Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) A novel-in-stories set in mid-twenty-first-century dystopian Havana, Freeway narrates the adventure of two misfits wandering the construction site of a colossal freeway-to-be - a mysterious feat of engineering that slices through... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) This novel pays homage to the solidarity of women's friendship and to the importance of the rituals that demarcate our lives. The four principal characters, lifelong friends, are not famous, or exceptionally beautiful, or... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) Playing opportunely with realism and fiction, the sensational young Cuban writer Pedro de Jesus interlinks six stories in an inventive narrative of psychological darkness and sexual intricacy. In this tour de force of... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Laid off from his job, Damián Lobo obsessively imagines himself as a celebrity being interviewed on TV. After committing an act of petty theft at an antiques market, he finds himself trapped inside a wardrobe and delivered to the... mostrar más
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) Appearing here in English translation for the first time, General Escobar's War won Spain's prestigious Planeta Prize for fiction. The historical novel takes the form of an imagined diary by General Antonio Escobar, the highest-... mostrar más
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) Glaxo is a chilling novel of betrayal, romance, and murder, from a major Latin American writer being published in English for the first time. In a derelict town in the Argentine pampa, a decades-old betrayal simmers among a group... 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.