Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Mara is a simultaneous interpreter who moves to a provincial town in Argentina in order to speak as little as possible for a year. Steeled with the ten rules of silence set out in her manual of rhetoric, she takes a job as a… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Born into a poor Spanish family in the sixteenth century, Inés leaves Spain for the New World to find her missing husband. There she discovers that he's been killed and soon begins a love affair with Pedro de Valdivia, a war hero… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A work of historical fiction chronicles the brave deeds and passionate loves of a spirited woman who journeyed to the New World and helped found a nation.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Born into a poor Spanish family in the sixteenth century, Inés leaves Spain for the New World to find her missing husband. There she discovers that he's been killed and soon begins a love affair with Pedro de Valdivia, a war hero… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Two narratives twine through this superb novel: one introduces Gabriel Atlan-Ferrara, a fabled orchestral conductor, and his great passion, Inez Prada, a red-haired Mexican diva; the other is a mysterious telling of the first… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In "Inez, " readers find Carlos Fuentes at the height of his magical and realist powers in a tale of two couples. This profound and beautiful work confirms his standing as Mexico's preeminent novelist.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Though she was born into poverty, Inés Suárez, a seamstress in 16th-century Spain, embodies the same restless hope and opportunism that fuels her nation's conquest of the Americas. Learning that her shiftless husband has… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In a novel based on the Bible and ancient traditions, Adam and Eve discover the world around them, react to their punishment, and learn to adjust to the outside world, where it is necessary to kill to survive.
Additional Information: Responsibility: Gioconda Belli ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In this modern age, when the means of communication have turned individual and collective history into a spectacle, literature is the privileged space of subjectivity. This book allows us to peer into the fascinating inner world… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) "Sagrario died in May, after much suffering." So begins Espido Freire's haunting novel IRLANDA, with a sentence that is bright and troubled at once, just like its hero. After the death of her sister Sagrario, young Natalia has… read more
Publisher: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2020
Number of pages: 581 pp.
ISBN: 9780063021778
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The daughter of an African mother she never knew and a white sailor, Zarité - known as Tété - was born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue. Growing up amid brutality and fear, Tété found solace in the traditional rhythms… read more
Summary/Reviews: (¿En Resumen/Reseñas?) The story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny in a society where that would seem impossible.
Additional Information: Responsibility: Isabel Allende ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny in a society where that would seem impossible.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In 1908, under orders to defend a tiny, isolated Pacific atoll from an improbable French invasion, Mexican captain Ramon Arnaud, his young bride, Alicia, and eleven soldiers and their families set sail for the so-called Isle of… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In 1908, under orders to defend a tiny, isolated Pacific atoll from an improbable French invasion, Mexican captain Ramon Arnaud, his young bride, Alicia, and eleven soldiers and their families set sail for the so-called Isle of… read more
Publisher: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2019
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 229 pp.
ISBN: 9780062936868
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In Caracas, Venezuela, Adelaida Falcón stands over an open grave. Alone, she buries her mother--the only family she has ever known--and worries that when night falls thieves will rob the grave. Even the dead cannot find peace… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Children enjoy typical activities at a birthday party. Includes pronunciation guides for English and Spanish speakers.Illustrated by Rémy Simard.