the poetry editor for the Paris Review and assistant professor of comparative literature at Yale.Warner, Marina: - Marina Warner is a British novelist, short story writer, and historian.

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