Barcelona: Editorial Candaya, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 124p., wrps. "Brevario de pequeñas traiciones" is a novel that takes place in Lima, centering around characters whose lives oscillate between desire and betrayal, and bury what they once were. The narrative particularly focuses on telling the story of Valeria, a middle-class teacher..... More about Brevario de pequeñas traiciones
Madrid, Frankfurt: Iberoamericana, Vervuert (El Paraíso en el Nuevo Mundo; 7), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 160p., facsimiles, bibl., wrps. "Oración fúnebre a las honras del rey nuestro señor Don Felipe cuarto el grande" is an annotated transcript of a funeral sermon in honor of Philip IV, written in colonial Lima..... More about Oración fúnebre a las honras del rey nuestro señor Don Felipe cuarto el grande
Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 124p., wrps. "Degenerado" is the labyrinthine monologue of a broken man who, faced with a society that asks him to be someone he's not, instead becomes the worst version of himself he is capable of. Written by Argentine author Ariana Harwicz, who has... More about Degenerado
Madrid: Libros de la Resistencia (Colección Paralajes; 19), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 129p., wrps. "Hilachas Raíz, chajá" is a compilation of Uruguayan writer Eduardo Milan's most recent essays. More about Hilachas Raíz, chajá
Madrid: Libros de la Resistencia, (Col. Poíesis, 9), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 413p., wrps. "Consuma resta II" is the second part of a series of volumes that gather Uruguayan author Eduardo Milán's poetry, spanning from 1975 to 2013. This work particularly focuses on works published between 2004 and 2017. More about Consuma resta II
La Habana: Ediciones Abril, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 174p., photos, tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. A study on the Abakuá cult, which began as a black male religious-mutualist group and later became open to mestizos, Chinese and white people. This work specifically examines the society's mythology. More about ABAKUÁ. DEL MITO AL IMAGINARIO
Madrid: Iberoamericana, Vervuert, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. 269p., bibl., index, boards. "Envites del talante literario en tiempos áureos" is a collection of critical studies on essential texts from the Golden Age, viewed from the perspective that literature can be a game or the reflection of a cultural mood. The work... More about Envites del talante literario en tiempos áureos
Madrid: Iberoamericana, Vervuert (El Paraíso en el Nuevo Mundo), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 314p., facsimiles, bibl., wrps. "Es grande el poder de la poesía" contains the first critical edition of a 17th-century Mercedarian poetic contest, as well as an extensive preliminary study that clarifies the literary, historical, and cultural significance..... More about Es grande el poder de la poesía. El libro segundo de la relación historiada de las solemnes...
Madrid: Iberoamericana, Vervuert (Biblioteca Áurea Hispánica; 131), 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. 208p., illus., facsimiles, bibl., boards. "Literatura y devoción en tiempos de Lope de Vega" presents a collection of studies on Lope de Vega's works, including two of the most important hagiographic epics of the Golden Age. Contents include: "La..... More about Literatura y devoción en tiempos de Lope de Vega
Madrid, Frankfurt: Iberoamericana, Vervuert (Clásicos Hispánicos), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 529p., bibl., index, wrps. "Escritoras monjas. Autoridad y autoría en la escritura conventual femenina de los Siglos de Oro" is a study on texts by nuns in the Golden Age, examining ideas of female authority and authorship in literary production..... More about Escritoras monjas. Autoridad y autoría en la escritura conventual femenina de los Siglos de Oro
Barcelona: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Alfaguara, 2019. Fourth Edition. Paperback. 186p., wrps. "Malaherba" is a novel by Manuel Jabois that begins when Tambu, a ten-year-old boy, finds his father lying motionless in his room and at the same time, meets Elvis, a new classmate. He will discover love and... More about Malaherba
Buenos Aires, Barcelona: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 649p., wrps. "Cuentos completos" is a complete collection of short stories written and published by Mario Levrero between 1970 and 2003. These texts were compiled by his son Nicolás Varlotta fifteen years after his father's death. Levrero's work... More about Cuentos completos
Santiago de Chile: Ariadna Ediciones, 2018. Third Edition. Paperback. 815p., photos, table, bibl., index, wrps. In the beginning of March 1919, Lenin launched the Communist International (Comintern), also known as the Third International, a global organization that advocated for international communism. Around the world, the revolutionary movement of the proletariat... More about América Latina en la Internacional Comunista 1919-1943. Diccionario biográfico
