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In a Language Not Your Own

In a Language Not Your Own

Sonja N. Bohm

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Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2025
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Poesía
ISBN:
9798999570925

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In a Language Not Your Own is a collection of Portugal-inspired English-language poems by Sonja N. Bohm, shaped by an encounter with the Lisbon landscape and drawn from bilingual work composed simultaneously in English and Portuguese during the author’s introduction to the Portuguese language.

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