Lost and found in translation

Who can talk to country?

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Published 20190205
ISBN: 9781925773408
Extent: 264pp
Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

The vast continent is really void of speech…this speechless, aimless solitariness was in the air. It was natural to the country.
DH Lawrence, Kangaroo

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