The Ultraviolet Sky
Alma Luz Villanueva. Anchor Books, $9 (379pp) ISBN 978-0-385-42014-3
This work of feminist fiction focuses on a painter seeking to finish a painting and reconstruct her life. (May)
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Reviewed on: 03/29/1993
Genre: Fiction
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