The nine stories comprising this brilliant new novel from Carlos Fuentes all concern people who in one way or another have had something to do with, or still are part of, the family of one Leonardo Barroso, a powerful oligarch of northern Mexico with manifold connections to the United States. Each story concerns a Mexican-American encounter - sometimes hilarious, often tragic, frequently ambivalent, inevitably poignant - and each unique drama in its own way epitomizes some striking contrast along the invisible, reflective, ...
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The nine stories comprising this brilliant new novel from Carlos Fuentes all concern people who in one way or another have had something to do with, or still are part of, the family of one Leonardo Barroso, a powerful oligarch of northern Mexico with manifold connections to the United States. Each story concerns a Mexican-American encounter - sometimes hilarious, often tragic, frequently ambivalent, inevitably poignant - and each unique drama in its own way epitomizes some striking contrast along the invisible, reflective, dangerous frontier that divides the American-Mexican world.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0374132771. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Flat-signed by author on title page. Minor rubbing to d/j.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Signed by Author.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) First printing of First American Edition. Signed and dated ('97) by author on the front endpage. About Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Diagonal crease at upper corner of the last page of text. Unmarked but for author's signature. Jacket a bit mis-folded at front flap. 266 pages.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 288 p. Audience: General/trade. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New Tork, 1997. Paper Coverd Boards. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First English Edition. 8vo. Grey paper covered boards, titles in metalic blue, Book body clean and tight, inscribed by author on front free end paper. Photo illustrated dust jacket, light soiling, archival brodart protected. Inscribed By Author.
