The Fall of Language in the Age of English

The Fall of Language in the Age of English lays bare the struggle to retain the brilliance of one's own language in this period of English-language dominance. Minae Mizumura acknowledges the value of a universal language, yet embraces the different ways of understanding offered by multiple tongues, incorporating her own experiences as a writer and a lover of language, and embedding a parallel history of Japanese.

An award-winning novelist composes a multifaceted critique of the politics of personal expression.