The Fear of Losing Eurydice (original 1979; edition 1994)

by Julieta Campos

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This lyrical novel by one of Mexico's leading women writers explores both desire and the desire to tell a love story. In an idle moment between grading assignments, a French teacher sitting in a cafe in a Caribbean seaport town sketches an island on his white napkin.

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Title:	The Fear of Losing Eurydice
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The Fear of Losing Eurydice by Julieta Campos (1979)

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The Fear of Losing Eurydice

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El miedo de perder a Eurídice

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1979

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In memory of Nadja and of Charles Fourier; for Octavio Paz

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In the beginning was desire.

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This lyrical novel by one of Mexico's leading women writers explores both desire and the desire to tell a love story. In an idle moment between grading assignments, a French teacher sitting in a cafe in a Caribbean seaport town sketches an island on his white napkin.

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