Bridge of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language (Hardcover)

from Kesterbird

All the dry-ness of the documentary it wants to be, paired with all the bias and rambling of the love letter she wanted to write. It's an interesting topic. You might find the book worth the effort. It is -not- a good book. _received as part of an early review program_

from meandmybooks

Whew. What a slog. This is for the true Esperanto fan. Your average enthusiast for the language will find this far exceeds their curiosity - this book is for the reader who is passionately interested in learning every detail of the history of every tiff, debate, and intrigue among the various fac...

from seongeona

I feel I am doing a disservice to the author by my rating. The book is well-written by an author who enjoys depth and detail. Yes, the point she wanted to make could have been said with far less words on far less pages. But, this is a memoir, not a cold, facts-only history. I think many of us wer...

from hardlyhardy

Ludwig Zamenhof created Esperanto in 1887 with the dream that it would be a language easy enough for everyone to learn so that everyone could communicate, whatever their native language might be. That dream never became reality, yet Esperanto is not the dead language many people assume it to be. ...

from waltzmn

"Happy hour's over. You've had enough; time to go home." That really was the feeling I came away with from this book. What has author Esther Schor been drinking? I requested this book from LibraryThing Early Reviewers because I'm interested in languages, and I have a good friend who reads Esperan...