New Acquisitions

Santiago de Chile: Uqbar Editores, first edition, 2008, 150p. Col. Novela
histórica. [Historical novel. An historical novel by this award-winning
Chilean author and playwright. Her previous work includes the plays
La pérgola de las flores (1960, Premio de la Crítica) and Retablo de
Yumbel (1987, Premio Casa de las Américas).]
ISBN: 9789568601294 $37.00

Aira, César (Argentina, 1949-)
Dante y Reina.
Ill. by Max Cachimba. Buenos Aires: Mansalva, 1st ed., 2009, (c. 1997), 91p., b&w ill. Col. Poesía y ficción latinoamericana / Campo Real; 33. [Novel. New edition of the 1997 novel, illustrated by Max Cachimba. Aira, a two-time winner of the Premio Konex, most recently published La confesión (2009).]
ISBN: 9789871474172 $33.50

Aira, César (Argentina, 1949-)
La confesión.
Buenos Aires: Beatriz Viterbo, first edition, 2009, 127p. Biblioteca Ficciones. [Novel. Latest novel from the author of Ema, la cautiva (1982) and Cómo me hice monja (1994). Aira was a 1996 Guggenheim grant recipient, and won both the 1994 and 2004 Premio Konex. His most recent novel was Las aventuras de Barbaverde (2008).]
ISBN: 9789508452351 $25.70

Allende, Isabel (Chile, 1942-)
La isla bajo el mar.
Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, first edition, 2009, 510p. [Historical novel. Award-winning Post-Boom author Allende received international acclaim for her first novel La casa de los espíritus (1982), and is considered among the major writers of Magic Realism. Other works include the novels Eva Luna (1987), La ciudad de las bestias (2002) and most recently La suma de los días (2008).]
ISBN: 9789500730969 $31.00

Andahazi, Federico (Argentina, 1963-)
El oficio de los santos.
Buenos Aires: Emecé, 1st ed., 2009, 129p. Ser. Escritores Argentinos. [Short story. Collected short stories, written prior to 1996, many of which received awards in various literary contests. By the award-winning Argentine author, whose first novel, El anatomista (1996), won the Premio de la Fundación Fortabat. He recently won the 2006 Premio Planeta de Novela for El conquistador.]
ISBN: 9789500432016 $32.20

Bardon, Sergio (Uruguay, 1968-)
El monte de las musas.
Lima: Editora Mesa Redonda, 1st ed., 2009, 219p. Ser. Narrativa. [Novel. Finalist for the 2007 Premio Copé Internacional de Novela, under the title Purgatorio. Second novel by this Uruguayan author, who previously published La conjura de los pájaros (2006).]
ISBN: 9786124543418 $38.70

Barrubia, Lalo (Uruguay, 1967-)
Pegame que me gusta.
Montevideo: Trilce, 1st ed., 2009, 167p. Col. Los premiados de Fondos Concursables. [Novel. Winner of the 2008 Premio de Fondos Concursables. By the author of the novel Arena (2003), as well as the poetry collections Suzuki 400 (1989) and Tabaco (1999).]
ISBN: 9789974325036 $26.70

Bizzio, Sergio (Argentina, 1956-)
Realidad.
Buenos Aires: Mondadori, first edition, 2009, 223p. Col. Literatura Mondadori. [Novel. Narrator and playwright, Bizzio won the 2001 Premio de Novela Emecé for En esa época and 2004 Premio Internacional de Novela de la Diversidad (Spain) for Rabia (2004). Recent titles include the novels Era el cielo (2007) and El día feliz de Charlie Feiling (2006).]
ISBN: 9789876580090 $31.90

Borges, Jorge Luis (Argentina, 1899-1986)
Obras completas 1: 1923-1949: Edición crítica.
Annotations by Rolando Costa Picazo and Irma Zangara. Buenos Aires: Emecé, 1st ed., 2009, (c. 1989), 1,119p., h.c., biblio., abbr., notes. [Multigenre lit. An extensively annotated edition of the first volume of Borges’s complete works. Contains Fervor de Buenos Aires, Luna de enfrente, Cuaderno San Martín, Evaristo Carriego, Discusión, Historia universal de la infamía, Historia de la eternidad, Ficciones and El Aleph.]
ISBN: 9789500431934 $128.00

Butazzoni, Fernando (Uruguay, 1953-)
Un lugar lejano.
Montevideo: Planeta, 1st ed., 2009, 171p. Autores Españoles e Iberoamericanos. [Novel. Latest novel, which has been adapted to film, by Uruguayan author Butazzoni. He won the 2008 Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo, and his most recent publication, El profeta imperfecto (2007), was a finalist for both the 2007 Premio Planeta Casamérica and the 2009 Premio Rómulo Gallegos.]
ISBN: 9789974643826 $32.40

