Typed Letter Signed to Donald A. Yates

Published by Toulouse [France], 1979

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Typed Letter Signed. Text in Spanish. Typed on one page of Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail letterhead measuring approximately 8¼" x 5¾". Folded once for mailing else fine, with the typed envelope (about fine) included. Signed "Augusto." A kind letter from the Paraguayan novelist to noted scholar, translator, and anthologizer of Latin American literature Donald A. Yates. Addressed "Mi querido amigo," Roa Bastos apologizes for his delay in writing and agrees to let Yates use one of his stories for an anthology he is preparing. He writes that he finds it curious and encouraging that Yates chose this story ("La Flecha y la Manza") as it hadn't received much attention. He discusses the story's importance to him and his work, in terms of filling narrative gaps and pursuing a theme of exile, and ends by noting one textual difference between the published editions of 1966 and 1976. A kind letter from the noted Paraguayan author to an important ambassador for Latin American literature, discussing his work. …

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Title
Typed Letter Signed to Donald A. Yates
Author
ROA BASTOS, Augusto
Publisher
Toulouse [France]
Publication year
1979
Condition
Fine
Signed
Signed
Binding
Unbound
Edition
First Edition.

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