Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) The sweetheart of Hector Belascoaran Shayne's adolescence - the same one who's become a famous Mexican movie star - has disappeared into the magical reality of the U.S./Mexico border. Hector wanders la frontera looking for her.... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) A book of poems about working in the fields and nature's bounty, one for each letter of the Spanish alphabet. Illustrated by Simón Silva.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Contents: Prologue / by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo -- The sky over Havana / by Jorge Alberto Aguiar Díaz -- Graphomania / by Lien Carrazana Lau -- Hating summer / by... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (From publisher description) Winner of the 2013 Dashiell Hammett Prize--Through a skillful weaving of characters and plotlines, coming together like a completed puzzle, Saccomanno has crafted a monumental novel where individual stories... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Ghosts revolves around an immigrant worker's family squatting on the haunted construction site of a luxury condominium building. All of the workmen and their wives and children see the ghosts, who literally hang around the place... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Award-winning poet Peñalosa shares with us the diary of God, a daily record of the Eternal Father's hopes, plans and workings in the world. Simple yet masterful, childlike yet profound, these poetic diary entries present the... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) In the aftermath of the pope's death, police inspector Paola Dicanti is called in to investigate the brutal murders of two cardinals, assisted by American priest and former Army intelligence officer Anthony Fowler.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) In these short, bilingual stories set in Buenos Aires (with each piece appearing in Spanish and English on facing pages), Alicia Borinsky provides unique glimpses into the lives of the city's inhabitants: its businessmen and... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Tancredo, a young hunchback, observes and participates in the rites at the Catholic church where he lives under the care of Father Almida. Also in residence are the sexton Celeste Machado, his goddaughter Sabina Cruz, and three... mostrar más
Más información: Responsibility: Evelio Rosero ; translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean and Anna Milsom.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) In this collection of bilingual stories about the Río Puerco Valley, where Nasario García grew up, he shares the traditions, myths, and stories of his homeland.
Resumen/Reseñas: () Like the rhythm of the chachacha, the three short stories in this collection are marked by repetition and contrast. They all begin with the same scene, but each is the genesis of a different love story corresponding to three distinct... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (¿En Resumen/Reseñas?) A well-connected lawyer and his deranged wife die in a mysterious fire. Their fate, however, is much more than material for a whodunit. Murder, dictatorship, love, eroticism, torture, and the healing power of art:... mostrar más
Más información: Responsibility: Juan Manuel Marcos ; translated by Tracy Karl Lewis.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) In these masterly vignettes, Fuentes explores Tolstoy's classic observation that "happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." In "A Family Like Any Other," each member of the Pagan family lives... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) "The true story of Guatemala's political turmoil of the 1950s as only a master of fiction can tell it" -- Guatemala, 1954. The military coup perpetrated by Carlos Castillo Armas and supported by the CIA topples the government of... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) These humorous and poignant stories that illustrate everyday life in contemporary Havana will challenge the reader's assumptions about the Cuban reality. Mirta Yanez is a Havana-born poet, novelist, critic, and extraordinary... mostrar más