The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez
by John Francisco Rechy (1931- )
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good to Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1559701153
- ISBN 13
- 9781559701150
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
206 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4" bound in original publisher's quarter purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine over black boards in original pictorial jacket.
In The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez, Amalia Gomez thinks she sees a large silver cross in the sky. A miraculous sign, perhaps, but one the down-to-earth Amalia does not trust. Through Amalia, we take a vivid and moving tour of the "other Hollywood," populated by working-class Mexican Americans, as John Rechy blends tough realism with religious and cultural fables to take us into the life of a Chicano family in L.A. Epic in scope and vision, The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez is classic Rechy.
Condition: Remainder mark a head end pages. Jacket spine sunned else near fine in a very good to fine jacket
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L1402
- Title
- The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez
- Author
- John Francisco Rechy (1931- )
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good to Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1559701153
- ISBN 13
- 9781559701150
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing (Little, Brown)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 206 pages
- Size
- Royal octavo
- Keywords
- Mexican Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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