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Consider This, Senora
by DOERR, HARRIET
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151931038
- ISBN 13
- 9780151931033
- Seller
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About This Item
U.S.A: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back Third Printing. Hardcover in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Tan linen over spine, gilt titles, tan paper wrapped boards, very clean and unmarked, tight & solid. Rem Mark on top edge. Internals in Fine condition. This story captures the time and place of rural Mexico and those who live in this enchanting land that can also repel and change all who pass through. Each North American who settles in Amapolas reacts in a different way to the rural landscape and the Mexican residents, but protagonist Ursula Bowles who was born in Mexico and is now returning at the end of her life, comes to the truest understanding of the nature of the place. The heart of this novel lies in the contrast between the settling and unsettling relations of men and women, Mexican and American. 241 pages. 8.6 x 6 inches. 1993, Harcourt Brace & Company, USA
Synopsis
The long-awaited and highly praised second novel by the author of Stones for Ibarra. The American characters here find themselves waiting, hoping, and living in rural Mexico-a land with the power to enchant, repulse, captivate, and change all who pass through it. Named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly and a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023364
- Title
- Consider This, Senora
- Author
- DOERR, HARRIET
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0151931038
- ISBN 13
- 9780151931033
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- MEXICO MEXICANS AMERICANS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Historical Novel;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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