Amado, Jorge; translated by Harriet de Onis

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands -- inscribed to Robert Lima

New York: Bantam Books, 1971. First Printing. Paperback. First paperback edition, inscribed by Amado to Robert Lima at State College in 1971. Light wear and soil. Lima, a Cuban-born poet, playwright and professor at Penn State, was among other things an expert in Latin American literature who edited and translated the first critical book on Borges to appear in English (1965); in !Some People! (2015), Lima's autobiographical account of his interactions with notable people, he devoted a whole chapter to his friendship with Amado. Very good. Item #H24708

Price: $45.00