“A strong tie binds novelists to their mother tongue. Though novelists can and do write in languages other than their own, there is a common belief that a novel has a special, almost mystical affinity with the novelist's mother tongue.” Mother TongueNative TongueParticular Language Book:The Fall of Language in the Age of English Source: The Fall of Language in the Age of English
“Yes, writers are writing in all corners of the world. Yes they are writing in countries rich and poor. Yes, they are writing despite threats to their freedom of speech or even to their very lives. . . . everywhere on earth writers were writing in their own language.” WritingWritersParticular Language Book:The Fall of Language in the Age of English Source: The Fall of Language in the Age of English