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Dust on Her Tongue

Dust on Her Tongue

Rodrigo Rey Rosa (Author), Paul Bowles (Translator)
January 2001
Trade Paperback · 124 Pages
$7.95 U.S. · €5.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780872862722
City Lights Publishers
 

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Description

Set in Guatemala, these spare and beautiful tales are linked by themes of magic, violence, and the fragility of existence. Paul Bowle’s translation perfectly captures Rey Rosa’s stories of the haunted lives of ordinary people in present-day Central America.