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Two men of very different cultures--American herpetologist Victor Griggs and his Haitian guide, Thierry Adrien--embark on a obsessive odyssey through the mountains of Haiti in search of a mysterious amphibian, the blood frog. First serial, Conjunctions. Tour.
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"Translation of Tâu, la oscuridad, a work by a Cuban-born author now living in Puerto Rico. English-language readers may wish for some background information about Montero or the context of her novel. However, they will find helpful a map of Haiti (not included in Spanish original) that will enable them to follow the protagonist's search for an extinct red frog"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/Two men of very different cultures--American herpetologist Victor Griggs and his Haitian guide, Thierry Adrien--embark on an obsessive odyssey through the mountains of Haiti in search of a mysterious amphibian, the blood frog
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