Service95 Recommends Fifty Sounds by Polly Barton. An exploration of the Japanese language through sound, immersing the reader in a cultural experience, discover Fifty Sounds and other reviews with Service95 Recommends.
What Tomasz Says: “This is my favourite non-fiction book of recent years. In it, Barton retraces her experience of moving to Japan after graduating from university, taking us on a thrilling journey into another culture, another language, and deep into her own complex psyche”
What They Say: “Fifty Sounds explodes the redundancy of the phrase “I’m learning a language,” showing us that the experience is more akin to relearning reality and who we are in it. Barton writes of being “souped” in the sounds of speech and a new place, but also in what is not said or written” — Jen Calleja
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