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Name: Los relámpagos de agosto
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Author: Jorge Ibargüengoitia

📘 Los relámpagos de agosto by Jorge Ibargüengoitia

A sarcastic novel that parodies the memoirs written by veterans of the 1910 Mexican Revolution and the armed uprisings that followed it.

First publish date: 1964

Authors: Jorge Ibargüengoitia

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