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HIJUELOS, OSCAR - Empress of the Splendid Season

Title: Empress of the Splendid Season
Description: New York: Harper Flamingo, 1999. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Trade PB. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Oscar Jerome Hijuelos (August 24, 1951 – October 12, 2013) was an American novelist of Cuban descent. During a year-long convalescence from a childhood illness spent in a Connecticut hospital he lost his knowledge of Spanish, his parents' native language. He was educated in New York City, and wrote short stories and advertising copy. For his second novel, adapted for the movie The Mambo Kings, he became the first Hispanic to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Oscar Hijuelos Latin America Latin American Authors Modern Fiction

Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 39854

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