{"product_id":"translation-and-taboo-9780875805719","title":"Translation and Taboo","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the time of the first written sacred texts in the West, taboo has proscribed the act and art of translation. So argues the author of this book, exploring the age-old prohibition of translation of sacred texts. He shows how similar taboos influence interculture exchange.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An unusual book of great interest.... Grips the reader in the wide variety of material Robinson brings together.\"—Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e \"Certain to become a key text.\"—Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e \"An extraordinarily provocative, challenging, passionately engaged book, one that will leave no one indifferent.\"—Samuel Weber, UCLA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Preface \u003cbr\u003e The Translations of Lucius \u003cbr\u003e The Divided Self \u003cbr\u003e Magical Doubles \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MB - Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039011471703,"sku":"9780875805719","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875805719.jpg?v=1750942274","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/translation-and-taboo-9780875805719","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}