Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) This is the English translation of Lucas Guevara, the first Spanish-language novel of immigration to the United States, Written by Colombian emigre Alirio Diaz Guerra and originally published in the United States in 1914, the... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (¿En Resumen/Reseñas?) One day in the life of "Senator Vicente Reinosa, a crooked politician stuck in a gargantuan traffic jam; his neurotic, artistocratic wife; their son Benny, a fascist who is quite literally in love with his Ferrari;... mostrar más
Más información: Responsibility: Luis Rafael Sánchez ; translated with an introduction by Gregory Rabassa.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) A neighborhood soccer star has a secret plan for his team's big game--a plan even more impressive than his bicycle kicks.Illustrated by Raquel Catalina
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) Alchemist and visionary, the María Magdalena of this novel by Mexican author Beatriz Escalante searches for the philosopher's stone and the secret of eternal life on a long metamorphic pilgrimage through medieval Europe. From a... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) In Makbara, Juan Goytisolo―widely considered Spain’s greatest living writer―again dazzles the reader with his energetic, stylistic prose, which he himself compares to a snake: cunning, sly, sinuous. But the themes in Makbara... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) At the heart of the novel is Tomason, an African artist living along the Rimac, who paints religious murals for the church and his colonial masters. The intermingling of his Yoruba heritage with his life in a Spanish colony... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) When Malinalli, a member of a tribe conquered by the Aztec warriors, first meets Cortes, she--like so many--believes that the conquistador is the reincarnated forefather god of her tribe. Naturally, she assumes that her task is... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Recounts the story of the love affair between the conquistador Hernan Cortez and Malinalli, his Indian intepreter during the conquest of the Aztec empire, describing her role as a mediator between two very different languages and... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) The internationally bestselling author of "Like Water for Chocolate" returns with this extraordinary retelling of the passionate and tragic love affair during the conquest of the Aztecs, between the conquistador Cortez and his... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) "Walking underground" for the first time in his life, Juan Marcos Villalobos, a freshly arrived migrant to New York City, offers his seat to a woman standing on the subway. Though his English isn't up to her rude reply, he... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) In Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea, Sergio Ramírez encompasses, in a complete metaphor of reality and legend, the entire history of his country. The narrative moves along paths fifty years apart, which inevitably converge. The... mostrar más
Más información: Responsibility: by Sergio Ramírez ; translated by Michael B. Miller.
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) 1907. Leon, Nicaragua. During a tribute which he delivers during his triumphal return to his native city, Ruben Dario writes on the fan of a little girl one of his most famous poems, "Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea." 1956.... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) This classic 19th-century Colombian novel tells the poignant story of unrequited love between Efraín and María, set against the backdrop of the lush Valle del Cauca. Blending elements of romanticism and local color, the novel... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) This luxurious translation of a Spanish tour de force, about the return of an exile to his native Barcelona after the Spanish Civil War, should captivate those who prize the elegant lyricism and complexity of Latin American... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) Martin Rivas, an impoverished but ambitious young man from the northern mining region of Chile, is entrusted by his late father to the household of a wealthy and influential member of the Santiago elite. While living there, he... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) After the death of her beloved grandfather, nineteen-year-old Maya Vidal, turning to drugs, alcohol, and petty crimes, becomes trapped in a war between assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol, until her grandmother helps her... mostrar más
Más información: Responsibility: Isabel Allende ; translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean.
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) In Meditations on Quixote, Jose Ortega y Gasset presents a powerful case for integrating literature into experience. Through a series of "essays in intellectual love," Ortega explores the aim of philosophy: to carry a given... mostrar más
Más información: Introduction and notes by Julián Marías.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Having decided to celebrate his ninetieth birthday by spending the night with a young virgin, an old man falls deeply in love for the first time in his life when he spots the girl at a local brothel.