Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Tancredo, a young hunchback, observes and participates in the rites at the Catholic church where he lives under the care of Father Almida. Also in residence are the sexton Celeste Machado, his goddaughter Sabina Cruz, and three... mostrar más
Más información: Responsibility: Evelio Rosero ; translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean and Anna Milsom.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) In this collection of bilingual stories about the Río Puerco Valley, where Nasario García grew up, he shares the traditions, myths, and stories of his homeland.
Resumen/Reseñas: () Like the rhythm of the chachacha, the three short stories in this collection are marked by repetition and contrast. They all begin with the same scene, but each is the genesis of a different love story corresponding to three distinct... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (¿En Resumen/Reseñas?) A well-connected lawyer and his deranged wife die in a mysterious fire. Their fate, however, is much more than material for a whodunit. Murder, dictatorship, love, eroticism, torture, and the healing power of art:... mostrar más
Más información: Responsibility: Juan Manuel Marcos ; translated by Tracy Karl Lewis.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) In these masterly vignettes, Fuentes explores Tolstoy's classic observation that "happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." In "A Family Like Any Other," each member of the Pagan family lives... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) The true story of Guatemala’s political turmoil of the 1950s as only a master of fiction can tell itGuatemala, 1954. The military coup perpetrated by Carlos Castillo Armas and supported by the CIA topples the democratic... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) "The true story of Guatemala's political turmoil of the 1950s as only a master of fiction can tell it" -- Guatemala, 1954. The military coup perpetrated by Carlos Castillo Armas and supported by the CIA topples the government of... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) These humorous and poignant stories that illustrate everyday life in contemporary Havana will challenge the reader's assumptions about the Cuban reality. Mirta Yanez is a Havana-born poet, novelist, critic, and extraordinary... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Presents a collection of stories by current and former residents of Havana that relate tales of ambiguous moralities, collective cruelty, and the damage incurred by self-preservation at all costs.Contents: ... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) A collection of seventeen short stories, presented in Spanish and English, that examine the lives of Chicano men and women in the contemporary United States.Contents:He walked in and sat down -- Entró y se sentó -- Road detours... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) In bursts of fiction and nonfiction, Heart of Scorpio tells the tragic story of ex-champion boxer, Antonio Cervantes (Kid Pambelé), using four distinct voices that represent the personal, family, social, and public aspects of the... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Awash in small-town gossip, petty jealousy, and intrigues, Manuel Puig's Heartbreak Tango is a comedic assault on the fault lines between the disappointments of the everyday world, and the impossible promises of commercials, pop... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (Amazon.com) A forlorn psychoanalyst; a cultural historian exploring the possibility of life after death; a middle-aged couple that schedules a rendezvous with a younger version of itself; a man who compensates for his phobia of death and... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Three narrators from different historical eras are each engaged in preserving history in Carmen Boullosa's Heavens on Earth. As her narrators sense and interact with each other over time and space, Boullosa challenges the primacy... mostrar más
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Explores the philosopher Martin Heidegger's collusion with the Nazis through a two-part letter between the fictional Dieter Müller and his son.
Resumen/Reseñas: (WorldCat) Publisher's description: Jesusa is a tough, fiery character based on a real working-class Mexican woman whose life spanned some of the seminal events in early twentieth-century Mexican history. Having joined a cavalry unit during... mostrar más
Más información: Responsibility: Elena Poniatowska ; translated from the Spanish by Deanna Heikkinen.
Resumen/Reseñas: (BOOK JACKET) Based on Josefina Borquez, a working-class woman whose difficult life spanned some of the seminal events in early-twentieth-century Mexican history, Poniatowska's Jesusa is a tough, coarse-mouthed, cantankerous character who... mostrar más