Chapter published in:
The Fictions of Translation
Edited by Judith Woodsworth
[Benjamins Translation Library 139] 2018
► pp. 67–82

Chapter 4
The perils of polyglossia

Article outline
  • The Book of Lamentations
  • Encyclopedia of a life in Russia
    • “You don’t hear the dogs”
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 14 February 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.139.04all
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