He had "disappeared," Manuel's parents agreed. Many people disappeared these days. One instant they were where they should be: at work, or in their gardens, or walking down the street to buy a newspaper. And then suddenly they weren't anywhere. No one had seen them; sometimes no one had heard anything about them. The stories of their lives just stopped, and remained unfinished. The way they vanished seemed worse than death itself.
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He had "disappeared," Manuel's parents agreed. Many people disappeared these days. One instant they were where they should be: at work, or in their gardens, or walking down the street to buy a newspaper. And then suddenly they weren't anywhere. No one had seen them; sometimes no one had heard anything about them. The stories of their lives just stopped, and remained unfinished. The way they vanished seemed worse than death itself.
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Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. 220p., light blue cloth, small puncture in the jacket spine panel otherwise a fine clean copy in fine (not price clipped) jacket. (clds). The author rec'd the Canadian Library Ass Book of the Year award for "The Violin Maker's Gift", and the IODE award. for "A Book Dragon"
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Near Fine + in Very Good+ jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Manuel's father, a teacher in a small Central American village, is missing. When Manuel's mother reports her husband's disappearance to the army, she is told he never existed. Then comes the warning in the night: Manuel's mother and older brother are under suspicion, too. The family must flee. Hiding and finding shelter wherever possible on their journey north (to Canada), Manuel is haunted by the ghosts of his father and two street children, and tormented by the legendary Lords of Xibalba, the Land of Death described in the ancient book of Mayan mythology, the Popul Vuh. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and blue illustrated DJ. 220 pages with glossay and sources. Minor edgewear and curling to to DJ edge. Unread copy. SIGNED and dated by author on half title page.
