Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Tells the story of the Buendia family, set against the background of the evolution and eventual decadence of a small South American town.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) This is the story of seven generations of the Buendia family and of Macondo, the town they have built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world, and the ultimate achievement of a Nobel Prize winning career. The novel tells the story... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Identical twin spinsters, Gloria and Constitución Gamal, enjoy their successful tailoring business in rural Mexico and take particular thrills in confusing people. When a new suitor arrives, one sister decides she wants all the... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Grieving the loss of her husband and child, Alicia is haunted by surreal nighmares that start to appear in her waking world, a situation that causes her to question her sanity and the sincerity of her support network.
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) Mr. Optimus Oloop is a Finnish statistician living in Buenos Aires. His life runs according to a methodical and rigid schedule, with everything - from his meals down to his visits to the city brothels - timed to the minute.... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) The ten writers in this volume rose to prominence in the last decade of the twentieth century. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba underwent a drastic economic contraction that brought about an explosion of feminine... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Operation Pedro Pan opened the door to the United States for more than fourteen thousand unaccompanied Cuban children. How did this come to be called Operation Pedro Pan? It was important from the very beginning that we in Miami... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) 'Was it an intuition that made me select -- I think at the beginning of my adolescence – a form of approach to life linked to English literature through Shakespeare? And can one talk in this case of literature? I think not, I... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) The narrator of Optic Nerve is an Argentinian woman whose obsession is art. The story of her life is the story of the paintings, and painters, who matter to her. Her intimate, digressive voice guides us through a gallery of... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) It seemed to me the state of my soul was a blurry memory of something that had occurred in a place in northern Spain called Ordesa... A man at a crossroads in midlife considers the place where he's from, where his parents have... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Ornamental is Juan's third novel, but it will be his first translated into English. It follows a scientist who recruits a group of volunteers for the trial of a new recreational drug that only affects women. Among them is "number... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Acclaimed Mexican writer David Toscana's second novel is a whimsical and dark tale of a group of circus performers who are seduced by the idea of living like ordinary people.
Resumen/Reseñas: (¿En Resumen/Reseñas?) Born into poverty and then abandoned by her mother, Isabel "La Negra" Luberza blossoms into a supremely sensual young woman. Obsessed with attaining aristocratic status - armed with incredible physical presence,... mostrar más
Más información: Responsibility: Mayra Santos-Febres ; translated from Spanish by Ernesto Mestre-Reed.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Chronicles the enthralling life of Manuela Sáenz, who won her place in history as the great love of South American liberator Simón Bolivar. Abandoning her position as one of the richest women in Lima, Sáenz worked to overthrow... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Chronicles the enthralling life of Manuela Sáenz, who won her place in history as the great love of South American liberator Simón Bolivar. Abandoning her position as one of the richest women in Lima, Sáenz worked to overthrow... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) A searing dystopian vision of a young boy's flight through an unnamed, savaged country, searching for sanctuary and redemption--from one of Europe's bestselling literary stars. A young boy has fled his home. He's pursued by... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Decades after sixteen-year-old Ignacio Cañas becomes the partner-in-crime of two charistmatic rebels, Ignacio, now a successful defense lawyer, encounters his former comrades and falls under their spell again.