Book Review: Washing the Brain — Metaphor and Hidden Ideology by Andrew Goatly, 2007. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, pp. xvi + 431. ISBN 978 90 272 2713 3 (hbk)

Abstract

There is yet one more aspect that requires attention, that is, the postcolonial voice which has never been loud enough to be heard above the din of Maltese voices that have recently emerged quite strongly in the local literary works. The question of identity has been addressed in the study as part of the process by which authenticity is gained, but by focusing on such a situation unique to the Maltese context -a native writer adopting the L1 to a Maltese setting -a rare voice has come to the fore. While Caruana presents the four dimensional model of 'reality' in translating literary texts, she has created a tool for exposing the postcolonial identity of the text, allowing the projection of its voice to reach beyond the interest in literary translation and move to a wider context -cultural studies.