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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: A Novel

By B. TRAVEN

Book information

Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Year
2010
ISBN
0809092972, 9780809092970
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6566806 bytes)
Pages
320\316
Time added
2022-07-11 18:45:58

Description

A CULT MASTERPIECE―THE ADVENTURE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED JOHN HUSTON'S CLASSIC FILM, BY THE ELUSIVE AUTHOR WHO WAS A MODEL FOR THE HERO OF ROBERTO BOLAÑO'S 2666 Little is known for certain about B. Traven. Evidence suggests that he was born Otto Feige in Schlewsig-Holstein and that he escaped a death sentence for his involvement with the anarchist underground in Bavaria. Traven spent most of his adult life in Mexico, where, under various names, he wrote several bestsellers and was an outspoken defender of the rights of Mexico's indigenous people. First published in 1935, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is Traven's most famous and enduring work, the dark, savagely ironic, and riveting story of three down-and-out Americans hunting for gold in Sonora.

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