Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Armed with the extraordinary occurrence of retrieving Edgar's small suitcase and its contents from the Titanic, Enrique Dick embarked on a journey of discovery into his maternal family history. The result is a book that not only... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) In the midst of war, the protagonists of A Tale of the Dispossessed are continuously searching: for a promised land, a destiny, the face of a woman who has disappeared - searching for an impossible love and, conversely, for a... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) "My Dear Sister, I'm writing to warn you: Cattino - the cat who is soon to arrive at your house with my wife - is really a lion," laments Lorenzaccio, the Italian count. Refined, elegant, suave, and cunningly masquerading as... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Contents: From La oscuridad es otro sol (Darkness is another sun) -- Once upon a time -- And still the wheel -- Nanni sometimes flies -- The dwarves -- GKY 4 -- Mission accomplished -- And... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) These heartwarming stories from Ecuador celebrate the humanity in us all. The motivations which lead me to write stories about my surroundings were rooted in a tremendously unequal and unjust society where many people could... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) In 1987, while on a state visit to Warsaw, the author happened upon an exhibition of remarkable works by a hitherto unknown Nicaraguan photographer, Juan Castellan, who plied his craft in Europe between roughly 1880 and 1940.... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (From publisher description) A tremendous introduction to twenty-eight of the most influential Spanish-language authors of the twentieth century, A Thousand Forests in One Acorn combines interviews with these authors—about their influences... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) This translation brings all four novels together in one volume, telling the tale of the economic and social rise of a miserly money-lender to a position of importance in high society and government.With introductions by Robert... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) Translated into English, the novel Morsamor is set in 1521. Morsamor is a young Spaniard whose name is a combination of the Latin words for Death and Love. He is accompanied by a lay brother serving him as squire, and who is... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) Accompanied by an introduction to the text that situates it historically, this volume offers a translation of what is perhaps the most picturesque and tragic of all of the plays of the Spanish Romantic theatre.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) A mother and daughter try desperately to get to Salto, Uruguay, where their husband and father is being taken under military guard as a political prisoner, and the mother writes in her diary between 1972 and 1974.Postscript by... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (¿En Resumen/Reseñas?) Miguel Barnet's A True Story is based on the life of Julián Mesa, a Cuban living in New York City. The novel spans the years between the 1930s to the 1980s as the protagonist moves from Cuba to the US. Throughout the... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) During their travels in the Cambodian jungle, two sisters, Camila and Margara, meet David Masters-Iturbe and discover that they all have something in common--their Mexican heritage. The three proceed to tell stories in order to... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) In his writing, Borges always combined high seriousness with a wicked sense of fun. Here he reveals his delight in re-creating (or making up) colorful stories from the Orient, the Islamic world, and the Wild West, as well as his... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” is a short story by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez, first published in 1955 in the journal Casa de las Américas. The story is a magical-realist allegory that follows the... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) A Week in October is a thriller for those who usually prefer a good love story. Clara Griffin, the beautiful wife of a successful Chilean architect, courageously confronts a life-threatening illness while recording her thoughts... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) A collection of twenty-one short stories representing some of the finest work by today's Latin American writers.Contents: Flight / Mayra Santos-Febres ; Nothing to do... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) An ambitious tale of feminine friendship, madness, a radically changing city, and the vulnerability that makes us divulge our most shameful secrets. It begins as Elisa transcribes the chaotic testimony of her roommate Susana,... mostrar más