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008 230912s2006 nyu 000 1 eng d
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035 _a(OCoLC)ocm64208369
040 _cDLC
082 0 0 _aFIC ARA
100 1 _aArana, Marie
245 1 0 _aCellophane :
_ba novel /
_cMarie Arana.
260 _aNew York :
_bDial Press,
_c2006.
300 _a464 p. ;
_c21 cm.
520 _aDon Victor Sobrevilla, a lovable, eccentric engineer, always dreamed of founding a paper factory in the heart of the Peruvian rain forest, and at the opening of this miraculous novel his dream has come true - until he discovers the recipe for cellophane. In a life already filled with signs and portents, the family dog suddenly begins to cough strangely. A wild little boy turns azurite blue. All at once Don Victor is overwhelmed by memories of his erotic past; his prim wife, D'a Mariana, reveals the shocking truth about her origins; the three Sobrevilla children turn their love lives upside down; the family priest blurts out a long-held secret ..
546 _aEnglish
650 0 _aEngineers
_vFiction.
650 0 _aPapermakers
_vFiction.
650 0 _aRain forests
_zPeru
_vFiction.
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_cMO
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