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Buy paracuellos volume 1 01 by carlos gimenez isbn. The comic book is paracuellos, carlos gimenezs memoir of growing up in the orphanages of francisco francos spain. This volume collects gimaneza stories, told in the form of blackandwhite strip art, ranging in length from a single page to a few pages. The fact that they are true makes this an extraordinarily powerful work. Paracuellos 3 paracuellos 4 paracuellos 5 paracuellos 6 primera publicacion.
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