Dan
Pick your favourite word for non-realism to describe this, be it surreal, magical realist or just plain fantasy. Either way, Yagi uses the idea of talking in a dead language to delve into how we put up barriers against others and shut ourselves up. It’s a short book, but a very rich one, with plenty going on, and many threads to draw on and consider.
Also, I have a degree in Latin and I quail at the idea of speaking it conversationally so fair play to the narrator here.
Pick your favourite word for non-realism to describe this, be it surreal, magical realist or just plain fantasy. Either way, Yagi uses the idea of talking in a dead language to delve into how we put up barriers against others and shut ourselves up. It’s a short book, but a very rich one, with plenty going on, and many threads to draw on and consider.
Also, I have a degree in Latin and I quail at the idea of speaking it conversationally so fair play to the narrator here.