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This deceptively simple novel, published in Mexico in 1966 as La casa en la playa and here translated into English for the first time, is an important work by one of Mexico's, and indeed Latin America's, major writers of the twentieth century.

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"The novel explores the pull of convention: each character is trapped in a web of family duty and tradition. Garcia Ponce ... consistently conveys the oppressive heat and erotic tension engulfing this foursome of friends and lovers. [He] has a painter's eye for the surrounding landscape... there are moments when every detail shimmers with crystalline elegance."oPublishers Weekly

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Acknowledgments Introduction: Juan García Ponce in Context The House on the Beach I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII

The House on the Beach

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    A Paperback / softback by Juan García Ponce, Margarita Vargas, Juan Bruce-Novoa

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/08/1994
      ISBN13: 9780292727649, 978-0292727649
      ISBN10: 029272764X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This deceptively simple novel, published in Mexico in 1966 as La casa en la playa and here translated into English for the first time, is an important work by one of Mexico's, and indeed Latin America's, major writers of the twentieth century.

      Trade Review
      "The novel explores the pull of convention: each character is trapped in a web of family duty and tradition. Garcia Ponce ... consistently conveys the oppressive heat and erotic tension engulfing this foursome of friends and lovers. [He] has a painter's eye for the surrounding landscape... there are moments when every detail shimmers with crystalline elegance."oPublishers Weekly

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction: Juan García Ponce in Context The House on the Beach I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII

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