Memory Speaks: On Losing and Reclaiming Language and Self (Sedivy Julie)(Paperback)

"At once an eloquent memoir, a wide-ranging commentary on cultural diversity, and an expert distillation of the research on language learning, loss, and recovery."--The Economist "Insightful and informative...Sedivy examines what happens to memory, dreams, and even the sense of self when you enter another language."--Eva Hoffman, author of Lost in Translation "Engagingly describes the disorienting and sometimes shattering experience of feeling one's native language atrophy as a new language takes hold...beautifully written...Sedivy elegantly captures why the language(s) we use are so dear to us and how they play a central role in our identities."--Science "A profound elegy to memories that endure despite displacement and the many time zones that define our lives."--Andr Aciman Julie Sedivy was two years old when her parents left Czechoslovakia. By
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