Against All Hope
Against All Hope is Armando Valladares's prison memoir, first published in Spanish as Contra toda esperanza by Plaza & Janés (Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona) in 1985. It records his 22 years in Cuban prisons, 1960 to 1982. Knopf issued it in English in New York in 1986.
- Editions tracked
- 3
- First edition
- Plaza & Janés, 1985
- First published
- Plaza & Janés, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, 1985
- First UK edition
- Hamish Hamilton, 1986
The first edition of Against All Hope by Armando Valladares was published in Barcelona by Plaza & Janés in 1985. We track 3 editions.
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Who published the first edition of Against All Hope?
The first edition of Against All Hope by Armando Valladares was published in Barcelona by Plaza & Janés in 1985.
How many editions of Against All Hope are there?
We track 3 editions of Against All Hope, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- Armando Valladares, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Contra toda esperanza (Plaza & Janés, 1985), Open Library (openlibrary.org)
- Contra toda esperanza, all editions, Open Library (openlibrary.org)
- Against all hope (Hamilton, London, 1986), Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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