Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) As calligrapher for the great Voltaire, Dalessius becomes witness to many wonders-- and finds himself in the middle of a secret battle between the malevolent remnants of the all-but-dead Dark Ages and the progressive elements of… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Pablo de Santis ; translated by Lisa Carter.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Marias's second novel was written in the early '70s when he was 21, and it has all of the stylistic grace and wry invention that has put Maras on the Nobel shortlist. An unnamed narrator ruminates on the intentions of a man (… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Gerta Pohorylle meets Andre Friedmann in Paris in 1935 and is drawn to his fierce dedication to justice, journalism, and the art of photography. Assuming new names, [they] travel together to Spain, Europe's most harrowing war… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The writer son of a quiet sympathizer with the Pinochet regime reflects on the progress of his novel, in which an unnamed boy from a Chilean suburb witnesses an earthquake and meets an older girl who asks him to spy on her uncle.
Additional Information: Responsibility: Alejandro Zambra ; translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell ; [illustrations on title and part title pages by Charlotte Strick].
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) This endlessly engaging novel recounts the personal and political fortunes and misfortunes of Dr. Leal, a prestigious Cuban-American surgeon, who comes home to the Miami of his childhood to attend his brother's funeral. From the… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) First published in Spain in 1999, this adventure set in 19th-century New Mexico uses elements of the ancient Near Eastern myth of Gilgamesh to tell a violent tale of war and revenge, treasure hunting and witchcraft. Gil Gomez,… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) En route from Lisbon to Buenos Aires in 1928, Max and Mecha meet aboard a luxurious transatlantic cruise ship. There Max teaches the stunning stranger and her erudite husband to dance the tango. A steamy affair ignites at sea and… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Set against the background of the Mexican-American border, this story is the saga of Aida, a Tarahumara Indian who meets, falls in love, and waits fifty years for the American soldier who promised to return. Miguel Santana… read more
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Seventeen stories gallop, frolic, and slither across the pages of this collection of stories by Mexican author Brianda Domecq. A pet canary is caught between her nesting instinct and her desire for solitude. A jaguar serves as… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) When I Was Mortal collects a dozen stories by Javier Marias, "justly considered the most talented Spanish author alive" (Il Messaggero). Victims of mistaken identity, amateur sleuths, professional liars, eavesdroppers, assassins… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Javier Marías ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagining. When We Cease to Understand the World is a book about the complicated links… read more
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Where the Air is Clear, Carlos Fuentes's first novel, opens with a metaphorical description of Mexico City and the challenges facing its inhabitants and quickly becomes an unsparing portrayal of the upper class. Departing from… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Presents a collection of short stories, including "While the women are sleeping," in which a man lying on the beach spectulates on the lives of another pair of beach goers, and "The Resignation Letter of Señor de Santiesteban,"… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Javier Marías ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa.
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) One by one, men's bodies are washing up on the shore of the river that passes through town, where they are claimed by the local women as their missing husbands and fathers, even though the faces of the dead men are… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Journalist Zoé comes to the town of San Felipe to learn about the famous healer Feliciana, who has the ability to heal the soul as well as the body, and about the murder of Feliciana's teacher, Paloma. Paloma is dead. But before… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The number-one international bestseller, "Women With Big Eyes" is Mexican novelist Angeles Mastretta's most wedely read work, at last translated into English. Meet the outrageous Aunt Leonor, who deines herself the forbidden… read more
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) A number-one international bestseller, Women with Big Eyes is Mexican novelist Ángeles Mastretta's most widely read work, now available for the first time in an English translation. Each of the stories in this volume reveals a… read more
Summary/Reviews: (¿Sin fuente?) The story of a son trying to make his father proud-- by becoming an international criminal. Set in contemporary Barcelona and made up of multiple storylines, including a fictional manuscript by Stephen King.
Additional Information: Responsibility: Javier Calvo ; translated by Mara Faye Lethem.
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Yankee Invasion centers on one of the most traumatic periods of Mexican history: the 1847 invasion of Mexico City by American armed forces and the ultimate loss of almost half its territory to the United States. Abelardo, who… read more