Is That a Fish in Your Ear?" by David Bellos asks: how do we really make ourselves understood to other people? This funny wise & life-affirming language book shows how from puns to poetry news bulletins to the Bible Asterix to Swedish films translation is at the heart of everything we do
- & makes us who we are. Selected by " The New York Times" as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2011. "A wonderful witty book.. .richly original endlessly fascinating.. .for anyone interested in words". (" Economist" Books of the Year). "A scintillating bouillabaisse.. .spiced with good & provocative things". (" Literary Review"). " Dazzlingly inventive". (" The New York Times"). " Clear & lively... There is nothing quite like it". (" Spectator")."