Cattone, Osvaldo (Argentina, 1933-)
La intrusa.
Lima: Planeta, 1st ed., 2009, 238p. Autores Españoles e Iberoamericanos. [Novel. Latest novel by Argentine author, director and actor Cattone, who runs the Teatro Marsano in Peru. He also wrote Mirar sin verte (2005) and La casita del placer (2007). His first short story collection, Claroscuro, is forthcoming.]
ISBN: 9789972239717 $36.40

Chavarría, Daniel (Uruguay, 1933-)
Una pica en Flandes.
Navarra: Editorial Txalaparta, second edition, 2009, Premio Casa de las Américas. His Viudas de sangre (2004, Premio Alejo Carpentier). He most recently published Y el mundo sigue andando (2008).]
ISBN: 9788481365429 $38.90

Chejfec, Sergio (Argentina, 1956-)
Boca de lobo.
Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, 1st ed., 2009, (c. 2000, Alfaguara), 180p. [Novel. Chejfec, publisher of the social science journal Nueva Sociedad, often incorporates his Jewish-Argentine heritage into his writing. His titles include the novel El llamado de la especie (1997) and the poetry collection Gallos y huesos (2003).]
ISBN: 9789870412977 $34.30

Chejfec, Sergio (Argentina, 1956-)
El aire.
Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, first edition, 2008, (c. 1992), 189p. [Novel. By the author of works such as the novel El llamado de la especie (1997) and the poetry collection Gallos y huesos (2003). Chejfec, publisher of the social science journal Nueva Sociedad, often weaves themes of Jewish-Argentine culture and history into his work.]
ISBN: 9789870410003 $34.00

Chejfec, Sergio (Argentina, 1956-)
El llamado de la especie.
Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, first edition, 2009, (c. 1997), 148p. [Novel. Chejfec has written novels, essays and a poetry collection. Works include Lenta biografía (1990) and Baroni: un viaje 77 (2007). Jewish-Argentine culture and history are recurring themes throughout his work. Chejfec began his literary career as a member of the literary review Babel. He currently publishes Nueva Sociedad.]
ISBN: 9789870409991 $31.40

Chejfec, Sergio (Argentina, 1956-)
Mis dos mundos.
Barcelona: Editorial Candaya, first edition, 2008, 128p. Col. Candaya Narrativa; 10. [Novel. Latest novel by Chejfec, who often incorporates his Jewish-Argentine heritage into his work. He is the publisher of the social science journal Nueva Sociedad, and author of El llamado de la especie (1997) and the essay collection El punto vacilante (2005).]
ISBN: 9788493600761 $33.50

Coelho, Oliverio (Argentina, 1977-)
Parte doméstico.
Buenos Aires: Emecé, 1st ed., 2009, 235p. [Short story. Collected short stories by emerging Argentine author Coelho. Among his previous titles are the novels Tierra de vigilia (2000), Borneo (2004) and most recently, Ida (2008). His distinctions include the Premio Latinoamericano de Cuento Edmundo Valadés.]
ISBN: 9789500431989 $34.10

Cohen, Marcelo (Argentina, 1951-)
Casa de Ottro: Una historia del Delta Panorámico.
Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, first edition, 2009, 437p. [Novel. Latest novel by Argentine author Cohen, who often incorporates elements of Magic Realism. His previous works include the story collection Los acuáticos (2001) and the novels El país de la dama eléctrica (2004) and Donde yo no estaba (2008).]
ISBN: 9789870413318 $38.50

Consiglio, Jorge (Argentina, 1962-)
El otro lado.
Buenos Aires: Edhasa, 1st ed., 2009, 173p. Col. Edhasa literaria. [Short story. Latest short story collection by the author of the novel El bien (2002 Premio Opera Prima Nuevos Narradores) and the poetry collection La velocidad de la tierra (2004).]
ISBN: 9789876280655 $29.50

Contreras, Gonzalo (Chile, 1958-)
Cuentos reunidos.
Preliminary note by Pedro Lastra. Santiago de Chile: Andrés Bello, first edition, 2008, 242p., h.c. [Short story. Collected stories by this Chilean author, whose novels El nadador (1994) and El gran mal (1999) both won the Premio Consejo Nacional del Libro y la Lectura. He most recently published the novel La ley natural (2004).]
ISBN: 9789561319769 $40.00

