Summary/Reviews: (From publisher description) A talented college professor in Madrid, Blanca Perea seems to have it all. But her world is suddenly shattered when her husband of twenty years leaves her for another woman. Questioning the life she once had and… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) A talented college professor in Madrid, Blanca Perea seems to have it all. But her world is suddenly shattered when her husband of twenty years leaves her for another woman. Questioning the life she once had and whether she… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) In this collection of stories, Poniatowska weaves together the disparate lives that make up Mexico's rich cultural tapestry. These are stories about servants and matriarchs, street sweepers and sorceresses, shop keepers,… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) An ode to tolerance and the liberty of conscience, The Heretic is an unforgettable story of a man and the passions that move him to action.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) This literary-historical novel takes readers on a compelling journey through the Reformation and Spanish Inquisition in 16th century.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) This authoritative textual edition presents Tobias Smollett's translation of Cervantes's Don Quixote in the form most faithful to Smollett's own intentions. It includes Francis Hayman's twenty-eight illustrations engraved for the… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: translated from the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra by Tobias Smollett ; introduction and notes by Martin C. Battestin ; the text edited by O M Brack, Jr.
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de la Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they wend their way across… read more
Summary/Reviews: (¿Sin fuente?) Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de la Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they wend their way… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Miguel de Cervantes ; translated by Tobias Smollett ; introduction by Carlos Fuentes ; notes by Stephanie Kirk.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de la Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they wend their way across… read more
Summary/Reviews: (¿En Resumen/Reseñas?) The Laguna women suffer from an odd affliction: each generation is condemned to tragic love affairs and to give birth only to girls who are unable to escape the cruel fate of their mothers. One fateful hunting season… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Cristina López Barrio ; translated from the Spanish by Lisa Carter.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Months after his predecessor and lover is hit and killed by a car while reading a volume of Dickinson poetry, a Cambridge professor receives a copy of a Conrad novel with a mysterious dedication and travels to Buenos Aires and… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Provided by publisher) The unforgettable first novel that established Isabel Allende as one of the world's most gifted and imaginative storytellers. The House of the Spirits brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) A best seller and critical success all over the world, The House of the Spirits is the magnificent epic of the Trueba family -- their loves, their ambitions, their spiritual quests, their relations with one another, and their… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A magnificent saga of proud and passionate men and women and the turbulent times through which they suffer and triumph. They are the Truebas. And theirs is a world you will not want to leave, and one you will not forget.With an… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A magnificent saga of proud and passionate men and women and the turbulent times through which they suffer and triumph. They are the Truebas. And theirs is a world you will not want to leave, and one you will not forget.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Presents a novel set in an unnamed Latin American country and describes the struggles, passions, and secrets of the Trueba family that spans three generations.
Summary/Reviews: (¿En Resumen/Reseñas?) Julián Ríos's latest comic extravaganza is at once a serious literary excavation and a lecture as delivered by Groucho Marx on the subject of that great (and often imposing) cornerstone of world literature: James… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: by Julián Ríos ; translated by Nick Caistor.