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Cumboto (Texas Pan American Series) - Softcover

Book 42 of 109: Texas Pan American

Díaz Sánchez, Ramón

 
9780292740747: Cumboto (Texas Pan American Series)

Synopsis

This richly orchestrated novel, which won a national literary prize in the author's native land, Venezuela, also earned international recognition when the William Faulkner Foundation gave it an award as the most notable novel published in Ibero America between 1945 and 1962.

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About the Author

RamÓn DÍaz SÁnchez (1903–1968) was born in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. He worked in factories and offices; was a reporter, a municipal judge, a newspaper editor; and served as Director for Culture and the Fine Arts of Venezuela's Ministry of Education. He was the author of several novels as well as volumes of short stories and essays. His home was in Caracas until his death.

John Upton (1917–2005), the translator, earned an M.A. from the University of Madrid and lived for a number of years in various Spanish-speaking countries.

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