El Hechizado. Cuadernos de la Quimera.
Buenos Aires: Emecé Editores, (1944). 49 pp. Sm. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. A very good unopened (uncut) copy, minor toning to edges, partial original glassene wrapper still present, contents fine. Item #45548
No. 183 of 1000 copies. Francisco Ayala's first narrative fiction after the Spanish Civil War, EL echizado (The Bewitched) is the tale of a Creole man trying to meet King Charles II of Spain (who was known as the Bewitched). It was later incorporated into Los Usurpadores (in 1949), a collection on the theme of lust for power.
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