alfabet/alphabet: a memoir of a first language

Author:   Sadiqa de Meijer
Publisher:   Palimpsest Press
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9781989287606


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   15 October 2020
Format:   Paperback
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alfabet / alphabetis the record of Sadiqa de Meijers transition from speaking Dutch to English. Exploring questions of identity, landscape, family, and translation, the essays navigate the shifting cultural currents of language by using an eclectic approach to storytelling. As such, fellow linguistic migrants to anglophone Canada will recognize elements of their experience inalfabet / alphabet, while lifelong English speakers will perceive their mother tongue in a new light.

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Author:   Sadiqa de Meijer
Publisher:   Palimpsest Press
Imprint:   Palimpsest Press
Dimensions:   Width: 11.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 17.80cm
Weight:   0.156kg
ISBN:  

9781989287606


ISBN 10:   1989287603
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   15 October 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Sadiqa de Meijer is the author of the poetry collectionsLeaving Howe IslandandThe Outer Wards. Her work has won the CBC Poetry Prize and Arcs Poem of the Year Contest, and was a finalist for the Governor Generals Literary Award and the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. She lives with her family in Kingston, Ontario.

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