Tuesday, December 13, 2011

News at Eleven: How do you converse with a man who

has almost entirely lost his ability to speak? The conversation flows, passing between people in the room, accompanied by laughter and sometimes a great sadness, interest and excitement. The key to this wonder is how Monica Transtromer deciphers Tomas' few words, including his oft-repeated "very good," reminiscent of his encouragement for the teenage boys and the unemployed he treated while working as a clinical psychologist. These words, along with a few others, receive a broad, diverse range of expressions, which Monica translates into relevant sentences.

from Haaretz: Poet without words

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