Cortázar, Julio (Argentina, 1914-1984)
Aplastamiento de las gotas.
Ill. by Elena Odriozola. Zaragoza: Laberinto de Las Artes, re-edition, 2008, (c. 1964), 34p., h.c., color ill. Col. Cuentos líquidos. [Short story. Short story by Cortázar, illustrated by Elena Odriozola. Released by Laberinto de Las Artes as part of a new series of illustrated short stories intended for adults.]
ISBN: 9788461237982 $24.00

Cortázar, Julio (Argentina, 1914-1984)
Cuentos completos 1.
Prol. by Mario Vargas Llosa. Buenos Aires: Punto de Lectura, second edition, 2008, (c. 2004), 548p. [Short story. Volume one of three. Collected short stories by the award-winning Argentine Boom author. Includes the collections La otra orilla (1945), Bestiario (1951), Las armas secretas (1959) and Final del juego (1956).]
ISBN: 9789875780675 $16.00

Cortázar, Julio (Argentina, 1914-1984)
Cuentos completos 2.
Buenos Aires: Punto de Lectura, second edition, 2008, (c. 2004), 622p. [Short story. Volume two of three. Collected short stories by the award-winning Argentine Boom author. Includes the collections Historias de cronopios y de famas (1962), Todos los fuegos el fuego (1966), Ultimo round (1969), Octaedro (1974) and Alguien que anda por ahí (1977).]
ISBN: 9789875780668 $16.00

Cortázar, Julio (Argentina, 1914-1984)
Cuentos completos 3.
Buenos Aires: Punto de Lectura, second edition, 2008, (c. 2004), 427p. [Short story. Volume three of three. Collected short stories by the award-winning Argentine Boom author. Includes the collections Un tal Lucas (1979), Queremos tanto a Glenda (1980) and Deshoras (1983).]
ISBN: 9789875780651 $16.00

Cortázar, Julio; Dunlop, Carol; Monrós-Stojakovic, Silvia
Correspondencia.
Madrid: Alpha Decay, first edition, 2009, 99p. Ser. Alfanhuí; 13. [Multigenre lit. Letters and postcards exchanged among Julio Cortázar, Carol Dunlop and Silvia Monrós-Stojakovic, written between 1980 and 1983. These letters serve to develop our understanding of this Argentine author. Monrós-Stojakovic provides the prologue.]
ISBN: 9788493654047 $32.20

Cozarinsky, Edgardo (Argentina, 1939-)
Burundanga!
Buenos Aires: Mansalva, first edition, 2009, 78p. Col. Poesía y Ficción Latinoamericana; 30. [Short story. Latest short story collection from this Argentine director, screenwriter and author of essays and fiction, winner of the 1973 Premio de Ensayo La Nación. He is the author of the novels Vudu urbano (1985) and most recently, Lejos de dónde (2009).]
ISBN: 9789871474134 $30.40

Cozarinsky, Edgardo (Argentina, 1939-)
Lejos de dónde.
Buenos Aires: Tusquets Editores, first edition, 2009, 167p. Col. Andanzas; 704. [Historical novel. An historical novel by the Argentine filmmaker, author of fiction and essays, and winner of the 1973 Premio de Ensayo La Nación. His recent works include criticism in Museo del chisme (2005) and the short story collection Burundanga! (2009).
ISBN: 9789871544455 $32.90

Delgado Aparaín, Mario (Uruguay, 1949-)
Vagabundo y errante: peripecias de Pedro P. Pereira.
Preliminary words by Heber Raviolo. Montevideo: Banda Oriental, 3rd ed., 2009, (c. 2009), 174p., b&w ill. [Short story. Latest short story collection by the award-winning author of the novels No robarás las botas de los muertos (2002, Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo) and La balada de Johnny Sosa (1987, Premio Municipal de Literatura).]
ISBN: 9789974105904 $28.40

Di Giorgio, Marosa (Uruguay, 1932-2004)
El gran ratón dorado, el gran ratón de lilas: relatos eróticos completos.
Buenos Aires: El Cuenco de Plata, 1st ed., 2008, 349p. Col. Latinoamericana. [Short story. Complete collection of Di Giorgio’s erotic short stories. Contains stories from the collections Misales (1993), Camino de las pedrerías (1997) and Rosa mística (2003).]
ISBN: 9789871228607 $36.50

Droguett, Carlos (Chile, 1912-1997)
Eloy.
Epilogue by Alain Sicard. Santiago: Tajamar, re-edition, 2008, (c. 1959), 197p. Col. Narrativas. [Novel. A re-edition of the 1959 novel that brought international recognition to this member of the Chilean Generation of 1938, and author of 60 muertos en la escalera (1953) and Patas de perro (1965), among others. His awards include the 1970 Premio Nacional de Literatura.]
ISBN: 9789568245528 $34.90

