Eva hoffman (Mehr als 1.000 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: Good. A marvelously thoughtful book . . . It is not just about emigrants and refugees. It is about us all. -The New York Times When her parents brought her from the war-ravaged, faded elegance of her native Cracow in 1959 to settle in well-manicured, suburban Vancouver, Eva Hoffman was thirteen years old. Entering into adolescence, she endured the painful pull of nostalgia and struggled to express herself in a strange unyielding new language. Her spiritual and intellectual odyssey continued in college and led her ultimately to New York's literary world yet still she felt caught between two languages, two cultures. But her perspective also made her a keen observer of an America in the flux of change. A classically American chronicle of upward mobility and assimilation. Lost in Translation is also an incisive meditation on coming to terms with one's own uniqueness, on learning how deeply culture affects the mind and body, and finally, on what it means to accomplish a translation of one's self. Hoffman raises one provocative question after another about the relationship between language and culture . . . and about the emotional cost of re-creating oneself. -Newsday.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. ?A marvelously thoughtful book . . . It is not just about emigrants and refugees. It is about us all.? ?The New York Times When her parents brought her from the war-ravaged, faded elegance of her native Cracow in 1959 to settle in well-manicured, suburban Vancouver, Eva Hoffman was thirteen years old. Entering into adolescence, she endured the painful pull of nostalgia and struggled to express herself in a strange unyielding new language.   Her spiritual and intellectual odyssey continued in college and led her ultimately to New York?s literary world yet still she felt caught between two languages, two cultures. But her perspective also made her a keen observer of an America in the flux of change. A classically American chronicle of upward mobility and assimilation. Lost in Translation is also an incisive meditation on coming to terms with one?s own uniqueness, on learning how deeply culture affects the mind and body, and finally, on what it means to accomplish a translation of one?s self.…

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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. In this arresting, intimate narrative journey, award-winning Eva Hoffman returns to her Polish homeland and five other countries--Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and the two nations of the former Czechoslovakia--historically transformed by the demise of Communism. The result is the penetrating personal odyssey across the other Europe and a vivid portrayal of a landscape in the midst of change. Hoffman combines the wise perspective of an outsider and the passionate concern of a native daughter to illuminate the forces informing the region's complex politics as she captures the texture of everyday life in a world in flux. Indispensable for anyone who wants to seriously come to grips with the experience of Eastern Europe.--The Cleveland Plain Dealer Complex and full of the unexpected . . . Hoffman earns our trust as an observer.--Tina Rosenberg, New York Newsday Written with incredible literary talent and intellectual soundness . . . An indispensable clue for anyone who is keen to understand how the new Europe is emerging from the debris of the Cold War period.--Ryszard Kapuscinski.…

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. In this arresting, intimate narrative journey, award-winning Eva Hoffman returns to her Polish homeland and five other countries--Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and the two nations of the former Czechoslovakia--historically transformed by the demise of Communism. The result is the penetrating personal odyssey across the other Europe and a vivid portrayal of a landscape in the midst of change. Hoffman combines the wise perspective of an outsider and the passionate concern of a native daughter to illuminate the forces informing the region's complex politics as she captures the texture of everyday life in a world in flux. Indispensable for anyone who wants to seriously come to grips with the experience of Eastern Europe.--The Cleveland Plain Dealer Complex and full of the unexpected . . . Hoffman earns our trust as an observer.--Tina Rosenberg, New York Newsday Written with incredible literary talent and intellectual soundness . . . An indispensable clue for anyone who is keen to understand how the new Europe is emerging from the debris of the Cold War period.--Ryszard Kapuscinski.…

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