First US edition of Fuentes' first novel, a searing social portrait of 1950s Mexico city.
Very good plus in very good jacket.
Price: $75.00
WHERE THE AIR IS CLEAR (first published in Spanish as LA REGIÓN MÁS TRANSPARENTE) is regarded as a key precursor to the worldwide phenomenon that took off in the 1960s which saw the works of young Latin American novelists get global distribution, English translations, and acclaim from western audiences.
First printing. New York: Ivan Obolensky, (1960). 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original steel blue cloth, stamped in white and yellow to spine. In original unclipped ($4.95) color pictorial jacket, designed by Ben Feder. 376 pages. Jacket with some edgewear, sunning to spine. Book with minor toning and bumping at board edges. Else clean and sound.
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