Santiago de Chile: Alquimia, 2019. 1st Edition. Paperback. v, 134p., photos, illus., wrps. A hybrid book full of moving scenes, located at the limit of self-fiction and the writing of memories. A testimony that returns to the experience of growing up and its metaphors. And it opens another side: how..... More about Papelucho gay en dictadura
Medellín: Editorial Universidad de Antioquia, (Colección Clío), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. lviii, map, 326p., wrps. The work presents the evolution of the natural reality of the Chocó area (the seas, the mountains, the jungles, the rivers, the fauna, the flora), as a respect to the multi-state environment in which the..... More about El Chocó, sus gentes y paisajes: vida cotidiana en una frontera colonial, 1750-1810
Santa Marta: Editorial Unimagdalena, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 172p., wrps. Taking as essential idea in the garciamarquiana work the notions of magical realism and the cinematographic movement "Italian neorealism", which circumscribes the years before and after the end of World War II (1939-1945), the text tries to guide and facilitate..... More about Gabriel García Márquez y el cine: ¿Una buena amistad?
Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes, Ediciones Uniandes, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 463p., wrps. Historical analysis on the field of editorial production led by the Colombian intellectual Daniel Samper Ortega for the realization of the Samper Ortega Selection of Colombian Literature, a literary collection of 100 volumes by Colombian authors published..... More about EDITAR EN COLOMBIA EN EL SIGLO XX: la seleccion Samper Ortega de literatura Colombiana (1928-1937
Buenos Aires: Emecé, Grupo Editorial Planeta, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 164p., wrps. "La guerra" is a collection of short texts by Ana María Shua that closely observe the phenomenon of war in its most varied forms. The work leaves no stone unturned, examining everything from trenches to alien invasions, the..... More about La guerra
Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes, Ediciones Uniandes, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 143p., bibl., wrps. "A Ítaca desde el Guaviare" is a collection of works that put the Iliad and the Odyssey alongside texts about the Colombian armed conflict. Contents include: "(Pos)conflicto e identidad en los poemas de Homero", "Narrar la..... More about A Ítaca desde el Guaviare. Viaje al posconflicto colombiano desde los poemas de Homero
Popoyán: Universidad del Cauca, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 299p., maps, photos, tables, graphics, bibl., index, wrps. "Representaciones y epistemes locales" addresses the ways in which the black communities of the South Pacific in Colombia understand, represent, and experience nature, examining different biological contexts and complex ecosystems. Contents include: "Elementos para..... More about Representaciones y epistemes locales sobre la naturaleza en el pacífico sur de Colombia
Bogotá: Instituto Caro y Cuervo (Serie Montes, 3), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 216p., photos, facsimiles, illus., bibl., wrps. "Entre Ekobios" is dedicated to exploring various aspects of Colombian intellectual Manuel Zapata Olivella's work and life. Contents include: "Entre ekobios", "Manuel Zapata Olivella", "Redes intelectuales y constelaciones", "Correspondencia entre ekobios: Manuel..... More about ENTRE EKOBIOS. MANUEL ZAPATA OLIVELLA (1920--2004). ESPACIOS INVESTIGATIVOS: INVITACIONES AL ARCHIVO
Buenos Aires: Excursiones, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 83p., wrps. "Notas de campo" explores writer Hernán Ronsino's personal journey through the different territories that marked his formation, particularly examining episodes of his childhood, his travels through different countries, and, just as importantly or moreso, travels through the books that shaped his..... More about Notas de campo
Buenos Aires: Literatura Random House, 2018. Second Edition. Paperback. 384p., wrps. More about Oración: carta a Vicky y otras elegías políticas
Buenos Aires: Corregidor (Narrativas al sur del Río Bravo, 7), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 214p., wrps. "Sur de Yakima" is a collection of stories that feature different voices that intersect and integrate through themes, plots, and situations. Author Juan Vitulli presents in these works a series of broken epiphanies in..... More about Sur de Yakima
Santiago de Chile: Editorial Planeta Chilena, 2018. Third Edition. Paperback. 325p., wrps. "Matadero Franklin" is a story about Santiago, its neighborhoods, and the way of life that was destroyed by the coup d'état. The work centers around Cabro, Mario Leiva, and their criminal origins in a violent and macho world..... More about Matadero Franklin