Feinmann, José Pablo (Argentina, 1943-)
Carter en New York.
Buenos Aires: Planeta, 1st ed., 2009, 234p. [Crime novel. First in a series of crime novels starring L.A. Detective Joe Carter. Feinmann, winner of the 2001 Premio Konex, writes film, plays, essays and novels. He most recently published the novel Timote (2008).]
ISBN: 9789504921240 $32.80

Fernández Moreno, Inés (Argentina, 1947-)
Mámara.
Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, 1st ed., 2009, 188p. [Short story. Latest short story collection by the winner of the 1992 Premio La Felguera de Espana. Includes Carne de exportación, winner of the 2007 Premio Hucha de Oro. Fernández’s titles include the short story collection La vida en la cornisa (1993) and the novel La profesora de español (2005).]
ISBN: 9789870413332 $33.90

Fernández, Felipe (Argentina, 1956-)
La sala de los napoleones.
Prol. by María Esther Vázquez. Buenos Aires: Victoria Ocampo, 1st ed., 2009, 156p. [Short story. Collected short stories, winner of the 2008 Premio Concurso Victoria Ocampo. By the author of the collections Al borde de la Gran Avenida (1987) and Bienvenidos al club (2006).]
ISBN: 9789871198375 $26.50

Filloy, Juan (Argentina, 1894-2000)
Aquende.
Buenos Aires: El Cuenco de Plata, re-edition, 2009, (c. 1935, 1996), 190p. Biblioteca Juan Filloy. [Fiction. A collection of poetic prose by this award-winning Argentine author. His work includes, among others, the novel Estafen! (1932), the poetry collection Balumba (1933) and the short story collection Los Ochoa (1975). His many awards include the 1993 Premio Trayectoria del Fondo Nacional de las Artes.]
ISBN: 9789871228638 $29.20

Fogwill, Rodolfo Enrique (Argentina, 1941-)
Cuentos completos.
Prol. by Elvio E. Gandolfo. Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, first edition, 2009, 458p. [Short story. The complete collection of short stories by Argentine award-winner. His work includes the novel Los Pichiciegos (1983), the short story collection Muchacha punk (1992) and the poetry collection El efecto de realidad (1979), among others. He won the 2004 Premio Nacional de Literatura.]
ISBN: 9789870413240 $37.50

Gambaro, Griselda (Argentina, 1928-)
Una felicidad con menos pena.
Buenos Aires: Norma, first edition, 2009, (c. 1968), 122p. Col. La Otra Orilla. [Novel. Originally released in 1968 by this award-winning Argentine author of fiction and plays, known for her use of colloquial Argentine language. Among her works, she wrote the story collection Madrigal in ciudad (1964, Premio Fondart). A collection of her plays was published in a seven volume set Teatro 1-7 (1984-2004) by Corregidor.]
ISBN: 9789875455269 $30.60

González Bertolino, Damián (Uruguay, 1980-)
El increíble Springer: cuentos.
Prol. by Soledad Platero. Montevideo: Banda Oriental, 1st ed., 2009, 117p., glossary. Ser. Lectores de Banda Oriental Undécima Serie; 19. [Short story. Winner of the 2008 Premio Narradores de la Banda Oriental. Contains two novellas: El increíble Springer and Threesomes. González’s titles include Historia de la agresión (2002) and the novel Los trabajos del amor.]
ISBN: 9789974106031 $23.90

Gorodischer, Angélica (Argentina, 1929-)
La cámara oscura.
Buenos Aires: Emecé Editores, first edition, 2009, 204p. Ser. Cruz del Sur. [Short story. Latest short story collection by this Argentine author, who often incorporates elements of science fiction. She is the author of Floreros de alabastro, alfombras de Bokhara (1985), which won both the Premio Emecé and the Premio Konex de Platino.]
ISBN: 9789500431842 $34.60

Granata, María (Argentina, 1923-)
Desde el tiempo.
Buenos Aires: Dunken, 1st ed., 2008, 221p. [Novel. Latest novel by award-winning author Granata, member of the Argentine 1940s Generation. Her distinctions include the Premio Martín Fierro for the poetry collection Umbral de tierra (1942) and the Premio Emecé for the novel Los viernes de la eternidad (1970).]
ISBN: 9789870229858 $28.50

Gusmán, Luis (Argentina, 1944-)
Los muertos no mienten.
Buenos Aires: Edhasa, 1st ed., 2009, 157p. Col. Edhasa literaria. [Short story. Latest short story collection by the author of the novels En el corazón de junio (1983, Premio Boris Vian) and El peletero (2007), among other titles.]
ISBN: 9789876280716 $32.40

