Blood Relations por Montemayor, Carlos

Academy Chicago Publishers, 1995. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Kailua, Hawaii, USA: Plover Press, 1995. BZ2 - A hard cover withdrawn ex-library book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in red cloth with gold lettering on the spine and front with minor overall shelf wear plus the dust jacket is pasted down to the inside surface of the boards plus the usual library stamps and label on the front endpaper and title page. The dust jacket shows no visible signs of wear and is inside the original library mylar sleeve plus the endflaps are pasted down to the inside surface of the boards. Translated from the Spanish by Dale Carter and Alfonso González. With an introduction by Carlos Fuentes. The story of a man whose family has worked in the mines of Northern Mexico for generations. Though his grandfather dies of silicosis and his father is reduced to part-time work, he plans to work in the mines also. His brother refuses to let him though but is himself claimed by silicosis. In the end he has escaped this fate but he must watch helplessly as his… Ler mais

Plover Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Plover Press, 1995-03. Hardcover. Good. 8.5000 in x 0.5000 in x 5.7500 in.

Kaneohe. 1995. Plover Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0917635167. Introduction by Carlos Fuentes. Translated from the Spanish by Dale Carter & Alfonso Gonzalez. 112 pages. hardcover. Cover Illustration by Mirta Toledo. Cover Design by Design etc. . keywords: Literature Translated Mexico Latin America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - BLOOD RELATIONS is the story of Refugio, whose family has worked in the mines of Northern Mexico for generations. His grandfather dies of silicosis, while his father is reduced to part-time work, but Refugio plans to follow in their footsteps. He takes it as rejection when his brother, Antonio, refuses to let him enter the mines. Then Antonio, too, begins spitting blood, and once more the pageantry of flowers and a black casket repeats itself. Refugio has been saved, but only to know the agony of watching helplessly as the one who sacrificed himself slowly wastes away. To read BLOOD RELATIONS is to know the daily round of the miners, which runs to such… Ler mais

Kaneohe, Hawaii: Plover Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover--cloth. Fine/Fine. Introduction by Carlos Fuentes. Translated from the Spanish by Dale Carter and Alfonso Gonzalez. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 111 pages, red cloth with gilt titles. A fine, clean, hardcover first American edition with minimal shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a fine dust jacket with the original price. [Plover Contemporary Latin-American Classics in English Translation Series.]

Kaneohe, Hawaii: Plover Press, 1995. First thus. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. vi, [2], 112 pp. Bound in full red cloth, in illustrated dust jacket. Fine, bright, clean copy in Fine dust jacket.

Kaneohe, Hawaii: Plover Press, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Introduction by Carlos Fuentes. Translated by Dale Carter and Alfonso González. Fine in a fine dustwrapper.

Kaneohe, HI:: Plover Press,, 1995.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped.). First US printing. In his introduction, Fuentes call this novel 'a rarity: a social and politcal novel with philosophic depth and poetic height.' Translated by Dale Carter and Alfonso Gonzalez.

PLOVER PRESS. CHICAGO 1995. Fine. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0917635167 . First American Edition. Fine in a fine dj. Introduction by Carlos Fuentes. .