The News from Paraguay
Product Details Paperback Publisher: Perennial; First Edition edition (2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0060934867 ISBN-13: 978-0060934866 ASIN: B007C1QELE Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
Product Details
Paperback
Publisher: Perennial; First Edition edition (2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060934867
ISBN-13: 978-0060934866
ASIN: B007C1QELE
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060934866 (0060934867)
Publish date: November 30th 2004
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 248
Edition language: English
At first I was intrigues with this book. The writing is descriptive and the details of life in Paris and South America at the end of the 19th century were interesting. The characters weren't very likeable (a woman who has renamed and reinvented herself several times, who is selfish and oblivious, an...
I think I read this in large measure because it was an award winner, and at the time, a few people were talking about it. That it dealt with a historical figure in Latin America also caught my eye. In my journal back then I wrote: >>. . .a historical novel about Paraguayan dictator 19th century dict...
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