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| #819316 in Books | Ingramcontent | 2016-11-22 | 2016-11-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.30 x.40 x4.50l,.0 | File type: PDF | 128 pages | The Tongue of Adam||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Full of sound and other stuff. Not sure what it signifies.|By Steven T. Abell|I try to find something positive to say about this book, and find that to be difficult. There are several essays here referring to the big-name sacred texts of the Middle East, to secondary authors, to commentators on these, and to commentators on the commentators. The presentation is agreeable and in||“Abdelfattah Kilito turns his obsession with 'the fact of language' into a thrilling tour de force that invites us to rethink the myths of our human origins, leading us into a labyrinthine wonder world of linguistic inquiries.” - Poup
A playful and erudite look at the origins of language
In the beginning there was one language―one tongue that Adam used to compose the first poem, an elegy for Abel. “These days, no one bothers to ask about the tongue of Adam. It is a naive question, vaguely embarrassing and irksome, like questions posed by children, which one can only answer rather stupidly.” So begins Abdelfattah Kilito’s The Tongue of Ad...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Tongue of Adam | Abdelfattah Kilito. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
