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'If Ernest Hemingway had been a magic realist he might have been able to write a story like this bitter and endearing fable. Luis Sepulveda is yet another strong and original writer from Chile' - Ursula K. Le Guin
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Luis Sepulveda, born in northern Chile in 1949, has written short stories, novellas, plays and essays. Due to his political activities in the students' movement he was forced to leave Chile and then travelled through Latin America. In 1980, he moved to Germany where he lived for more than ten years with his family. He moved to Gijon in Spain in 1997. Sepulveda has won numerous literary awards and his work has been translated into over thirty languages.
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- PublisherSouvenir Press
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0285631306
- ISBN 13 9780285631304
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages128
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THE OLD MAN WHO READ LOVE STORIES
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Book Description 8vo. Pp: 128. Publisher's colour illustrated dust jacket with white lettering at spine. Publisher's green buckram boards with gilt lettering at spine. First English translation of this book by a noted Chilean writer.ISBN: 0285631306 Very good in very good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket has been price clipped on inside flap. Seller Inventory # C63696
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