Cultural Region/Latin America
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The Year I Went Away
$20.00 Add to cartJulio Von Artens, after self-destructing his marriage and career in finance, is left with fourteen days to find a new place to live. Adrift in Buenos Aires, the city of fury, he takes up residence in
- Author: Schneider, Jorge
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1732576653
- Language: English
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Poso Wells
$14.95 Add to cartCelebrated Ecuadorian author Gabriela Alemç–£’s first work to appear in English: a noir, feminist eco-thriller in which venally corrupt politicians and greedy land speculators finally get their just c
- Author: Alemán, Gabriela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 21 2018
- ISBN10: 0872867552
- Language: English
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Dom Casmurro
$24.99 Add to cart“A palm tree, seeing me troubled and divining the cause, murmured in its branches that there was nothing wrong with fifteen-year old boys getting into corners with girls of fourteen; quite the contrar… [more below]
- Series: Library of Latin America
- Author: Machado De Assis, Joaquim Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 10 1998
- ISBN10: 0195103092
- Language: English
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The Friendly Persuasion
$14.95 Add to cartA quintessential American heroine, Eliza Birdwell is a wonderful blend of would-be austerity, practicality, and gentle humor when it comes to keeping her faith and caring for her family and community…. [more below]
- Author: West, Jessamyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: May 06 2011
- ISBN10: 015602909X
- Language: English
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Dislocations
$15.95 Read moreHow do you keep a friendship intact, when Alzheimer’s has stolen the common ground of language, memory, and experience, that unites you?
In brief, sharply drawn moments, Sylvia Molloy’s Dislocations re
- Author: Molloy, Sylvia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 89
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1913867358
- Language: English
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Here Be Icebergs
$15.95 Read moreThe weird, fetid, familiar discomfort of family is front and centre in these short stories of all the ways we remain a mystery to each other.
The mysteries of kinship (families born into and families m
- Author: Adaui, Katya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 133
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1913867196
- Language: English
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Confesión
$16.95 Read moreBrutal y sobrecogedora, una novela con la dictadura argentina como tel?n de fondo.
Tres historias que forman parte de una misma historia. En 1941, en una ciudad de provincias argentina, una ni?a con
- Author: Kohan, Mart?n
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1913867676
- Language: Spanish
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The Story of the Night
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the award-winning author of Brooklyn and The Master, a powerful, brave, and moving novel set in Argentina.
In Argentina, in the time of the Generals, the streets are empty at night, and people ha- Author: Toibin, Colm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: May 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0743272714
- Language: English
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The News from Paraguay
$16.99 Add to cart“Brimming with rich descriptions of a beautiful country….The News From Paraguay evolves from a quirky, elegant tale of an unconventional love affair into a sweeping epic.” — Fort Worth Star-Telegra
- Author: Tuck, Lily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: June 09 2022
- ISBN10: 0060934867
- Language: English
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Third Reich
$21.99 Add to cartA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
On vacation with his girlfriend, Ingeborg, the German war-game champion Udo Berger returns to a small town on the Costa Brava where he spent his summers as- Author: Bola?o, Roberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 27 2012
- ISBN10: 1250013933
- Language: English
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House of Mist
$19.99 Add to cartHouse of Mist stands as one of the first South American novels written in the style that was later called magical realism. Of this story of a young bride struggling with her marriage to an aloof lando
- Series: FSG Classics
- Author: Bombal, Maria Luisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 16 2008
- ISBN10: 0374531366
- Language: English
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War of the End of the World
$38.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
Deep within the remote backlands of nineteenth-century Brazil lies Canudos, home to all the damned of the earth: prostitutes, bandits, beggars, and every kind o- Author: Llosa, Mario Vargas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: July 22 2008
- ISBN10: 0312427980
- Language: English
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The World We Found
$19.99 Add to cart“Stunning . . . . This is a novel that rewards reading, and even re-reading. The World We Found is a powerful meditation.” —Boston Globe
Thrity Umrigar, acclaimed author of The Space Between Us and Th
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Umrigar, Thrity
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0061938351
- Language: English
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Of Cattle and Men
$16.95 Read moreAnimals go mad and men die (accidentally and not) at a slaughterhouse in an impoverished, isolated corner of Brazil.
In a landscape worthy of Cormac McCarthy, the river runs septic with blood. Edgar Wi
- Author: Maia, Ana Paula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 99
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1913867498
- Language: English
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Postman (Il Postino)
$18.99 Add to cartThe unforgettable inspiration for the Academy Award-winning Il Postino, this classic novel established Antonio Skç–µmeta’s reputation as “one of the most representative authors of the post-boom genera… [more below]
- Author: Skármeta, Antonio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0393330397
- Language: English
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Portrait of an Unknown Lady
$15.95 Read moreA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
New York Times Notable author Mar僘 Gainza, who dazzled critics with Optic Nerve, returns with the captivating story of an auction house employee on the tra- Author: Gainza, Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 1646221753
- Language: English
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Bring Me Your Love
$19.99 Add to cart“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”–Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author
“He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”–Leonard Cohen, songwriter
Charles Bukowski’s acerbic wit shines through
- Author: Bukowski, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 16
- Publish Date: May 31 2002
- ISBN10: 0876856067
- Language: English
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Dreamtigers
$16.95 Add to cartDreamtigers has been heralded as one of the literary masterpieces of the twentieth century by Mortimer J. Adler, editor of Great Books of the Western World. It has been acknowledged by its author as h
- Series: Texas Pan American
- Author: Borges, Jorge Luis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 01, 1964
- ISBN10: 0292715498
- Language: English
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Contradeseo / Counter-Desire
$19.95 Read more«Una novela sobre la cara m?s oscura de la amistad, los complicados caminos del deseo y las miserias dom?sticas. Claustrof?bica e intensa . Pilar Quintana
Despu?s de terminar con su pareja y tir- Series: Mapa de Las Lenguas
- Author: Esquivel, Gloria Susana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 6287638214
- Language: Spanish
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The General in His Labyrinth
$18.00 Add to cartGeneral Simon Bolivar, the Liberator of five South American countries, takes a last melancholy journey down the Magdalena River, revisiting cities along its shores, and reliving the triumphs, passions… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: García Márquez, Gabriel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 07 2003
- ISBN10: 1400034701
- Language: English
