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The plumed serpent (Quetzalcoatl) / D.H. Lawrence

By:

Lawrence, D.H. (David Herbert), (, 1885-1930)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Vintage International , 1979, c1926Description: 445 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

0679734937

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Political fiction

DDC classification:

FIC LAW

Summary: Written during the most flourishing period of D.H. Lawrence's career, The Plumed serpent is a novel of ritual and romance set in Mexico during the 1920's, a story both beautiful and strange. Kate Leslie, an Irishwoman, is at once repelled and fascinated by the spell of Mexico, homesick and yet unable to leave. With the ancient rites of the lost god Quetzalcoatl, she marries Don Cipriano, an Indian, and becomes wedded not only to him but also to a history full of terror and blood, to a land without shadows or mist.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC LAW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		022197

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Written during the most flourishing period of D.H. Lawrence's career, The Plumed serpent is a novel of ritual and romance set in Mexico during the 1920's, a story both beautiful and strange. Kate Leslie, an Irishwoman, is at once repelled and fascinated by the spell of Mexico, homesick and yet unable to leave. With the ancient rites of the lost god Quetzalcoatl, she marries Don Cipriano, an Indian, and becomes wedded not only to him but also to a history full of terror and blood, to a land without shadows or mist.

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