Heker, Liliana (Argentina, 1943-)
Cuentos.
Buenos Aires: Punto de Lectura, first edition, 2009, (c. 1991, Alfaguara), 441p. Col. Narrativa; 371. [Short story. Collected short stories. Contains the collections Los que vieron la zarza (1966) and La crueldad de la vida (2001), among others. Her novel Zona de clivaje won the 1987 Primer Premio Municipal.]
ISBN: 9789875781191 $28.50

Hernández, Felisberto (Uruguay, 1902-1964)
Cuentos reunidos.
Prol. by Elvio E. Gandolfo. Buenos Aires: Eterna Cadencia Editora, first edition, 2009, 348p. [Short story. Contains short stories such as Nadie encendía las lámparas (1947) and Menos Julia (1947), as well as fragments of longer works such as El caballo perdido (1943) and Tierras de la memoria (1964).]
ISBN: 9789872514051 $33.30

Hernández, Felisberto (Uruguay, 1902-1964)
Las Hortensias y otros relatos.
Prol. by Julio Cortázar. Buenos Aires: El Cuenco de Plata, first edition, 2009, (c. 1949), 220p. Col. Latinoamericana. [Short story. Contains the novella Las Hortensias and over a dozen short stories by Uruguayan author. The prologue, by Cortázar, was originally included as an introduction to the 1985 critical text Novelas y cuentos. Other works by Hernández include El caballo perdido (1943) and Tierras de la memoria (1964).]
ISBN: 9789871228706 $32.40

Ibarbourou, Juana de (Uruguay, 1892-1979)
Rapsodia de Juana de Ibarbourou: Antología.
Prol. and sel. by Jorge Arbeleche and Andrés Echevarría. Montevideo: Rumbo, first edition, 2009, 165p., b&w photos. [Multigenre lit. Award-winning poets Arbeleche and Echevarría present collected works by this Modernist Uruguayan author. Includes poetry from La rosa de los vientos (1930) and prose from Chico Carlo (1944), as well as a selection of photographs and three speeches she gave between 1938 and 1956.]
ISBN: 9789974816886 $28.40

Iparraguirre, Sylvia (Argentina, 1947-)
Probables lluvias por la noche.
Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, first edition, 2009, (c. 1993), 149p. [Short story. This edition of the 1993 short story collection contains two new stories. Argentine author Iparraguierre has received numerous awards, including the Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the Premio de la Crítica.]
ISBN: 9789870413325 $33.40

Jitrik, Noé (Argentina, 1928-)
Destrucción del edificio de la lógica.
Buenos Aires: Emecé, first edition, 2009, 129p. Ser. Cruz del Sur. [Novel. On Jitrik, a literary critic and theorist, historian, essayist and narrator whose recent novels include Evaluador (2002) and Long Beach (2006). He won the 1981 Premio Xavier Villaurrutia for his novel Fin del ritual (1981).]
ISBN: 9789500431552 $28.60

Krimer, María Inés (Argentina, 1951-)
Lo que nosotras sabíamos.
Buenos Aires: Emecé, 1st ed., 2009, 197p. Ser. Cruz del Sur. [Novel. Winner of the 2009 Premio Emecé. Krimer’s previous works include the short story collection Veterana (1996) and the novel La hija de Singer (2002, Premio del Fondo Nacional de las Artes).]
ISBN: 9789500432009 $34.60

Levrero, Mario (Uruguay, 1940-2004)
La novela luminosa.
Barcelona: Mondadori, second edition, 2008, (c. 2005, Alfaguara), 567p. Col. Literatura Mondadori; 377. [Novel. An autobiographical work in diary format, by the cult author of novels El sótano (1988) and El discurso vacío (1996), and short story collections such as Los carros de fuego (2003). Levrero wrote the critically acclaimed newspaper column Irrupciones, in the Posdata cultural supplement Insomnia.]
ISBN: 9788439721390 $42.00

Loustaunau, Fernando (Uruguay )
Emma : karma de Borges.
Montevideo: Sudamericana, first edition, 2009, 227p., notes, b&w photos, b&w facsim. [Novel. Winner of the 2009 Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo de Narrativa, by this Uruguayan author and critic of literature and art. Loustaunau published the novel Diario de un demócrata moribundo (2006), and his study of the MADI art movement in Uruguay is forthcoming.]
ISBN: 9789974683051 $33.40

