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The Old Gringo.

The Old Gringo.

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The Old Gringo.

by FUENTES, Carlos. Translated by Margaret Sayers Penden

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ISBN 10
0374225788
ISBN 13
9780374225780
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985. Signed on the half-title page by the author. First U.S. edition / First printing. White cloth spine, burnt orange paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. In a Paris Review interview (1981) Fuentes talked about a new novella which he was writing in English. That book was Old Gringo. I asked him about it in 1995. He said it was written in English, then translated and rewritten in Spanish (because he felt more comfortable in his native tongue). The English translation was then done in collaboration with Margaret Sayers Penden.

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Orpheus Books US (US)
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Title
The Old Gringo.
Author
FUENTES, Carlos. Translated by Margaret Sayers Penden
Format/Binding
White cloth spine, burnt orange paper-covered boards.
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First U.S. edition / First printing.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0374225788
ISBN 13
9780374225780
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
Place of Publication
New York:
Date Published
1985.
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