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Lilus Kikus

by Elena Poniatowska, Elizabeth Coonrod Martinez, Elizabeth Coonrod Martínez, Leonora Carrington

Translations into EnglishFiction, short stories (single author)Mexico, fiction

Lilus Kikus, was erroneously first labeled a children's book because it had a young girl as protagonist, it included illustrations, and the author was an unknown woman. Accompanying Lilus Kikus in this first American edition are four of Poniatowska's short stories with female protagonists, only one of which has been previously published in English.

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Book data: Open Library