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Where There's a Will There's a Way: and other Japanese proverbs and sayings with English equivalents
Primrose Arnander
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Description for Where There's a Will There's a Way: and other Japanese proverbs and sayings with English equivalents
Hardcover. This latest title in the hugely popular series of proverbs from around the world focuses on the richness of Japanese culture and language and highlights the uncanny similarity of inherited wisdom between the East and West. Num Pages: 96 pages, black, white and blue illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 216. .
The English may say, 'Where there's a will there's a way,' and the Japanese, 'A concentrated mind pierces even a rock', but the meaning is clearly the same; 'Too many boatmen sail the boat up the hill' may be the same as the English, 'Too many cooks spoil the broth', but the Japanese version has a delightful absurdity about it which is illustrated in Kathryn Lamb's witty cartoon. These and many more proverbs and sayings feature in Where There's a Will There's a Way, which joins the family of six other bilingual illustrated proverb books, devised in 1985 by Primrose ... Read more
The English may say, 'Where there's a will there's a way,' and the Japanese, 'A concentrated mind pierces even a rock', but the meaning is clearly the same; 'Too many boatmen sail the boat up the hill' may be the same as the English, 'Too many cooks spoil the broth', but the Japanese version has a delightful absurdity about it which is illustrated in Kathryn Lamb's witty cartoon. These and many more proverbs and sayings feature in Where There's a Will There's a Way, which joins the family of six other bilingual illustrated proverb books, devised in 1985 by Primrose ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Medina Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Newport, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909339996
SKU
V9781909339996
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Primrose Arnander
Primrose Arnander lived for 12 years in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Trained as a classical musician, she extended her activities, whilst an expatriate, and became a dealer in 19th century prints and maps, as well as chairing the Jeddah Community Library. It was in Jeddah, in the mid-eighties, that the idea for illustrated bilingual proverb books was born. Ritsuko Nishimae ... Read more
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