A linguistically interesting novel

[Mai Kuha]

A book recommendation (in case this isn't old news to everyone):

Hugo and Nebula award-winning author Connie Willis' "Doomsday Book" (1992,
Bantam Books) tells about a time-traveling 21st-century historian who goes
to the 1300s and discovers, among other things, that having memorized the
Canterbury Tales is of limited usefulness in an actual communication
situation. Fortunately, she can rely on her implanted language technology...
sort of. Despite the grim historical setting, the first half or so of the
book is wonderfully funny and not very gory.
mk