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El autor peruano--ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura-- presenta una autobiografía intelectual que explora las influencias seminales en su pensamiento.…
Incluye a Adam Smith, José Ortega y Gasset, Karl Popper, Raymond Aron, Isaiah Berlin, y Jean-François Revel
A collection of personal and critical texts by the Spanish novelist. Includes "La biblioteca invasora," "Mi libro favorito," and "De…
no haber nacido." Edited by Margaret Jull Costa and Alexis Grohmann. Spanish language. 2018
A history of the main events that have occurred since Spain's origins and up through the end of the Transition,…
with a subjective view. Originally written over the course of more than four years in the "Patente de corso" column for XL Semanal. Spanish language. 2019
La popular autora de libros para niños recuerda su infancia en Cuba. Contiene tres libros: "Allá donde florecen los framboyanes"…
(1994), "Bajo las palmas reales" (1998), y "Días en la Quinta Simoni" (2015). Para grados 5-8 y lectores mayores
A collection of true stories and literary reflections spanning three decades, which together form an autobiography in the style of…
a jigsaw puzzle, from the Mexican-American author of La Casa en Mango Street (DB 50975). Translated from English. Strong language. Spanish language. 2016
An anthology of sixty-three contemporary short stories from across Latin America. Includes contributions from Ignacio Padilla, Jorge Volpi, Pedro Ángel…
Palou, Cristina Civale, Daína Chaviano, and Daniel Sada. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2001
A collection of classic short stories from world literature that explores the theme of the solitude of women. Includes selections…
from Katherine Mansfield, Flannery O'Connor, John Cheever, Nuria Barrios, and Carlos Fuentes. With a prologue by Marcela Serrano. Spanish language. 2002
Anthology of stories by authors born and raised in the United States, together with those that have immigrated to this…
country. Includes "Naranjas" by Ángela McEwan-Alvarado, "Un poco de todo" by Rolando Hinojosa, and "La tejedora de palabras" by Rima de Vallbona. With questions and composition themes for students. Spanish language. 1993
El autor ganador del Premio Nobel explora la banalización del arte y la literatura en nuestra sociedad. Vargas Llosa postula…
que, en el pasado, la cultura era una especie de conciencia que impedía dar la espalda a la realidad; ahora, actúa como mecanismo de distracción y entretenimiento
Colección de los escritos de la monja y poetisa Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), cuya obra se considera…
el comienzo de la literatura mexicana. Incluye sonetos, redondillas, romances, junto con la carta autobiográfica "Respuesta a Sor Filotea"
An anthology of contemporary short stories from across the Spanish-speaking world. Includes works from Edmundo Paz Soldán, Karla Suárez, Eduardo…
Antonio Parra, and Alejandra Costamagna. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2012
En su último libro publicado antes de su muerte en 2012, el autor mexicano premiado ofrece una historia de la…
novela en las Américas. Al explorar las obras de autores como Machado de Assis, Rómulo Gallegos, Jorge Luis Borges, así como sus contemporáneos Mario Vargas Llosa y Gabriel García Márquez, y otros escritores del post-boom, Fuentes propone una reflexión sobre la historia del arte literario de la región
Chilean author compiles selections from her novels that deal with the various facets of love, including first love, passion, jealousy,…
magic, and maturity. Strong language and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2012
Collection of poems by Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) inspired by the gypsy rhythms of his native Andalusia. Includes "Romance de…
la Luna," "Romance Sonámbulo," "La Casada Infiel," and "Muerto de Amor." Spanish language. 1928
El novelista ofrece una reminiscencia y guía descriptiva de San Juan, Puerto Rico. A través de la historia personal, la…
arquitectura, y la cultura popular, evoca la capital de "la isla del encanto." Prólogo de Antonio Skármeta
Fifteen short stories by Spanish and Latin American authors that evoke travel by car, truck, bus, airplane, boat, motorcycle, or…
bicycle. Includes works by Benedetti, Cortazár, García Márquez, Pérez-Reverte, and others. Some strong language. Spanish language. 2010
Selección de poesía de las Américas, con ejemplos de las épocas precolombina, colonial y modernista. Las obras poéticas del siglo…
veinte se dividen por país de origen y incluye poetas tales como Neruda, Andrade, Borges, Galindo, Asturias, Paz, Burgos, Benedetti, y Ibarbourou
An international selection of short stories dealing with the many facets of married life, with themes of love, jealousy, communication,…
deception, and transformation. Includes works by Mario Benedetti, Giovanni Boccaccio, Carlos Fuentes, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Katherine Mansfield, Guy de Maupassant, and Leo Tolstoy. Spanish language. 2010
A selection of public discourses delivered between 1944 and 2007 by Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez, author of Cien Años…
de Soledad (DB 60988). Includes his 1982 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, "The Solitude of Latin America." Edited by Cristóbal Pera. Spanish language. 2010
Amid the celebrity culture at the Cannes Film Festival, wealthy Russian businessman Igor Malev transforms himself into a killer to…
get his ex-wife Ewa's attention. Igor believes their relationship to be preordained and is prepared to destroy whole worlds for Ewa's love. Violence. Spanish language. 2009