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Cover of Battles in the Desert & Other Stories

Battles in the Desert & Other Stories

✍ Scribed by Jose Emilio Pacheco


Book ID
110777916
Publisher
New Directions
Year
1987
Tongue
English
Weight
509 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780811225496
ASIN
B016PAYURW

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✦ Synopsis


Intense, despairing accounts of life in Mexico City.

Seven stories depict harsh realities of life in urban Mexico and the tragedies of childhood innocence betrayed.


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