{"product_id":"9781882688661","title":"Birth Language : Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eAimee Suzara's second full-length book Birth Language centers on a Filipina-American time traveling through her history, twisted and haunted like the roots of a balete tree.�The book fuses English, Spanish, and Tagalog. It employs archival texts from as early as the 1500s when European conquistadors and explorers encountered the pre-colonial Philippine islands. Guided by the babaylan (shaman) and populated by mythical creatures like the mananneansal kapre, and sireno, the collection celebrates a history of resistance, reclaiming and redefining the self despite colonization, assimilation, and cultural loss.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookmonger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":60214918644046,"sku":"9781882688661","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9781882688661.jpg?v=1784986806","url":"https:\/\/thebookmongerbearsden.co.uk\/products\/9781882688661","provider":"The Bookmonger","version":"1.0","type":"link"}