Terapia
Ariel Dorfman. Siete Cuentos Editorial, $19.95 (256pp) ISBN 978-1-58322-071-9
For a review of Dorfman's most recent book, Terapia, see p. 25.
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Reviewed on: 07/01/2003
Genre: Fiction
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