A Tuesday Like Today
by Cecilia Urbina
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0916727475
- ISBN 13
- 9780916727475
- Seller
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Eureka, California, United States
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About This Item
Wings Press, 2008. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 162 pages. A novel about Mexican tourists in Cambodia. Translated from the Spanish by Clare E. Sullivan. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
During their travels in the Cambodian jungle, two sisters, Camila and Margara, meet David Masters-Iturbe and discover that they all have something in commontheir Mexican heritage. The three proceed to tell stories in order to alleviate the boredom of long nights in their jungle hotel and end upreconstructing ancient Mexico in the story of the sisters ancestor. This imagined hero takes off on an adventure from Mexico to the American Old West, far from the human rights horrors of Pol Pot coming to life just outside their window.
During their travels in the Cambodian jungle, two sisters, Camila and Margara, meet David Masters-Iturbe and discover that they all have something in commontheir Mexican heritage. The three proceed to tell stories in order to alleviate the boredom of long nights in their jungle hotel and end upreconstructing ancient Mexico in the story of the sisters ancestor. This imagined hero takes off on an adventure from Mexico to the American Old West, far from the human rights horrors of Pol Pot coming to life just outside their window.
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- Bookseller
- Eureka Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 220130
- Title
- A Tuesday Like Today
- Author
- Cecilia Urbina
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0916727475
- ISBN 13
- 9780916727475
- Publisher
- Wings Press
- Place of Publication
- San Antonio, Texas, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2008
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Eureka, California
About Eureka Books
Eureka Books, established in 1987, is a classic antiquarian shop with books in all subjects and price ranges. We're open Monday - Saturday in Old Town Eureka, California.
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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