Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) From her home in Paris, Lina recalls the story of three women whose lives unfold in the conservative city of Barranquilla in Colombia. Amid parties at the Country Club and strolls along the promenade in Puerto Colombia unfurls a... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) Distinguished music critic Agustin Caban has written for a San Juan newspaper all his life. Forced to retire, he continues to haunt its offices, encouraged by his former editor. Agustin is writing his memoirs, and his editor... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) José María Arguedas is one of the few Latin American authors who loved and described his natural surroundings, and he ranks among the greatest writers of any time and place. He saw the beauty of the Peruvian landscape, as well... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) In this remarkably nuanced novel, both a gripping detective story and a passionate, devastating tale of eros and insanity in Colombia, internationally acclaimed author Laura Restrepo delves into the minds of four characters.... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) In this remarkably nuanced novel, both a gripping detective story and a passionate, devastating tale of eros and insanity in Colombia, internationally acclaimed author Laura Restrepo delves into the minds of four characters.... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Rose and Elmer have created an idyllic sanctuary for themselves and their five daughters in Mexico's Baja California desert. Out there in the middle of nowhere, blissfully cut off from the burdens of modern society, they're free... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) Soledad awakes to find herself invisible, standing in the middle of Mexico City. Is she really invisible, or have others just stopped seeing her? Prisoner of her passions--to change identity, to be the object of someone's... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) The severed head of Josuãe Nadal, floating in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of Mexico, remembers his life, friends, enemies, and lovers, and his involvement in the drug trade and the corruption frequently encountered in his... mostrar más
Más información: Responsibility: Carlos Fuentes ; translated by Edith Grossman.
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) Before his death in 2000, Rafael Perez Estrada was one of contemporary Spain's most imaginative and unique writers. He created a body of work that often defies classification, crafting fantastic realities from myth, fable, and... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) The large mastiff Berganza along with his mat-mate Cipión unexpectedly finds himself with the ability to speak. The two dogs have a lot to say and may have only one short night in which to say it, as it is unknown when this gift... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) Charting his childhood before the Mexican Revolution through his years in a Europe immersed in the Bolshevik revolution, this vivid portrait offers a thorough examination of Diego Rivera's creative and intellectual evolution.... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Between 1936 and 1939, a civil war raged across Spain. When fascist dictator Francisco Franco declared victory, he began to persecute everyone who had once opposed him. Spain became a country of secrets, where anyone who was... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Grappling with his son's death, the painter David explores his grief through art and writing, etching out the rippled landscape of his loss. Over twenty years after his son's death, nearly blind and unable to paint, David turns... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) It tells the story of a man destined to become the most powerful god of all universes (written in 1987, multiverse today) but who does not want to accept the job. Only problem? He does not have a choice.
Resumen/Reseñas: (From publisher description) One Saturday night a bankrupt bachelor in his sixties and his mother dine with a wealthy friend. They discuss their endlessly connected neighbors. They talk about a mysterious pit that opened up one day, and the... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) Testifying to the squalor and grit of contemporary Cuba, Pedro Juan Gutierrez's novel in stories chronicles the misadventures of Pedro Juan, a former journalist now living from hand to mouth, half disgusted and half fascinated... mostrar más
Más información: Responsibility: Pedro Juan Gutiérrez ; translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Banned in Cuba but celebrated throughout the Spanish-speaking world, this picaresque novel in stories chronicles the misadventures of Pedro Juan, a former Cuban journalist living from hand to mouth in the squalor of contemporary... mostrar más