fs: Lirerature - Spain & Latin America
Lynn DeWeese-Parkinson
2620 - 18TH AVE
FOREST GROVE< OR 97116 USA/EEUU
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All books are hardback unless otherwise indicated.
1201. Cabrera Jasso, Ciprian, poetry ed., Salatiel Barragan, essay,
Fulvio Eccardi, S. Barragan & Jorge Correa photography. EL FLAMENCO Y
OTROS VERSOS. Mexico, Grupo Financiero del Sureste, 1994. 1st edition.
Large 4to. 246 pages. About fine condition in dust jacket, 1 tear in
rear of jacket. Poetry, photographs & a scientific essay about
flamingos. Poets include Carlos Pellicer & Jose Gorostiza, all from
S.E. Mexico. $35.00
1019. Carpentier, Alejo. THE CHASE. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux,
1989. 1st US edition. Small 8vo. 122 pages. About fine condition in
dust jacket. A generation of Latin American novelists owes Carpentier
& The Chase, a novel that changed the language when written in 1956.
$12.50
693. Chaves Nogales, Manuel. HEROES AND BEASTS OF SPAIN. Garden City,
Doubleday, Doran, 1937. 1st US edition. 8vo. 303 pages. General light
wear, very good condition. A novel of the Spanish Civil War by a
Republican exile, all at the same time anti-fascist, anti-communist
& anti-anarchist. $15.00
330. Cortazar, Julio. WE LOVE GLENDA SO MUCH AND OTHER TALES. New
York,
Knopf, 1983. 1st US edition. 8vo. 145 pages. Near fine condition in
lightly worn dust jacket. A collection of stories translated by
Gregory Rabassa of the live mines buried under our conscious lives.
$17.50
331. Dario, Ruben. POESIAS Y CUENTOS. Barcelona, Ediciones Zeus, 1969.
12mo. 409 pages. Creased spine, lightly soiled covers, very good
condition; paperback. Poetry & short stories by Nicaragua's great
modernist 19th
century writer. $10.00
1850. Gironella, Jose Maria. THE CYPRESSES BELIEVE IN GOD. (in 2
volumes). New York, Knopf, 1955. 1st US edition. 8vo. 1010 pages.
Lightly soiled, very good condition. A novel of the 5 years
preceding the Civil War in Spain, perhaps its best introduction,
certainly as complex as Spain. $25.00
136. Gonzalez Echevarria, Roberto. THE OXFORD BOOK OF LATIN AMERICAN
SHORT STORIES. New York, Oxford University, 1997. 1st edition. 8vo.
481
pages. About fine condition in dust jacket. Includes Borges, Garcia
Marquez, Fuentes, Onetti, Asturias, Lins, Roa Bastos, Vargas Llosa,
Cortazar, Bombal, & many others. $15.00
690. Heker, Liliana. THE STOLEN PARTY AND OTHER STORIES. Toronto,
Coach
House Press, 1994. 1st English edition. 12mo. 135 pages. About fine
condition; paperback. Cortazar said, "She must be read." Short stories
by one of Argentina's greatest women writers. $12.50
2047. Labastida, Jaime. A LA INTEMPERIE. Guyamas, Joaquin Mortiz,
1970.
1st edition. 8vo. 67 pages. Light rubbing, very good condition;
paperback. In Spanish. #433 of 1500 copies. Poetry of the left; Poema
en Tiempo de Guerra (en la Muerte del Comandante Guevara) is my
favorite. $15.00
257. Marchal, Lucien. THE SAGE OF CANUDOS. New York, Dutton, 1954. 1st
U.S. edition. 8vo. 381 pages. Edge wear, good condition, tight copy
in chipped, worn dust jacket. An historical novel about the rebellion
led by Antonio Conseilhero, born Antonio Maciel, 400 miles northeast
of Bahia. $15.00
2614. Michelson. Peter, ed. CHICAGO REVIEW: SUPPLEMENT ON CONTEMPORARY
LATIN AMERICAN WRITING. Volume 17, Number 1.. Chicago, 1964. 8vo. 175
pages. Lightly rubbed, very good condition; paperback. 1st English
appearance of Borges' The God's Script, also Neruda, Dario, Marti,
Alegria, Ibarbourou, & others. $20.00
1919. Murray, Yxta Maya. WHAT IT TAKES TO GET TO VEGAS. New York,
Grove
Press Institution, 1999. 1st edition. Small 8vo. 308 pages. About fine
Condition in dust jacket. A novel starring the "Queen of the Street
Fighters" set in the street boxing scene of East L.A., the author's
2nd novel. $12.50
125. Portillo Trambley, Estela. RAIN OF SCORPIONS AND OTHER WRITINGS.
Berkeley, Tonatiuh International, 1975. 1st edition. 8vo. 178 pages.
