Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border.… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) That September 2, 1939, the day of the Spanish exiles' splendid arrival in Chile, the Second World War broke out in Europe. Victor Dalmau is a young doctor when he is caught up in the Spanish Civil War, a tragedy that leaves his… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border.… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border.… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Before she settles down to marry practical and parent-approved Mario, Rebecca agrees to go on spontaneous trip to the heart of Scotland with her two best friends. Here among the wild beauty, she is instantly attracted to Kenzie… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A new novel from a Spanish literary star about the arrival of feral children to a tropical city in Argentina, and the quest to stop them from pulling the place into chaos.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) One day, the children begin to show up in the subtropical town of San Cristobal. Aged between nine and thirteen, the children are covered in dirt and hungry. They beg food, commit small acts of vandalism, play games that don't… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Seeking refuge from the police during the last days of Franco's rule, Minaya moves into his uncle's country estate and stumbles upon a dark secrets involving an old poet, his uncle, and the death of the woman they both had loved.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A Matter of Men weaves a multi-textured tapestry of the events, challenges and preconceptions that shape the definition of manhood: from the ritual of a boy coming of age to the youth who discovers the challenges of the adult… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Experience the struggle of African warriors defending their village. Travel on the slave boat with African enslaved women. Feel the tension mounting in Yanga's heart as he leads his Afro Mexican troops in confrontation with the… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Gonzalo Gil is a lawyer stuck in a disaffected life, in a failed career, trying to dodge the constant manipulation of his powerful father. This monotonous existence is shaken up when he learns, after years without news of his… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Angelina Muñiz-Huberman's historical novel, A Mystical Journey, combines poetic prose and an improbable happy ending. Within the structure of the archetypal journey of the hero, a Jewish teenager in late sixteenth-century Spain… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Margot Ortega always struggled to be the princess in her own fairytale: a successful career, a huge salary, a gorgeous apartment, and a perfect fiancé. But on her wedding day, she suffers a major panic attack and has to call it… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Margot Ortega always struggled to be the princess in her own fairytale: a successful career, a huge salary, a gorgeous apartment, and a perfect fiancé. But on her wedding day, she suffers a major panic attack and has to call it… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Page 4 of cover) Tells the story of the courage and strength of a single mother and her daughters, who persevere in the face of loss.
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) In A Planet for Rent, Yoss critiques life under Castro in the ‘90s by drawing parallels with a possible Earth of the not-so-distant future. Wracked by economic and environmental problems, the desperate planet is rescued, for… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Uhart reinvigorates our desire to connect with other people, to love the world, to laugh in the face of bad intentions, and to look again, more closely: from lapwings, road-side pedicures, and the overheard conversations of… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A captivating, nuanced portrait of the life of Véra Nabokov, who dedicated herself to advancing her husband's writing career, playing a vital role in the creation of his greatest works. Véra Nabokov (1902-1991) was in many ways… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Argentine writer Mercedes Beecher is living in self-imposed exile in London with her teenaged daughter when the horrors of her past catch up with her.
Additional Information: Responsibility: by Patricia Sagastizábal ; translated by Asa Zatz.