Magnus, Ariel (Argentina, 1975-)
Cartas a mi vecina de arriba.
Buenos Aires: Norma, 1st ed., 2009, (c. 2008), 144p. Col. La Otra Orilla. [Novel. Latest novel by emerging Argentine author Magnus, author of the award-winning novels Un chino en bicicleta (2007, Premio de Novela La Otra Orilla) and Muñecas (2008, Premio de Novela Breve Juan de Castellanos).]
ISBN: 9789875455535 $32.50

Marks, Camilo (Chile)
La sinfonía fantástica.
Santiago de Chile: Random House Mondadori, 1st ed., 2008, 469p. Col. Literatura Mondadori. [Novel. Latest novel by this Chilean author and critic. His previous publications include the novels La dictadura del proletariado (2001) and Altiva mñsica de la tormenta (2004), both finalists for the Premio Rómulo Gallegos.]
ISBN: 9789568228163 $47.90

Martini, Juan (Argentina, 1944-)
Cine.
Buenos Aires: Eterna Cadencia, 1st ed., 2009, 195p. Col. Ex Libris. [Novel. Latest novel by Martini, winner of the 1989 Premio Municipal de Literatura and the 1991 Premio Boris Vian. He authored the short story collection Rosario Express (2007) and the novel Colonia (2004).]
ISBN: 9789872514020 $32.10

Mihovilovich, Juan (Chile, 1951-)
Desencierro.
Santiago: LOM, 1st ed., 2008, 233p. Col. Narrativa. [Novel. New novel by this award-winning member of the Chilean 1980s Generation. His previous publications include the novel La ultima condena (1980, Premio Gabriela Mistral) and the poetry collection Extraños elementos (1985, Premio Julio Cortázar).]
ISBN: 9789560000354 $18.40

Muslip, Eduardo (Argentina, 1965-)
Phoenix.
Buenos Aires: Malón Editorial, 1st ed., 2009, 187p. [Short story. Collected short stories by the author of the novel Fondo negro: Hojas de la noche (1996, Premio Editorial Colihue) and the short story collection Plaza Irlanda (2005).]
ISBN: 9789872515805 $29.60

Néspolo, Jimena; Néspolo, Matías (Comp.)
La erótica del relato: Escritores de la nueva literatura argentina.
Buenos Aires: Adriana Hidalgo, first edition, 2009, 293p., biobiblio. Serie La lengua / antología. [Short story. Collected short stories by recent Argentine authors. Also contains a manifesto decrying the state of contemporary literature. Contributors include award-winning authors such as Martín Murphy (Premio Juan Rulfo 2004), Patricio Pron (Premio Jaén de Novela), Marcelo Damiani (Premio del Fondo Nacional de las Artes), and others. Provides short bibliographies for each author.]
ISBN: 9789871556038 $33.40

Neuman, Andrés (Argentina, 1977-)
El viajero del siglo.
México, D.F.: Alfaguara, first edition, 2009, 531p. [Novel. Winner of the 2009 Premio Alfaguara de Novela. Neuman, an author of novels, short stories and poetry, won the Premio Hiperión for the poetry collection El tobogán (2002) and has been a finalist for the Premios Herralde and Primavera.]
ISBN: 9786071102263 $24.00

Ocampo, Silvina (Argentina, 1903-1993)
Autobiografía de Irene.
Ed. by Ernesto Montequin. Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, third edition, 2008, (c.1948, Editorial Sur), 189p., biblio. Biblioteca Silvina Ocampo. [Short stories. Silvina’s second short story collection, originally published in 1948. This edition follows the second, revised edition (1975, Sudamericana), approved by the author. Ocampo, along with peers Borges and Bioy Casares, co-authored the acclaimed Antología de la literatura fantástica in 1940 and were influential in the Latin American fantasy movement. Includes Ocampo's synopsis for a film version of El impostor, and information on each story.]
ISBN: 9789500729970 $29.40

Ocampo, Victoria (Argentina, 1890-1979)
Cartas de posguerra: Nueva York, Londres, París. Marzo-diciembre 1946.
Trans. and notes by Eduardo Paz Leston. Buenos Aires: Editorial Sur, 1st ed., 2009, 497p., bilingual ed., b&w photos, b&w facsim., notes. [Correspondence. Previously unpublished letters by Ocampo (1890-1979), written during a 1946 trip to the U. S. and Europe. Not meant for publication, they provide rare insight into topics like the first sessions of the U. N., authors such as Gabriela Mistral and Ocampo’s opinions of postwar Europe. She founded the literary journal Sur and was an early leader of the Argentine feminist movement.]
ISBN: 9789505800018 $43.50

