Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) In verses that fuse highly original imagery with exuberant rhythms, Efraín Huerta probes the cultures of both Mexico and "el Norte, " from the impact of racism in Mississippi to political corruption in Mexico. Since he demanded... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Now in English for the first time, this sweeping story of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain during the era of world exploration was a best-seller in Latin America in the 1980s.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Alice Dupont's perfect marriage was a perfect lie. When her husband, Chris, dies in a car accident, far from where he should have been, Alice's life falls apart. After the police close the case, she is left with more questions... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) A tale of love and honor in which Rosendo Arbona discovers that his young wife Dominga is missing. When he learns that she has run away with one of the young farm workers, Rosendo embarks on what will become a an almost mythic... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Tells the story of a hunchback who is a failed writer that has no luck with women. He is a self-described "Bartleby", named after the Herman Melville character; someone who, when asked to reveal information about themselves, will... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) When Alexander Cold's mother falls ill, the fifteen-year-old is sent to stay with his eccentric grandmother in New York. A tough and prickly magazine reporter, Kate Cold takes Alex along with her on an expedition to the Amazon... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) A collection of 27 Spanish and Latin American science fiction stories, dating from 1862 to 2001. The first-ever collection of Latin American science fiction in English. Opening a window onto a fascinating new world for... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Dante encourages his fifteen-year-old daughter to date only Spanish-speaking Hispanics, but she ignores his advice and runs off with a non-Spanish speaking Latino with tatoos and a shaved head. The disappearance cannot be... mostrar más
Editorial: Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Ciudad: New York, NY
Año de publicación: 2009
Nº de páginas: 175 págs.
ISBN: 9781558616035
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) This quiet, powerful novel from Argentinian author Lise is told by a young woman caught up in the country's March 1976 coup d'etat. As General Videla's thugs prepare to overturn the government of General Peron's widow, 20-year-... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Destruction or Love is the first complete English translation of one of the major works by Spanish Nobel Laureate Vicente Aleixandre. It conveys to English readers some of the syntactic inventiveness and suggestive imagery of the... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) Matriarch of a wealthy planter family in the eighteenth-century village of Caracas, Dona Ines fights for control of a coastal-province plantation that her late husband has bequeathed to his illegitimate son by a black slave.... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) The story of a fantastic wedding, the return of the bride to her parents in disgrace, her brothers' resolve to seek revenge on her corruptor, and the townspeoples' refusal to depart from routine
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) In the brilliant tradition of Don Quixote and Candide, this passionate novel by the author of Before Night Falls is a modern masterpiece of Latin American fiction. Fray Servando—priest, blasphemer, dueler of monsters,... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) With meticulous observation and the seductive skill of a great storyteller, Vargas Llosa lures the reader into the shadow of perversion that, little by little, darkens the extraordinary happiness and harmony of his characters.... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) This collection of fiction, representing some of Garcia Marquez's earlier work, includes eleven short stories and a novella.Contents: The incredible and sad tale of... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) "This new collection of short fiction should enhance his ever-growing reputation for extraordinarily fine writing. . . . Deceptively simple, brooding, evocative fiction, beautifully written." Publishers WeeklyContents: ... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Although his work has been restricted to the short story, the essay, and poetry, Jorge Luis Borges of Argentina is recognized all over the world as one of the most original figures in modern literature. Labyrinths is a... mostrar más