Ol/ lla Book of Magic Love MIGUEL SERRANO Translated from the Spanish by Frank MacShane HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS New York, Evanston, San Francisco, LondonAssistance for the translation of this book was given by the Center for Inter- American Relations. EL/ELLA. English translation copyright © t972 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. All tights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this hook may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East j3rd Street, New York, N.Y. roo22. Published simultaneously in Canada by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, Toronto. FIRSY EDITION STANDARD BOOK NUMBER: 06-013829-7 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER: 70-184377 Designed by Gloria AdelsonONE Che Hla layas