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Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life. [1st U.S. hardcover].
by Martin, Gerald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG dj. FORMER LIBRARY COPY in very nice condition; appears very gently read. Text clean/tight/crisp. No spine creasing. Jacke
- ISBN 10
- 0307271773
- ISBN 13
- 9780307271778
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 2009. HARDCOVER.. VG/VG dj. FORMER LIBRARY COPY in very nice condition; appears very gently read. Text clean/tight/crisp. No spine creasing. Jacket complete in removable cover albeit with library labels. Octavo. (8vo). Illustrated in b&w: 8 pages of glossy photographs + 3 line maps. 4 genealogical charts. xxiv. + 646pp. Source Notes, Bibliography, Index. Tan boards & gilt lettered, black cloth back. Deckle edge. First United States Edition so stated. 1st Printing per title page date & NO print number line. EX-LIBRARY COPY in removable plastic dust jacket cover. An excellent reading copy.
Synopsis
Gerald Martin es el Profesor Emérito Andrew W. Mellon de Lenguas Modernas en la Universidad de Pittsburgh y profesor de Estudios Caribeños en la London Metropolitan University. Durante veinticinco años fue el único nativo inglés miembro de los “Archivos” Asociación de Literatura Latino Americana del Siglo XX en París, y ha sido presidente del Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana en los Estados Unidos. Entre sus publicaciones se encuentra Journeys Through the Labyrinth: Latin American Fiction in the Twentieth Century , una traducción y edición crítica de Hombres de maíz de Miguel Ángel Asturias y varias contribuciones al Cambridge History of Latin America . Vive en Inglaterra.
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- Booktopia
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 1061220
- Title
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life. [1st U.S. hardcover].
- Author
- Martin, Gerald
- Format/Binding
- HARDCOVER.
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG dj. FORMER LIBRARY COPY in very nice condition; appears very gently read. Text clean/tight/crisp. No spine creasing. Jacke
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0307271773
- ISBN 13
- 9780307271778
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 2009.
- Pages
- xxiv. + 646pp.
- Keywords
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez Biography 20th Century Colombian South American Authors
- Size
- Octavo. (8vo).
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