Who Slashed Celanire's Throat?

Maryse Condé

Original title: Célanire cou-coupé

Translated by Sarah Martín Menduíña earliest edition we have, 2000 Ménades Editorial S.L.U., 2019 paperback 286 pages

"Inspired by a tragedy in the late twentieth century, Conde sets this fiction in the late nineteenth century with her characteristic blend of magical realism and fantasy. Conde imagines Celanire: a woman who was mutilated at birth and left for dead. Mysterious, seductive, and disarming, she is driven to uncover the truth of her past at any cost." "On one hand, Celanire appears to be a saint; she is a tireless worker...

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This book in English

Richard Philcox 3 printings we hold · 2004–2005 · Simon & Schuster, Limited

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Editions we hold

Célanire Cuellocortado paperback · 2019 · Ménades Editorial S.L.U. · 286 pages · 9788412015980
Who Slashed Celanire's Throat? paperback · 2005 · Washington Square Press · 240 pages · 9780743482615
Who Slashed Celanire's Throat? edition · 2004 · Simon & Schuster, Limited · 9781416505082
Who slashed Celanire's throat? hardcover · 2004 · Atria Books · 232 pages · 9780743482608
Célanire cou-coupé paperback · 2003 · Pocket · 348 pages · 9782266115230
Célanire cou-coupé edition · 2000 · R. Laffont · 248 pages

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