Where There Is Danger - Paperback

by Luba Jurgenson (Author), Meredith Sopher (Translator)

Winner of the 2015 Prix Valery Larbaud

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.

Author Biography

Luba Jurgenson is Professor of Russian Literature and specializes in representations of mass violence in East and Central Europe. She also serves as Director of the research centre Eur'ORBEM at the Sorbonne and as an editorial board member for the journal Memories at Stake.

Meredith Sopher studied French-English Translation and Interpretation at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. She currently works as a freelance translator and interpreter in France.