WitchbroomThe last of an old colonial family, Lavren Monagas de los Macajuelos pours forth epic and intimate tales of conquest, crime, and passion. This extraordinary hermaphrodite character observes and acts in the unfolding drama of the new world, and we are drawn into the account of the quest for El Dorado begun by Columbus, the great navigator. |
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An Overture | 1 |
The Carnival Tales | 13 |
The Tale of the House on the Plain | 36 |
Copyright | |
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