✨ Featured Offer
Used, Acceptable
$14.16
List Price: $18.00
🚚
See all 7 offers from $5.53 FREE standard delivery by: 26 Mar 2026
Overview
"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.
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.
| ISBN-13 | 9780140127737 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0140127739 |
| Weight | 0.45 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 8.66 x 5.91 x 0.98 In |
| List Price | $18.00 |
| Format | - |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 288 pages |
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
| Published On | 1990-03-01 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
Condition
Seller
Seller Comments
Price
Used, Good
Seller details
More Than Words
Waltham, MA, USA
A sound copy with only light wear. Overall a solid copy at a great price!
Free delivery by: 29 Mar 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
Zoom Books East
Glendale Heights, IL, USA
Book is in good condition and may include underlining highlighting and minimal wear. The book can al...
Free delivery by: 29 Mar 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
Orion Tech
Arlington, TX, USA
Size: 7x5x0;
Free delivery by: 29 Mar 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
Off The Shelf
Imperial, MO, USA
The item shows wear from consistent use but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All ...
Free delivery by: 29 Mar 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
Blue Vase Books
Interlochen, MI, USA
The item shows wear from consistent use but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All ...
Free delivery by: 29 Mar 2026
✨ Used, Acceptable
Seller details
Bookstores.com
Free delivery by: 26 Mar 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
Bookstores.com
Free delivery by: 26 Mar 2026