{"product_id":"exile-language-and-identity-9783631394847","title":"Exile, Language and Identity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExile' means a prolonged, usually enforced absence from one's home or country. There is no paradigm for an exilic existence and no prescription of how to heal the loss of one's home and one's identity. Exiles move in \u003ci\u003espace, \u003c\/i\u003emigrating from one place to another, but they are trapped in \u003ci\u003etime. \u003c\/i\u003eThey long for what they have lost and fear what is yet to come. Like the Roman god Janus, they constantly look both ways, often lacking language that would help them to reconnect with the world. This volume examines the process of the exile's \u003ci\u003eself-translation \u003c\/i\u003eby rediscovering a way of expression for the ensnared experience. It requires a new language so that the self may take a new shape. By discussing the unavoidable losses wrought upon immigrants, exiles and refugees by the mere fact of being displaced, the authors hope to foster a better understanding of these problems and help to rebuild shattered identities and ruined lives.","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044156965207,"sku":"9783631394847","price":53.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783631394847.jpg?v=1750960704","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/exile-language-and-identity-9783631394847","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}