Self-Translating from Serbo-Croatian in a Post-Yugoslav Context: The Case of Lana Bastašić’s Catch the Rabbit (2021)
By: Snejana Ung
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Language: English
Page range: 310 - 322
Published on: Jun 30, 2026
Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
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