In the palm of darkness : a novel
Montero Mayra, 1952-
In the palm of darkness : a novel / Mayra Montero ; translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman - New York : HarperPerennial , 1998, c1995 - 181 p. ; 22 cm.
"Translation of Tú, la oscuridad, a work by a Cuban-born author now living in Puerto Rico. The Quest for an Elusive Amphibian in the Mountains of violence-torn Haiti brings together an unlikely pair of hunters -- American herpetologist Victor Grigg and his Haitian guide Thierry Adrien -- whose individual stories unfold and intertwine in a mesmerizing tale of love, sex, and fraternal rivalry; the propagation and extinction of species in the natural world; and the mysterious forces of nature that govern the fate of all living creatures.
9780060929060
96041303
Herpetologists----Fiction
Endangered species----Fiction
Haiti----Fiction
Adventure stories
PQ7440.M56 / T813 1997
LAS FIC MON
In the palm of darkness : a novel / Mayra Montero ; translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman - New York : HarperPerennial , 1998, c1995 - 181 p. ; 22 cm.
"Translation of Tú, la oscuridad, a work by a Cuban-born author now living in Puerto Rico. The Quest for an Elusive Amphibian in the Mountains of violence-torn Haiti brings together an unlikely pair of hunters -- American herpetologist Victor Grigg and his Haitian guide Thierry Adrien -- whose individual stories unfold and intertwine in a mesmerizing tale of love, sex, and fraternal rivalry; the propagation and extinction of species in the natural world; and the mysterious forces of nature that govern the fate of all living creatures.
9780060929060
96041303
Herpetologists----Fiction
Endangered species----Fiction
Haiti----Fiction
Adventure stories
PQ7440.M56 / T813 1997
LAS FIC MON
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