Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Appearing for the first time outside of Cuba, this bold collection of short stories provides an intimate and critical view of Afro-Cuba. Inés María Martiatu's stories--presented in a unique "split" English/Spanish edition--span... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) First published in 1994 as Tropical Synagogues: Short Stories by Jewish-Latin American Writers, Ilan Stavans's classic anthology is expanded and updated in this new edition.Contents: Introduction /; by Ilan Stavans --;... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Papi tells a story in the voice of an eight year old girl waiting in Santo Domingo for her father to return from New York to lavish her with gifts and the glory of his fame. Things don't go according to plan.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Inside a luxury housing complex, two misfit teenagers sneak around and get drunk. Franco Andrade, lonely, overweight, and addicted to porn, obsessively fantasizes about seducing his neighbor-an attractive married woman and mother... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) A tragicomic story of unrequited love and a view of New York through the wide eyes of an illegal immigrant. This book recounts the adventures of Marlon Cruz, a naïve young man from Medellín, Colombia, who agrees to accompany... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) From one of Colombia's leading novelists, a tragicomic story of unrequited love and a view of New York through the wide eyes of an illegal immigrant Paradise Travel recounts the adventures of Marlon Cruz, a naïve young man from... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) Tells the story of Jose Cemi, who, in the wake of his father's premature death, comes of age in turn-of-the-century Cuba.
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) Merlin the Magician and his ward the fairy Rosaura dos Carballos, daughter of Morgan Le Fey, depart their dusty castle in the Old World and set off on a journey through the modern Americas in search of the legendary Ranquel... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Deserted villages of rural Mexico, where images and memories of the past linger like unquiet ghosts, haunted the imaginations of two artists--writer Juan Rulfo and photographer Josephine Sacabo. In one such village of the mind,... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Darkly comic and highly entertaining, Javier Valdés's stories insinuate themselves in the unsuspecting reader like a heady brew with a strange kick. From the exploits of an urban vigilante to the erotic pleasures exacted from an... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Lupita hard-knock life has gotten the better of her time and time again. A childhood robbed of innocence set off a chain of events that she still has not managed to control, no matter how hard she tries. Every time she thinks she... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) Oscar Kortico, great-grandchild of the founders of a small hamlet in the Cuban hinterland, is a sardonic teller of tales--some taller than others--of slavery, revolution, family secrets, love, and identity that span three... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Taking work as a mercenary aboard a Spanish galleon, Captain Alatriste, accompanied by his faithful foster son, Íñigo, participates in a grueling battle on the high seas that brings Íñigo's readiness for independence into... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Taking work as a mercenary aboard a Spanish galleon, Captain Alatriste, accompanied by his faithful foster son, Íñigo, participates in a grueling battle on the high seas that brings Íñigo's readiness for independence into... mostrar más
Más información: Responsibility: Arturo Perez-Reverte ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) In this translated Spanish classic, Juan Ramón Jiménez tells his burro Platero about their native Andalusian village of Moguer. Their dialogue creates an evanescent portrait of provincial Spain--its streets, homes, animals,... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (From publisher description) The first short story collection in the Margellos series, from a master of the genre and an irrepressible critic during Argentina's brutal years of repression Acclaimed for the gemlike perfection of her short... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (From publisher description) In this superbly written, nail-biting thriller, a top neurosurgeon is forced to choose between ending the life of the most important person in America or guaranteeing his own daughter's horrifying death.
Resumen/Reseñas: (From publisher description) In this superbly written, nail-biting thriller, a top neurosurgeon is forced to choose between ending the life of the most important person in America or guaranteeing his own daughter's horrifying death.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Seventeen short stories by contemporary Mexican authors born in the '50s and '60s, all well-established writers in the prime of their careers. Some have already achieved critical acclaim in the U.S., but many of these prize-... mostrar más