{"product_id":"my-language-is-a-jealous-adri-n-bravi-9781978834590","title":"My Language Is a Jealous Lover","description":"Many great writers have been fluent in multiple languages but have never been able to escape their mother tongue. Yet if a native language feels like home, an adopted language sometimes offers a hospitality one cannot find elsewhere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Language Is a Jealous Lover \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the plights and successes of authors who lived and wrote in languages other than their mother tongue, from Samuel Beckett and Vladimir Nabokov to ﾁgota Krist and Joseph Brodsky. Author Adri疣 N. Bravi weaves their stories in with his own experiences as an Argentinian-Italian, thinking and writing in the language of his new life while recalling that of his childhood. Bravi bears witness to the frustrations, the soul-searching, the pain, and the joys of embracing another language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adri疣 N. Bravi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1978834594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978834590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.12w x 0.71d","brand":"Adri疣 N. Bravi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078756856063,"sku":"9781978834590","price":62.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8ea4835-16ee-4bd7-9da7-b4bf7331fbc2.jpg?v=1685477337","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-language-is-a-jealous-adri-n-bravi-9781978834590","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}