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Costa Rica: A Traveler's Literary Companion

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Costa Rica: A Traveler's Literary Companion

Contributors:

By (Author) Barbara Ras
Foreword by Oscar Arias

ISBN:

9781883513009

Publisher:

Whereabouts Press

Imprint:

Whereabouts Press

Publication Date:

1st March 1994

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Short stories

Dewey:

863.010897286

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

256

Dimensions:

Width 127mm, Height 184mm

Weight:

255g

Description

Journey into the Costa Rican imagination through twenty-six remarkable stories, selected and organized regionally for the curious traveler. Here, for the first time in English, the best of Costa Rica's writers conjure the country's allure and vitality, its coffee fields and palm groves, cicadas and songbirds, shrouded mountains and blazing savannas, while telling stories unique to Costa Rican life. Contributors include Alfredo Aguilar, Fernando Durn Ayanegui, Alfonso Chase, Quince Duncan, Fabin Dobles, Louis Ducoudray, Carlos Luis Fallas, Mario Gonzles Feo, Joaqun Gutirrez, Carlos Salazar Herrera, Max Jimnez, Carmen Lyra, Carmen Naranjo, Yolanda Oreamuno, Abel Pacheco, Julieta Pinto, Uriel Quesada, Samuel Rovinski, Jos Len Snchez, and Rima de Vallbona.

Author Bio

Barbara Ras, Editor

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