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Zu Hause im Exil: die Geschichte einer Sprachenwanderung. Hineingeboren ins Russische, verpflanzt erst ins Tschechische, dann ins Deutsche, eingeführt ins Hebräische und schließlich adoptiert vom Englischen - jede Sprache markiert einen neuen Lebensabschnitt in der prallen Familiengeschichte Elena Lappins, die eng verknüpft ist mit den Wirren europäischer Geschichte im 20. Jahrhundert.Von Prag nach Hamburg, von Israel in die USA und schließli...

Nata a Mosca nel 1954 (un anno dopo la morte di Stalin), cresciuta a Praga (intorno allo spartiacque del 1968) e poi ad Amburgo (dove matura la prima consapevolezza di essere ebrea), compiuti gli studi a Tel Aviv (negli anni a cavallo fra la Guerra del Kippur e quella del Libano), divenuta madre per la prima volta a Ottawa, la seconda ad Haifa e nello stato di New York la terza, approdata come scrittrice ed editor a Londra, Elena Lappin è un p...

Elena Lappin's life could be described as 'five languages in search of an author'. She now lives in London, but she was born in Russia and has lived in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Israel, Canada, and the United States. As a multiple émigré, her decision to write in English was the unexpected result of many wanderings, and this memoir tells the story of finding a voice in a language that is not one's own. Russian, Czech, German, Hebrew, and finall...

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Taking its title from a question often asked of polyglots, What Language Do I Dream In? is Elena Lappin's stunning memoir about how language runs throughout memory and family history to form identity. Lappin's life could be described as "five languages in search of an author”, and as a multiple émigré, her decision to write in English was the result of many wanderings. Russian, Czech, German, Hebrew, and finally, English: each language is a li...

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My life could be described as ¿five languages in search of an author¿. I was born into Russian, transposed into Czech, then German, introduced to Hebrew, and finally adopted by English.' Elena Lappin was born in Russia. Her parents speak Russian to one another, and to their children. Elena speaks Czech to her brother, but he writes in German and she writes in English. What does it mean to be brought up in family that speaks several different l...