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THE RAIN GOD. Copyright © 1984 by Arturo Islas. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Cover photographs © Chanida Dumrongsak/Shutterstock (clouds); © Plateresca/iStock/Getty Images (drops); © D-Naya/iStock/Getty Images (bird); © Michal Chmurski/Shutterstock (texture); © javarman/Shutterstock (texture)
FIRST AVON EDITION PUBLISHED 1991.
REPRINTED IN PERENNIAL 2003.
FIRST WILLIAM MORROW PAPERBACK PUBLISHED 2020.
Digital Edition JANUARY 2021 ISBN: 978-0-06-203779-4
Version 11282020
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-305132-4
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