Books by Wendy Lessen (editor)
The Genius of Language
by Wendy Lessen (editor)
This is a series of essays by writers, mostly novelists. It’s about the way they approach different languages. All the authors are non-English native speakers who now predominantly write only in English.
Interviews where books by Wendy Lessen (editor) were recommended
The best books on Language and the Mind, recommended by Lane Greene
Does the world look different in other languages? Are there words that cannot be translated? Is it OK to say disinterested when you mean uninterested? Lane Greene, who writes the Economist’s “Johnson” column on language, dispels some of the popular but misguided ideas many of us have about language.