Tandil: Editorial UNICEN (Colección Sociedad), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 117p., maps, photos, tables, bibl., index, wrps. "Buenos Aires indígena. Cartografía social de lo invisible" is a study that seeks to make indigenous people in Buenos Aires and their rights and needs more visible, using social mapping and participatory methodologies as..... More about BUENOS AIRES INDÍGENA. CARTOGRAFÍA SOCIAL DE LO INVISIBLE
Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, Seix Barral, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 243p., wrps. In "Olinka", Aurelio Blanco leaves the prison where he spent the last 15 years locked up. He was there due to accusations of fraud with Olinka, a luxury subdivision built in spite of murky business dealings and dispossession of... More about Olinka
Madrid: Iberoamericana, Vervuert (Nexos y diferencias. Estudios Cultura de América Latina), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 352p., bibl., index, wrps. "Modernidad sublimada" is a study on "sublimated" writing and politics in the Río de la Plata, examining how these sustain the cultural production of the region. The work particularly analyzes the..... More about Modernidad sublimada. Escritura y política en el Río de la Plata
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Imago Mundi (Colección Bitácora Argentina), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 203p., maps, photos, illus., tables, graphics, bibl., index, wrps. "Estudios sobre Buenos Aires. Estructura social, historia y cultura" is a collection of studies on Buenos Aires, focusing on three main axes: historical, social, and cultural aspects. Contents include..... More about Estudios sobre Buenos Aires. Estructura social, historia y cultura
Buenos Aires: Miño y Dávila Editores (Colección: Crisis Nacimientos), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 295p., illus., bibl., wrps. "El mundo en movimiento" is a study on the origins and development of the concept of "revolution" in Latin America and the North Atlantic from the 17th to the 20th century. Contents include..... More about El mundo en movimiento. El concepto de 'revolución' en Iberoamérica y el Atlántico norte...
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Imago Mundi (Colección Bitácora Argentina), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 277p., maps, tables, graphics, bibl., index, wrps. "Desigualdades y fragmentación territorial en la Argentina durante la primera década del siglo XXI" is a study on inequalities and territorial fragmentation in Argentina during the first decade of the 21st..... More about Desigualdades y fragmentación territorial en la Argentina durante la primera década del siglo XXI
Lomas de Zamora: Editorial Sudestada, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 156p., photos, bibl., wrps. "Andrés Rivera. El obrero de la literatura" is a biograhical narrative and critical study in which authors Juan Ignacio Orúe and Martín Latorraca explore Argentine writer Andrés Rivera's family, career, past as a textile worker, political militancy..... More about Andrés Rivera. El obrero de la literatura
Buenos Aires: Blatt & Ríos, 2019. Second Edition. Paperback. 230p., wrps. "Sólo te quiero como amigo" takes place in Montevideo in the beginning of the 21st century. The protagonists fall into the trap of couples with bright apartments and daily expenses. Their lives and experiences explore the place of love..... More about Sólo te quiero como amigo
Buenos Aires: De Parado, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 159p., wrps. "Diosas de estampita" is a novel centering around Queen Inanna, who violates a restraining order and goes to Ninshubar, her Hermegenetic Hair Maid, after eons of not seeing each other. As it turns out, the terrestrial beings are delirious and... More about Diosas de estampita
San Juan: Publicaciones Gaviota, 2015. First edition. Paperback. 243p., tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. This work delves into the life and works of Puerto Rican poet and advocate of Puerto Rican independence Julia de Burgos, featuring chapters on her correspondence, articles, and poetry. More about Por la ruta de Julia de Burgos : Prácticas de las destrezas de la Lengua
[Puerto Rico]: Libros El Navegante, Ediciones Callejón (Colección en Fuga | Ensayos), 2018. First edition. Paperback. 253p., photos, graphics, bibl., wrps. Essays which reflect on the Puerto Rico's battle against the construction of a gas pipeline which would have negatively impacted the environment. Authored by microbiologist Arturo Massol Deyá, who..... More about Amores que luchan: relato de la victoria contra el gasoducto en tiempos de crisis energética
San Juan: Ediciones Callejón, 2018. First edition. Paperback. 315p., bibl., wrps. This work aims to provide a perspective on contemporary music from Africa while also investigating the many developments which have spawned from Latin America through an enthusiastic and meticulous study. More about Más ramas que raíces : diálogos musicales entre el Caribe y el continente africano