Very good condition; paperback. Short stories by the Chicana/Tejana
from El Paso, winner of the Quinto Sol Award for literature, 1972.
$15.00
778. Restrepo, Laura. LEOPARD IN THE SUN. New York, Crown, 1999. 8vo.
245 pages. About fine condition; paperback. Uncorrected proof
advance copy. A novel of Colombian drug cartels by an author from
Bogota, sort of The Godfather as written by Garcia Marquez. $12.50
838. Robleto, Octavio. CUENTOS DE VERDAD Y DE MENTIRA. Managua,
Editorial Nueva Nicaragua, 1986. 1st edition. Small 8vo. 110 pages.
Soiled, very good condition; paperback. Short stories by the winner
of the Ruben Dario prize in 1957 & 1958, Nicaraguan poet, playwright
& story teller. $9.50
465. Romero de Terreros, Manuel (Marques de San Francisco). PAGINAS
MISTICAS: SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF D. MANUEL ROMERO DE TERREROS
(MARQUES DE SAN FRANCISCO). New York, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1929.
16mo.
183 pages. Near fine condition. In Spanish with English introduction
& notes. 11 illustrations. Short stories, legends & romantic
"twice-told tales" by one of Mexico's most engaging writers. $15.00
1580. Rubiao, Murilo. THE EX-MAGICIAN AND OTHER STORIES. New York,
Harper & Row, 1979. 1st US edition. Small 8vo. 133 pages. Very good
condition in dust jacket, small tears in jacket. Short stories from
Minas Gerias, a seductive kangaroo, a shabby saint, a smoking rabbit.
$12.50
227. Ruiz de la Fuente, Horacio. BANDERA NEGRA, LA MUN~ECA MUERTA, LA
REBELION DEL BARRO. Mexico, Impresora Azteca, 1960. 1st edition. Small
8vo. 273 pages. Slight chipping at spine foot, very good condition.
In Spanish. Three plays by one of Spain's great, modern playwrights,
their publication was prohibited in Spain. $10.00
383. Soriano, Osvaldo. WINTER QUARTERS. London, Readers International,
1989. 1st British edition. 12mo. 192 pages. About fine condition in
dust jacket. A ribald, funny novel about military toughs, a punch
drunk boxer & a tango singer by the best selling Argentine author.
$10.00
991. Taibo, Paco Ignacio II. FOUR HANDS. New York, St Martin's, 1994.
1st U.S. edition. 8vo. 378 pages. About fine condition in dust jacket.
Another great & funny mystery by the Hammett & Planeta prize winner,
here Stan Laurel witnesses Pancho Villa's assassination. $15.00
2425. Torres, Antonio. BLUES FOR A LOST CHILDHOOD. London, Readers
International, 1989. 1st British edition. 12mo. 202 pages. About fine
condition in dust jacket. A novel incorporating 25 years of Brazil's
history, legends, poetry, popular songs, halucinations, fantasy, &
booze. $10.00
212. Vargas Llosa, Mario. A WRITER'S REALITY. Syracuse, Syracuse
University, 1991. 1st edition. 8vo. 164 pages. About fine condition
in dust jacket. The great Peruvian writer on writing. $14.50
295. Vargas Llosa, Mario. THE CUBS AND OTHER STORIES. New York, Harper
& Row, 1979. 1st U.S. edition. Small 8vo. 139 pages. Near fine
condition in dust jacket. A novella & 6 short stories, the title work
is a story of upper class youth, soccer, surfing, & Catholic school.
$25.00
2247. Veciana-Suarez, Ana. THE CHIN KISS KING. New York, Farrar Straus
Giroux, 1997. 1st edition. 8vo. 311 pages. About fine condition in
dust jacket. This novel by a Cuban exile chronicles the lives of 3
generations of Cuban women in Miami, surreal, poetic writing. $12.50
2035. Zaid, Gabriel (prologue by Octavio Paz). SEGUIMIENTO. Mexico,
FCE,
1964. 1st edition. 8vo. 87 pages. Lightly soiled covers, very good
condition; paperback. In Spanish. The poetry of Zaid's youth,
discovered and admired by Paz, to me the echos of Guillen can be
heard.
$20.00
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Thank you.
Lynn DeWeese-Parkinson ly...@pacifier.com
2620 - 18th Ave http://teleport.com/~cldp
Forest Grove OR USA 97116 books on Latin America
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