Onetti, Juan Carlos (Uruguay, 1909-1994)
Novelas cortas.
Critical edition by Daniel Balderston (Coord.). Córdoba: Alción, first edition, 2009, 917p., biblio., notes, chrono., b&w photos, b&w facsim. Col. Archivos; 59. [Multigenre lit. Critical edition by Daniel Balderston of ten narrative texts by Uruguayan author Onetti, who won the 1980 Premio Cervantes among other awards. Contains a history of the texts, a biography of the author’s life, as well as critical essays. Contributors include award-winner Juan José Saer, and academics Gwen Kirkpatrick and Ronald Méndez-Clark, among others.]
ISBN: 9789876460606 $87.00

Pierini, Margarita (Comp.)
Doce cuentos para leer en el tranvía: una antología de La Novela Semanal.
Buenos Aires: Univ. Nac. de Quilmes, 1st ed., 2009, 326p., notes, biblio., biobiblio. Col. Textos y lecturas en Ciencias Sociales. [Short story. 12 short stories selected from the five hundred published in La Novela Semanal between 1917 and 1927. By Pedro Angelici, Héctor Pedro Blomberg, Miguel A. Calvo Roselló, César Carrizo, Atilio M. Chiappori, José López Silva, Benito Lynch, Marcelo Peyret, Ricardo Rojas, José Antonio Saldías and Juan José de Soiza Reilly. Introduction by Pierini and reedited with the collaboration with Osvaldo Bayer, Pablo Capanna, Laura Cilento, Gladys Anega.]
ISBN: 9789875581715 $33.70

Piñeiro, Claudia (Argentina, 1960-)
Las grietas de Jara.
Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, first edition, 2009, 250p. [Novel. Latest book from the author of novel Las viudas de los jueves (winner of the 2005 Premio Clarín de Novela). Piñeiro’s crime novel Tuya (2005) was also a finalist for the 2005 Premio Planeta.]
ISBN: 9789870412960 $27.20

Piro, Guillermo (Argentina, 1960-)
Celeste y Blanca.
Buenos Aires: Eterna Cadencia Editora, 1st ed., 2009, 138p. Col. Ex Libris. [Novel. Latest novel by Argentine author and journalist Piro, whose previous work includes the poetry collection La golosina caníbal (1988) and most recently the short story collection Guillermo Hotel (2008).]
ISBN: 9789872514037 $32.50

Pitlevnik, Leonardo (Argentina, 1964-)
Una vida con sombrero.
Buenos Aires: Paradiso, 1st ed., 2009, 293p. [Novel. Argentine author Pitlevnik’s first book, a finalist for the 2008 Premio Emecé de novela.]
ISBN: 9789879409923 $30.00

Pron, Patricio (Argentina, 1975-)
El comienzo de la primavera.
Barcelona: Random House Mondadori, 1st ed., 2008, 247p. Col. Literatura Mondadori. [Novel. Winner of the 2007 Premio Jaén de Novela. Pron is the author of the novel Formas de morir (1998) and the short story collection Hombres infames (1999), and also won the 2004 Premio Juan Rulfo de Relato.]
ISBN: 9789876580144 $34.40

Ramos, Omar (Argentina, 1952-)
El ñltimo pecado.
Buenos Aires: Planeta, 1st ed., 2009, 309p. Autores Españoles e Iberoamericanos. [Novel. Latest by the Argentine author of El cielo y el infierno (2002, Premio de Cuentos Victoria Ocampo) and La elegida (2005, finalist, Premio Planeta).]
ISBN: 9789504920113 $34.80

Robles, Raquel (Argentina, 1971-)
Perder
Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, 1st ed., 2008, 252p. Col. Clarín. [Novel. This title, winner of the 2008 Premio Clarín de Novela, is the first publication by Robles. Her novels Mariposas muertas and Bananas are forthcoming.]
ISBN: 9789870411710 $29.30

Rosencof, Mauricio (Uruguay, 1933-)
Medio mundo.
Montevideo: Alfaguara, reprint, 2009, 162p. [Novel. Latest by this Uruguayan prize-winning author, whose works include the play Las ranas (1961), the poetry collection La Margarita (1995) and the novel El barrio era una fiesta (2005). The author, winner of the Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo, was imprisoned by the military dictatorship in the 1970s.]
ISBN: 9789974953123 $33.40

