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Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1976]
Language
English
Description
One of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most intricate and ambitious works, The Autumn of the Patriarch is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, the novel is overflowing with symbolic descriptions as it vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictatorship. From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator embodies at...
2) Eva Luna
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
An exotic dance that beguiles and entices ... The enchanted and enchanting account of a contemporary Scheherazade, a wide-eyed American teller-of-tales who triumphs over harsh reality through the creative power of her own imagination ... Born in the back room of the mansion where her mother toils, and herself in service from an early age, the enchanting and ever-enchanted Eva Luna escapes oppression through story telling. Rolf Carle flees Germany...
Publisher
Bogotá International Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Office worker Julia defies the jeers of childhood bullies as she vows to become a cowboy in Colombia while Phebe's worst nightmare creeps up on her in the darkest corner of the jungle. Elizabeth confronts her Cuban grandfather with the past he tried to erase, Kelly is ambushed by bandits on a midnight bus in Mexico and Rebecca must unravel the mysterious disappearance of a young woman in Argentina. Alone Together presents the extraordinary true stories...
6) Auliya
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones Era
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
Español
Description
El encuentro de Auliya, una muchacha coja en trance de descubrir la magia blanca, y Abu al-Jakum, heroe joven que busca el mar, desencadena en este libro una conmovedora sucesion de portentos novelescos.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"One of the late Carlos Fuentes's final projects, this compendium of his criticism traces the evolution of the Latin American novel from the discovery of America to the present day. Combining historical perspective with personal and often opinionated interpretation, Fuentes gives us a tour from Machado de Assis to Borges and beyond. A landmark analysis, as well as a scintillating and often wry commentary on a great author's peers and influences, this...
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
"Jorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn of The Screw and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Set on a mysterious island, Bioy's novella is a story of suspense and exploration, as well as a wonderfully unlikely romance, in which every detail is at once crystal clear and deeply mysterious." "Inspired by Bioy Casares's fascination with the movie star Lousie Brooks, The Invention of Morel has...
Series
Granta en español ; 23
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Hace diez años, la reconocida revista literaria inglesa Granta hizo una selección de los 22 mejores novelistas jóvenes en español y publicó sus obras en una colección especial, destacando a toda una generación emergente de escritores y sirviendo como una importante herramienta para promover el talento. La edición española de Granta lanzó su primera lista de los mejores escritores jóvenes en lengua española en 2010 con una repercusión...
