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HAPPY FAMILIES
by FUENTES, CARLOS
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400066883
- ISBN 13
- 9781400066889
- Seller
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San Diego, California, United States
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About This Item
RANDOM HOUSE. Hardcover. GOOD. 0 9781400066889 2006 GOOD HARDBACK IN GOOD JACKET, MINOR WEAR [TANNED PAGES, LIGHT SOILING TO DJ]
Synopsis
Carlos Fuentes is the author of more than twenty books, including The Eagle’s Throne, This I Believe, The Death of Artemio Cruz, and The Old Gringo . He served as Mexico’s ambassador to France from 1975 to 1977. He has received many awards and honors, including the Rómulo Gallegos Prize, the National Prize in Literature (Mexico’s highest literary award), the Cervantes Prize, and the inaugural Latin Civilization Award. He has also been the recipient of France’s Legion of Honor medal, Italy’s Grinzane Cavour Award, Spain’s Prince of Asturias Award, and Brazil’s Order of the Southern Cross. His work has appeared in The Nation, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times Book Review, and The Washington Post Book World . He currently divides his time between Mexico City and London. Edith Grossman, the winner of a number of translating awards, most notably the 2006 PEN Ralph Manheim Medal, is the distinguished translator of works by major Spanish-language authors, including Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Mayra Montero, and Alvaro Mutis, as well as Carlos Fuentes. Her translation of Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote was published to great acclaim in 2003. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluestocking Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 204487
- Title
- HAPPY FAMILIES
- Author
- FUENTES, CARLOS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1400066883
- ISBN 13
- 9781400066889
- Publisher
- RANDOM HOUSE
- Place of Publication
- Ny Usa
- This edition first published
- 2008-09-23
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