In Tira Verte births, marriages, treaties and all official documents are painted, not written. The paintings by certain males of the Grijalva family are also magical. This book tells the story of one such painter-magician's obsession with power, with life, and with a love he can never claim.
- ISBN10 0886777461
- ISBN13 9780886777463
- Publish Date 1 August 1997 (first published 1 December 1996)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Penguin Putnam Inc
- Edition Open market ed
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 464
- Language English