The Shrouded Woman

The Shrouded Woman ( / The Story of María Griselda )

( Spanish - La amortajada - 1938 )

novel by María Luisa Bombal

translated by author

Published:Farrar, Straus - hardback - 1948 ( US )
ISBN: none

Cassell - hardback - 1948 ( UK )
ISBN: none

omnibus edition of House of Mist / The Shrouded Woman
University of Texas Press - hardback - 1995 ( Texas Pan American Series ) ( translated by Naomi Lindstrom )
ISBN: 029270836X / 9780292708365

University of Texas Press - paperback - 1995
ISBN: 0292708300 / 9780292708303


synopsis
The story of a beautiful and violent woman, who sees clearly, only after death, the intricate pattern which her passing made in the lives of those who were close to her, The spell of the mists and shadows of Chile and of the colorful people of that strange and romantic country is woven compellingly to create a tale as vivid as a dream.

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