Etymologies to survive chaos.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 22827 |
| Format | 14 x 21 |
| Détails | 336 p., paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251450865 |
Our language has become weak, burdened with neologisms and eaten away by approximations. In a word: poor. Our language is in bad shape. So is the world we decipher. How can we escape the chaos of approximation? How can we reclaim our words? Consider that the simplest daisy contains within it a pearl, a ray of moonlight, and the story of a very rare love; or that the secret of the confines, inaccessible and disturbing, is in reality to welcome the other with trust. With 99 words, Andrea Marcolongo draws an etymological atlas and shows us how and why the history of these words is a precious compass for those who wish to equip themselves with it. What if our instinct for language and our love of etymologies gave us the power to change the world?
Our language has become weak, burdened with neologisms and eaten away by approximations. In a word: poor. Our language is in bad shape. So is the world we decipher. How can we escape the chaos of approximation? How can we reclaim our words? Consider that the simplest daisy contains within it a pearl, a ray of moonlight, and the story of a very rare love; or that the secret of the confines, inaccessible and disturbing, is in reality to welcome the other with trust. With 99 words, Andrea Marcolongo draws an etymological atlas and shows us how and why the history of these words is a precious compass for those who wish to equip themselves with it. What if our instinct for language and our love of etymologies gave us the power to change the world?