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BKLVR
Posted Aug 6, 2001 11:54 AM
The publisher Editorial Diana in Mexico a year or two ago told us that all of the titles by CBA are out of print and they have no plans to reprint them.
You may try emailing the publisher again, to see if that has changed. After all, two more recent telenovelas (starring the same galan, tho not one of our favorites) were made based on the books by this prolific writer, who penned more than 40 titles. Although with the drastic changes they made to AMF, the makers of the later may prefer than no one read the more serious--and we feel, superior--original books!
Also a company in Argentina (www.tematika.com, if we remember the correct spelling) still may be selling the edition of CORAZON SALVAJE in 3 volumes with cover photos of Eduardo Palomo, Edith Gonzales, Ana Colchero, & Ariel Lopez Padilla. The CS book forum at www.telenovelas-internet.com may have more information.
EL AMOR NUNCA MUERE was a version of the same story, apparently starring CRISTINA BACH & FRANK MORO (who looks like lounge singer Wayne Newton in that tuxedo & mustache...) who are featured on cover photo of book which is exactly the same as LM (including the exact same print typographical errors!)
ESTAFA DEL AMOR is apparently one of the books telenovela LABERINTOS DE PASION was based on (and also perhaps combined with FLOR SALVAJE by the same author). One library listing for ESTAFA gives alternate title as EL ENGANO, but we have not yet seen a copy that lists that title in or on the book itself. Maybe we can track one down this fall...
Actually, one of the telenovelas titled EL ENGANO (see index at site listed above) sounds like book LA INTRUSA by CBA (which is reportly different than the new Gaby Spanic novela with same name. We may watch that to double check).
But we aren't sure what book by this author refered to namelessly in credits of the recent ALMA REBELDE was based on, since that story is very different from book also titled PATRICIA. Starring EDUARDO VERASTIGI as the engineer and CARITA DE ANGELS former nun as the strong minded rich girl who is mistreated by him on their honeymoon due to a misunderstanding, it seems to start as a horrible remake of LM--and it even includes a real evil twin for the hero! Even KARLA ALVAREZ as mala RITA & "Nicole" (who gets pregnant by her the first man she falls in love with--who is much less a gentleman than our Deme) couldn't make us watch till the end. Truly, casting inexperienced youth & "beauty" as protagonists is no substitute for acting talent & good writing.
If you do find any copies of these books, please treat them carefully. The poor quality of the paper and ink used to print even the 1970's editions of these books was not intended to last long (think how quickly a newspaper gets brown with age & crumbles), so even turning a page can cause it to tear.
We hope that these books will survive for more generations of readers, so that through her well-loved works, our favorite writer of Spanish romances will continue to live!
P.S. As we mentioned before, please remember to return your library books on time. Some titles we want to read MIGHT be recorded in catalogs as
"missing" simply because they fell apart from old age... but it's possible that someone decided they didn't want to share, or give anyone else the chance to enjoy them too... if you really NEED a copy, there's a 5 letter magic word that starts and begins with an X ("another" way to spell it is kinkos.com...)
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