Cultural Region/Latin America
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A Handful of Dust
$19.99 Add to cartSelected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, this “absolutely delightful” novel (New York Times) movingly and comically chronicles the breakdown of a marriage and the disin… [more below]
- Author: Waugh, Evelyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 11 2012
- ISBN10: 0316216267
- Language: English
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The Bad Girl
$19.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book of 2007
From Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa comes The Bad Girl, a “…splendid, suspenseful, and irresistible [novel]. . . A contemporary love story that e- Author: Llosa, Mario Vargas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 28 2008
- ISBN10: 031242776X
- Language: English
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Hugs and Cuddles
$14.95 Add to cartAfter abandoning his traditional life in a deteriorating Porto Alegre, the narrator of Hugs and Cuddles zealously recommits himself to a man he calls “the engineer”, a childhood friend with whom he sh… [more below]
- Author: Noll, João Gilberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1949641384
- Language: English
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The Loon Feather
$18.99 Add to cartThe story of an Indian girl destined to grow up with the incompatible traditions of her own people and of the white traders on Mackinac Island. One of the most popular books ever written about the con… [more below]
- Author: Fuller, Iola
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 468
- Publish Date: April 12 1967
- ISBN10: 015653200X
- Language: English
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Canción
$17.99 Add to cartFrom internationally celebrated Eduardo Halfon comes a new installment in his hero’s nomadic odyssey as he searches for answers surrounding his grandfather’s abduction
In Canci?n, Eduardo Halfon’s epon
- Author: Halfon, Eduardo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1954276079
- Language: English
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Woes of the True Policeman
$19.99 Add to cartAuthor of The Savage Detectives and 2666
Crushed by a devastating scandal, university professor scar Amalfitano flees Barcelona for Santa Teresa–a Mexican city close to the U.S. border, where women- Author: Bola?o, Roberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 22 2013
- ISBN10: 1250037824
- Language: English
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In Praise of the Stepmother
$18.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
With meticulous observation and the seductive skill of a great storyteller, Vargas Llosa lures the reader into the shadow of perversion that, little by little,- Author: Llosa, Mario Vargas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0312421303
- Language: English
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Of Love and Shadows
$18.99 Add to cartThis profoundly moving tale of love, bravery, and tragedy by New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende brings to life a country ruled with an iron fist–and the men and women who dare to challe… [more below]
- Author: Allende, Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 29 2016
- ISBN10: 1501117041
- Language: English
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Learning to See: A Novel of Dorothea Lange, the Woman Who Revealed the Real America
$18.99 Add to cartIf you liked Sold on a Monday and Beautiful Exiles, you’ll love this novel about strong-willed trailblazing photographer, Dorothea Lange, whose fame grew during World War II and the Great Depression.
- Author: Hooper, Elise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062686534
- Language: English
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Blood Red
$17.00 Add to cartThe exhilarating English-language debut from celebrated Ecuadorian author Gabriela Ponce, Blood Red centers the female body in a radical exploration of desire, choice, and consequences.
In a torrent of… [more below]
- Author: Ponce, Gabriela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1632063301
- Language: English
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Confession
$16.95 Read moreBrutal and overwhelming, Confession wrestles with the legacy of Argentina’s past and the passions of one young girl.
When Mirta L?ez looks out the dining room window, she sees a slim, self-possessed ol
- Author: Kohan, Martín
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 165
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 191386765X
- Language: English
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Time of the Hero
$28.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
The action of The Time of the Hero, Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa’s first novel, takes place at the Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima, Peru- Author: Llosa, Mario Vargas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 412
- Publish Date: December 05 2003
- ISBN10: 0374520216
- Language: English
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Elektrik: Caribbean Writing
$16.95 Read moreIn Elektrik, eight women writers from Haiti, Martinique, and Guadeloupe come together to explore, in poetry and prose, the complex nature of Caribbean existence. A single mother has an intimate encoun… [more below]
- Series: Calico #8
- Author: Coolidge, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1949641503
- Language: English
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Quiénes Somos Ahora / Who Are We Now?
$19.95 Read more«Una lengua que zigzaguea vulnera la reglamentaria sintaxis, para concentrarse en fogonazo, encabalgamiento y dispersi?n del estilo nominal. Hacia el final la prosa casi se transforma en poes?a … [more below]
- Series: Mapa de Las Lenguas
- Author: Adaui, Katya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 8439742266
- Language: Spanish
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Never Did the Fire
$15.95 Read moreWhat happens when two revolutionaries are left with nothing to believe in, not even each other?
Never Did the Fire unfolds in the humdrum of everyday working class existence, making the afterlife of an
- Author: Eltit, Diamela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1913867218
- Language: English
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La Canción de Los Antiguos Amantes / Song of Old Lovers
$20.95 Read moreLA NUEVA NOVELA DE LAURA RESTREPO
Una doble historia de amor en un mundo al borde del colapso, por la ganadora de los premios Alfaguara, Sor Juana In?s de la Cruz y Grinzane Cavour.
«Todo mito qu… [more below]- Author: Restrepo, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 8420432393
- Language: Spanish
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The Discreet Hero
$23.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa’s newe
A tale of two cities–Piura and Lima–rocked by scandal, and the disintegrating bonds of loyalty between the generations- Author: Llosa, Mario Vargas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 08 2016
- ISBN10: 1250081629
- Language: English
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Migratory Birds
$15.95 Add to cartA sensitive, stunning debut on movement, migration, and loss, in the vein of Valeria Luiselli’s Sidewalks.
- Series: Undelivered Lectures
- Author: Oliver, Mariana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: June 22 2021
- ISBN10: 194549252X
- Language: English
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Modern Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIn the 1960s, Latin American literature became known worldwide as never before. Writers such as Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Carlos Fuentes, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gonzalez Echevarria, Roberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: January 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0199754918
- Language: English
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Farewell Waltz
$17.99 Add to cart“After Farewell Waltz there cannot be any doubt. Kundera is a master of contemporary literature. This novel is both an an example of virtuosity and a descent into the human soul.” —L’Unite
Set in an o
- Author: Kundera, Milan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 21 1998
- ISBN10: 0060997001
- Language: English
