The Tongue of Adam by Abdelfattah Kilito, Marina Warner, Robyn Creswell

128 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective fast-paced

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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 p...

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