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Jury of the biblioteca breve prize 2011 poniatowska has made an art form of blending journalism and fiction. A novel, by elena poniatowska, translated by amanda hopkinson, serpents tail, rrp. Elena poniatowska has 123 books on goodreads with 29958 ratings. Aficionados of mexican novelist elena poniatowska will not be disappointed by her latest book, leonora, a biographical novel about the britishborn mexican painter leonora carrington.
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