The skin of the sky

Elena Poniatowska

first published 2004 Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2004 322 pages

"The Skin of the Sky is the story of the life of Lorenzo de Tena, a brilliant and troubled astronomer. Born in the 1930s, the illegitimate son of a businessman and a peasant woman, Lorenzo lives happily with his mother, brothers, and sisters on a small plot of land outside Mexico City. But when Lorenzo's mother dies, the children's idyllic existence is shattered, and their father brings them to live with him in the c...

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The skin of the sky edition · 2006 · University of New Mexico Press · 322 pages · 9780826341204
Skin of the Sky edition · 2004 · Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 9781466806788
The skin of the sky edition · 2004 · Farrar, Straus, and Giroux · 322 pages

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