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Christopher unborn

by Carlos Fuentes

Set in a highly polluted 1991 Mexico City, this novel is narrated by an unborn child whose birth is anticipated to win a prize for being the first born on the 500th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America.

Accession 8124 ISBN — Publisher Picador
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