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A 19-Year-Old Artist's Book Of Untranslatable Words

A 19-Year-Old Artist's Book Of Untranslatable Words

Dec 20, 2014-- When you start with a heartfelt offering, you never know where life may take you next. Read on for the tale of Ella Sanders, whose creative illustrations about untranslatable words grew from a blog post into a published book now out from Random House. You'll also get a sampling of some marvelous, untranslatable words from around the world. Like Mangata -- Swedish for "the road-like reflection of the moon in water." (47318 reads)


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