Where There Is Danger

<div><div><p><em></em><b>Winner of the 2015 Prix Valery Larbaud</b></p><p>Writer professor translator and editor Luba Jurgenson lives between two languages-her native Russian and her adopted French. She recounts the coexistence of these two languages as well as two bodies and two worlds in an autobiographical text packed with fascinating anecdotes. Living bilingually can be uncomfortable but this strange in-between state can equally serve as a refuge and inspire creativity. Jurgenson sheds light on this little-explored territory with lively prose and a keen awareness of her historical and literary context. Language identity translation and the self: all are intertwined. The ceaseless journey of bilingualism is at last revealed. 2015 winner of the Prix Valery Larbaud.</p></div></div>