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La estatua de sal 1998
The Salt Statue is a 1998 published autobiographical novel by Mexican writer Salvador Novo, written between 1945 and 1946. It details personal recollections, sexual encounters, and homosexual life in Mexico City during the 1910s and 1920s. Mexican author and gay rights activist Carlos Monsiváis notes this work had no precedent in Latin America and stands as the first gay autobiographical text in Mexico. Monsiváis, 2010, p. 141.
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- Fondo de Cultura Económica


