Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) "On Captivity" is the first translation into English of "Del Cautiverio," Manuel Ciges Aparicio's account of his imprisonment in the notorious La Cabana fortress in Havana during the Cuban War of Independence (1895-98). Ciges… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The first English translation of the self-proclaimed 'Viscount' Emilio Lascano Tegui--a friend of Picasso and Apollinaire, and a larger-than-life eccentric in his own right --On Elegance While Sleeping is the macabre novel, part… read more
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Godine first published this towering work of Latin American literature in 1981, to a front page New York Times review. Now reissued in softcover with a new introduction, the book, often mentioned in the same breath as Borges,… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) The novel "opens with the discovery of a rotting corpse in the marshes on the outskirts of Olba, Spain--a town wracked by despair after the burst of the economic bubble, and a microcosm of a world of defeat, debt, and… read more
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Once Upon a Time (Bomb) is a memoir of a young boy growing up in El Salvador. It tells the story of Alfonso Duque the Thirteenth, a youngster from a poverty-stricken family and a budding poet. Surrounded by hovering women -… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) One Hundred Bottles, with its intersecting characters and unresolved whodunits, can be read as a murder mystery. But it's really a survivor's story. In a voice that blends gossip, storytelling, and literature, Zthe vivacious… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Probably García Márquez finest and most famous work. One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of a mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Inventive,… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Tells the story of the Buendia family, set against the background of the evolution and eventual decadence of a small South American town.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) This is the story of seven generations of the Buendia family and of Macondo, the town they have built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Tells the story of the fictional Buendia family, set against the background of the evolution and eventual decadence of a small South American town.
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world, and the ultimate achievement of a Nobel Prize winning career. The novel tells the story… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous, and… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A poignant collage of stories of women young and old, this novel from an Alfaguara Prize-winning author explores passion, bad decisions, and the scars left by relationships over time. Margarita suspects that her husband is having… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Identical twin spinsters, Gloria and Constitución Gamal, enjoy their successful tailoring business in rural Mexico and take particular thrills in confusing people. When a new suitor arrives, one sister decides she wants all the… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Grieving the loss of her husband and child, Alicia is haunted by surreal nighmares that start to appear in her waking world, a situation that causes her to question her sanity and the sincerity of her support network.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) AAfter a tragic car accident shatters her body and mind, Cassandra struggles to piece together her life as a respected psychiatrist and devoted mother. But the accident has changed her. Her eyes have been opened to horrors she… read more
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Mr. Optimus Oloop is a Finnish statistician living in Buenos Aires. His life runs according to a methodical and rigid schedule, with everything - from his meals down to his visits to the city brothels - timed to the minute.… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Following the rise and fall of a great love, this intimate family novel is also a moving tribute to the generation that struggled to survive in Spain after the Civil War. In Open Heart, Elvira Lindo tells the story of her parents… read more