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Librería 7artes
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
The first novelette, 'To Save a Lopsided Sparrow,' is the sequel to: 'Cornfield Laughter,' in Spanish and English, taking the reader into the Great War, the battle for the Village of Douaumont in 1916: with Shannon O’Day, as a French Soldier, and a mad woman in the deserted and demolished village. The Second Novelette, 'The Donkeyland Bums,' tells three connecting stories of the author, during his youthful years 1966-1967, as he crisscrosses the United States, with different neighborhood buddies. Also included in the book are sixteen short stories, several in Spanish and English: The Old Couple of Athens (La Pareja de Ancianos en Atenas); The Last of Sunset (Lo Último de la Puesta del Sol); A Quiet, felt Moment (Sentir un Momento Tranquilo); The Little Russian Twins (Los Mellicitos Rusos); The Frozen Tongue (La Lengua Congelada;) 'The Rose Room' (El Cuarto Rosa); In the Garden of Scheol (En el Jardín del Infierno). And: 'A Cross for Bridgette' (Villa Rica, Peru); 'The Horses of Venice'; 'A Letter in Vietnam' (1971); and others.This is the author’s 41st book. He lives in Minnesota, and Peru, with his wife, Rosa; he is working on several other books: the picture on the back is of the author, at age twenty-one, while visiting Las Vegas, April, 1968. The author has been to most all locations mentioned. 3
