{"id":1091,"date":"2012-08-16T10:52:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T02:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2012-08-16T10:52:54","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T02:52:54","slug":"world-literature-today-on-is-that-a-fish-in-your-ear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1091","title":{"rendered":"World Literature Today on Is That a Fish in Your Ear?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Is<\/a>Click for the World Literature Today <\/a>write-up of David Bellos’s Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Click for the World Literature Today write-up of David Bellos’s Is That a Fish in Your Ear? 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