Sworn Virgin

LGBT

Author: Elvira Dones

Elvira Dones tackles cultural and gender disorientation and identity while seamlessly expanding upon immigrant and emigrant status and the multiple levels of transition. Mark’s decision to shake off her oath after fourteen years and to re-appropriate what is left of Hana’s body and mind by moving to the United States creates a powerful rupture. The transition to a new life….Read More

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