Through the language glass was an entertaining and interesting book about how language effects the way people think and perceive the world. His writing style is fun to read, sort of tongue in cheek.

His sometimes sarcastic attitude towards former philosophers and scientists helped me read his book more critically. Instead of accepting his theories as law I found myself more often than not saying "I wonder...?" and there was a lot of interesting food for thought.

Deutscher acknowledges that there has been a lot of hypothesizing (some of it very misguided, and amusing to make fun of) about how language effects thought, but he focuses on three main areas where some convincing data shows that language does indeed effect the way people think and perceive the world: color, gender, and spatial relations. The examples and studies he described here were fascinating. Intriguing ideas.

Very interesting, enjoyable, and fuelled my desire to become fluently bilingual. Although, as Serge enjoyed it much less than I did, I should perhaps modify my enthusiastic recommendation by saying that you might not be quite as enthralled with it if you don't have linguistic leanings. If the title draws you in, as it did me, I would guess that you'll love it.