Sábato, Ernesto (Argentina, 1911-)
Sobre héroes y tumbas.
Critical edition by María Rosa Lojo (Coord.). Córdoba: Alción, first edition, 2009, 1,036p., biblio., notes, chrono., b&w photos. Col. Archivos; 60. [Multigenre lit. Critical edition by María Rosa Lojo of the 1961 novel by Argentine author Sábato, who won the 1984 Premio Cervantes among other awards. Contains notes, a history of the text, a biography and chronology of the author’s life, as well as essays discussing the novel. Contributors include professors Angela Dellepiane, Silvia Sauter and Nicasio Urbina, among others.]
ISBN: 9789876460569 $87.00

Schweblin, Samanta (Argentina, 1978-)
Pájaros en la boca.
Buenos Aires: Emecé, 1st ed., 2009, 180p. [Short story. This title, the second book by emerging Argentine author Schweblin, won the 2008 Premio Casa de las Américas. Her first, El nñcleo del disturbio (2002), won both the Premio Fondo Nacional de las Artes and the Premio Nacional Haroldo Conti.]
ISBN: 9789500431729 $32.40

Sepulveda, Luis (Chile, 1949-)
La lámpara de Aladino.
México, D.F.: Tusquets, first edition, 2008, 174p. Col. Andanzas; 667. [Short stories. By the author of the 2000 short story collection Historias marginales and 2006 Desencuentros. Sepulveda’s first novel, Un viejo que leía novelas de amor (1993), enjoyed critical acclaim worldwide. Other works include the 1995 travel narrative Patagonia Express and the 1998 novela negra Diario de un killer sentimental.]
ISBN: 9786074350036 $24.50

Sepulveda, Luis (Chile, 1949-)
La sombra de lo que fuimos.
Madrid: Espasa Calpe, second edition, 2009, (c. 2008) 174p., h.c. [Novel. Sepulveda won the 2009 Premio Primavera de Novela with this novel. Among other literary awards, he won the 1988 Premio Tigre Juan de Novela for Un viejo que leia novelas de amor (1989). In exile under Pinochet, this Chilean author/filmmaker/political activist is recognized as a proponent of the novela negra and participates in the Semana Negra, held annually in Guijon, Spain.]
ISBN: 9788467031003 $40.50

Simonetti, Pablo (Chile, 1961-)
La barrera del pudor.
Santiago de Chile: Norma, 1st ed., 2009, 238p. Col. La Otra Orilla. [Novel. Second novel by the author of the short story, Santa Lucía, winner of the 1997 Premio Revista Paula. His first novel was Madre que estás en los cielos (2004).]
ISBN: 9789584522399 $35.00

Steimberg, Alicia (Argentina, 1933-)
La musica de Julia.
Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, first edition, 2008, 153p. [Novel. Latest by Argentine author Steimberg, who won the Premio Planeta Biblioteca del Sur for her novel Cuando digo Magdalena (1992). Others titles include Musicos y relojeros (1971) and Amatista (1989), Premio La Sonrisa Vertical).]
ISBN: 9789870410225 $31.20

Various
El futuro no es nuestro
Prol. by Diego Trelles Paz. Buenos Aires: Eterna Cadencia Editora, 1st ed., 2009, 270p., biobiblio., notes. Col. Ex Libris. [Short story. Univ. of Binghamton professor Trelles Paz presents this collection of short stories by Latin American authors born between 1970 and 1980. Includes work by award-winners Santiago Roncagliolo (Peru), Oliverio Coelho (Argentina), Ronald Flores (Guatemala), Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Colombia), and others.]
ISBN: 9789872483005 $34.30

Various
Los cuentos finalistas del concurso de cuentos Victoria Ocampo 2008.
Prol. by María Esther Vázquez. Buenos Aires: Victoria Ocampo, 1st ed., 2009, 108p., biobiblio. [Short story. These short stories were all finalists in the 2008 Concurso de Cuentos Victoria Ocampo. Includes work by award-winners Elvira Hernandorena, Javier Berdichesky, Jorge Carrasco and others.]
ISBN: 9789871198382 $26.50

Vitagliano, Miguel (Argentina, 1961-)
Cuarteto para autos viejos.
Buenos Aires: Eterna Cadencia Editora, 1st ed., 2008, 172p. Col. Ex Libris. [Novel. Latest novel by the author of Posdata para las flores (1991) and La educación de los sentidos (2006). He won the 1996 Anna-Seghers-Preis award for his novel Los ojos así (1996).]
ISBN: 9789872426606 $29.40

Walsh, María Elena (Argentina, 1930-)
Fantasmas en el parque.
Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, first edition, 2008, 258p. [Novel. In her latest novel, this Argentine author combines elements of fiction and autobiography. Among many other literary distinctions she received the 1995 Premio Mundial de Literatura José Martí. Her most recent work was Manuelita donde vas (1999.]