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The Lizard's Smile by Ribeiro, Joaao Ubaldo - 1994
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New York, New York, USA: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1994. BW5 - A hard cover first American edition book in very good+ condition with a dust jacket in very good condition. A sequence of numbers appears on the copyright page with the "1" present and not additional printings indicated. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in blue paper covered boards quarter bound in black cloth with silver lettering on the spine and on the front with only very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with some light rubbing overall. Translated from the Purtuguese by Clifford E. Landers. A novel that is a combination of satire and magic realism. The main character is bored with her loveless marriage. She adopts a pseudonym produces and produces reams of erotic musings then has an affair with a biologist-turned-fishmonger which results in her pregnancy and ends with a murder. A parallel plot has a witch doctor stumbling on a secret genetic engineering project at a local hospital. A struggle errupts to shut down the project between a heartless materialist and a humanistic priest. By the author of "Sergeant Getúlio" and "An Invincible Memory." 355p. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Place of Publication New York, New York, USA
- Date Published 1994
- Keywords Fiction Literature Literary Fiction Brazilian Author Brazilian Authors Landers Clifford E Humor Humorous Satire Comic Comedy NOBN NOAMAZCOM NMDB
- Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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The Lizard's Smile
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New York. 1994. Atheneum. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0689121253. Translated from the Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers. 357 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Marc Burckhardt. Jacket design by Mary Schuck . keywords: Literature Translated Brazil Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - THE LIZARD'S SMILE is the first novel in five years from the internationally acclaimed Brazilian novelist João Ubaldo Ribeiro. A best-seller in his native land, it is a suspenseful, spirited, and very funny novel about a truly serious subject-the hazards of genetic engineering-that confirms Ribeiro's reputation as one of the masters of the Latin American novel. Set on an island off the coast of Bahia in northeast Brazil, THE LIZARD'S SMILE centers on one João Pedroso, a disenchanted biologist who has given up his profession to become a fishmonger. Kindly if a bit enigmatic, given to drink and rumination, João has recently been disturbed by a vague but pervasive sense…
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The Lizard's Smile: A Novel
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New York: Atheneum, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardback. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.. Remainder mark, small scratch on dust jacket. Translated from the Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers. Suspenseful, spirited and funny novel set on an island off the coast of Bahia in northeast Brazil. A disenchanted biologist and cast of other strange characters get caught up in a tale of genetic engineering.
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New York: Atheneum, 1994. Hardcover. Translation by Clifford E. Landers. Small 4to. Quarter black cloth with silver spine lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 355pp. Fine/fine. Handsome first edition of this novel by the renowned Brazilian writer. Press release and review slip laid in.
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New York: Atheneum. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. 1st US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0689121253 . A lovely first American edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with bumped upper front corner in alike dust-jacket with light edgewear; The Lizard's Smile is a magical and haunting story of a young girl who is forced to live in a convent after her parents are killed in a plane crash. She soon discovers that the convent is not what it seems, and she is drawn into a world of secrets and magic. Ribeiro, Joao Ubaldo's debut novel, is a spellbinding tale of mystery and adventure.; 8vo; 355 pages; FSA .
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