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Book Title: Serafina's Stories
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Rudolfo Anaya
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: American / Hispanic American, Historical
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: Literary Criticism, Fiction
Item Weight: 9.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
