New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in a remote Mexican copper mining town at the close of the 19th century, this novel is ""part love story, part adventure, part mystery and part hallucination, . .. a magnificent tale of conflicting passions and cultures, set in a harsh and magical landscape where Parisian boulevards have been constructed in the dust, and where desires of all sorts exceed the opportunities of fulfillment." SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-679425063.