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Lost in Language A Tragicomic Memoir of How One Man Failed Language Class in Italy But Found His Voice

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“I admit it. I failed foreign language class in Italy.”...so begins this rollicking comic adventure where nothing is exactly what it seems. Structured around twenty-four Italian language classes, poet and photographer Jay Desind invites you on a quest that goes backwards and forwards through time, surprises with unexpected humor, and shows an emotional range and honesty in a framework of quirky invention.

It’s a memoir about the consequences of loss and the powerful
redemptive things that happen when you immerse yourself into the accents, idioms, and traditions of other cultures.

In the end, it is nothing what you expect and once finished, everything you wish you had experienced for yourself in a comfortable travel outfit.

Lost in Language shares the bravery and unflinching honesty of Eat, Pray, Love and Cheryl Strayed’s Wild. It’s also absurdly funny like the best David Sedaris essay. What holds it all together is a unique authentic voice that takes the ‘me’ out of memoir and tells a universal story of finding yourself even when no one else is looking for you in the first place.

Language: English

Pages: 223

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: March 01, 2015

Lost in Language A Tragicomic Memoir of How One Man Failed Language Class in Italy But Found His Voice

0/5 ( ratings)

“I admit it. I failed foreign language class in Italy.”...so begins this rollicking comic adventure where nothing is exactly what it seems. Structured around twenty-four Italian language classes, poet and photographer Jay Desind invites you on a quest that goes backwards and forwards through time, surprises with unexpected humor, and shows an emotional range and honesty in a framework of quirky invention.

It’s a memoir about the consequences of loss and the powerful
redemptive things that happen when you immerse yourself into the accents, idioms, and traditions of other cultures.

In the end, it is nothing what you expect and once finished, everything you wish you had experienced for yourself in a comfortable travel outfit.

Lost in Language shares the bravery and unflinching honesty of Eat, Pray, Love and Cheryl Strayed’s Wild. It’s also absurdly funny like the best David Sedaris essay. What holds it all together is a unique authentic voice that takes the ‘me’ out of memoir and tells a universal story of finding yourself even when no one else is looking for you in the first place.

Language: English

Pages: 223

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: March 01, 2015

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