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La muerte de Miss O.
9675105 6 pp. Small 4to 200 x 146 mm. orig. printed pictorial softcover minor wear to spine title on spine. Mexico: Ediciones Era 1966.<br /> <br> <br> First and only edition of Carrión’s first published book. In 1966 Carrión 1941-89 was one of Mexico’s emerging literary talents. A number of his short stories had been published in leading journals and his first play El Gran Espectáculo was performed at the Casa de la Cultura de Tlacotalpan Veracruz to rave reviews. Following his studies in philosophy and letters at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México he spent time in France and Germany 1964-65 learning both languages. La muerte de Miss O consisting of six short stories — La muerte de Miss O Y el olvido… Las palabras Graciela y yo El asalto and Como la serpiente — was lauded in an effusive review published in El Colegio de México’s Diálogos: Artes Letras Ciencias humanas.<br /> <br> <br> “La muerte de Miss O. 1966 a collection of six stories in which he fluctuates between psychological and realistic prose is perhaps his most well-known and highly acclaimed work. Skillfully employing the interior monologue somewhat reminiscent of both Marcel Proust and William Faulkner Carrión creates vivid and engaging characters whose psychological self-expression is tinged with realism.â€â€“–Eladio Cortés ed. Dictionary of Mexican Literature 1992 p. 147.<br /> <br> <br> In very good condition; small crease to corner of the upper cover and minor shelfwear to edges. Price sticker to recto of first blank leaf. Housed in a cloth clamshell box.<br /> <br> <br> ⧠Juan J. Agius & Ricardo Ocampo eds. Ulises Carrión: Books & More Catalogue Raisonné 2013 pp. 22-23.<br /> <br> <br> Reviewed in Diálogos: Artes Letras Ciencias humanas Vol. 2 No. 6 12 October-November 1966 p. 31. unknown