Santiago de Chile: LOM Ediciones, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. [176p.], photos, wrps. The work presents a photographic, anthropological and geographical work of the Inca Trail in the Atacama desert. It contains more than fifty images, maps, objects, and a documentary record of the prominent Chilean photographer Claudio Pérez. More about Qhapaq ñan Atacama: Trazado visual al camino del inka en su paso por el desierto
México, D.F. Almadía Ediciones, El Colegio Nacional, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 408p., photos, graphics, wrps. In "El vértigo horizontal. Una ciudad", Juan Villoro explores Mexico City, unfolding it like a infinite puzzle: the road shortcuts, national heroes, government, countless crowds, intake of chili, ancestral temples, and so much more. He..... More about El vértigo horizontal. Una ciudad llamada México
Santiago de Chile: LOM Ediciones, (Colección Poesía), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 446p., wrps. Anthology that brings together texts by 19 writers belonging to the Infrarealist poetic movement founded in 1975 in Mexico City, by a group of young poets. The book reveals the work of poets such as José Rosas..... More about Perros habitados por las voces del desierto. Poesía infrarealista entre dos siglos
Santiago de Chile: LOM Ediciones, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 324p., wrps. Unlike the classical-inspired economic approaches that usually analyze inequality exclusively based on the behavior of certain "market factors", this work by PhD in Economic History Javier Rodriguez Weber settles in the tradition of political economy and proposes an economic..... More about Desarrollo y desigualdad en Chile (1850-2009
Bogotá: Planeta, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 229p., wrps. "Colombia: Historia de un olvido" studies the history of Colombia as a nation, positing the idea that it did not begin with its independence in the 19th century, but is instead rooted in the social and cultural life of the 16th, 17th..... More about Colombia: Historia de un olvido. Tres siglos de un pueblo que surgió sin tirar una piedra
Bogotá: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 202p., bibl., wrps. "Los jesuitas en Honda, 1634-1767. Tomo II" is part of a two-volume collection of books that explore the Jesuits' presence in Honda, Colombia. The first two parts of these works were written by Fr. José del Rey Fajardo..... More about Los jesuitas en Honda, 1634-1767. Tomo I
Bogotá: Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia, (Col. Cuadernos Coloniales), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 168p., illus., bibl., wrps. "Escribir una autobiografia en el nuevo reino de Granada" is a study on Joseph Ortiz y Morales, an ecclesiastical lawyer in the New Kingdom of Granada during the 1700s, particularly examining his..... More about Escribir una autobiografia en el nuevo reino de Granada: Estudio sobre las observaciones curiosas...
Buenos Aires: Paradiso, 2017. Second Edition. Paperback. 104p., wrps. "Sol artificial" is a short book composed of twelve texts from different genres -- the works include a letter, interviews, academic essays, humor pieces and more. Contents include: "La carta", "El estribillo", "Histeria y capitalismo afectivo", "El melancólico grito de un..... More about Sol artificial
Medellín: Universidad de Medellín, Sello Editorial Universidad de Medellín, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 177p., maps, tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. "Ciudadanías emergentes y transiciones en América Latina" explores the concept of emerging citizenship in Latin America in the context of state conflicts, providing a vision of both adversity and hope. Contents..... More about Ciudadanías emergentes y transiciones en América Latina
Bogotá: Villegas Editores, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. 127p., maps, illus., facsimiles, graphics, bibl., boards. "Biblias" is the eighth book in a series that features the rich artistic and bibliographic heritage of the Company of Jesus in Colombia. This collection provides an extraordinary display of bibles that were..... More about Biblias
Bogotá: Editorial Planeta, 2013. 6th Edition. Paperback. 177p., glossary, wrps. Presenta los procesos de violencia urbana entre los jovenes de Colombia. Descubre las raíces históricas y culturales de una generación que se entrelaza con el fenómeno del narcotráfico, la religiosidad, el lenguaje profano y una acitud desafiante ante la muerte..... More about No nacimos pa' semilla: la cultura de las bandas juveniles en Medellín
Santiago: LOM Ediciones, (Colección Narativa), 2013. 1st ed. Hardcover. 820p., h.c., biblio., boards. [Complete works. This second volume of a two-volume edition of José Miguel Varas’ novels. Contains “Neruda clandestino” (2003), “Los sueños del pintor” (2005, 2006 Premio Altazor finalist) and “Milico” (2007, 2008 Premio Altazor).]. More about Narrativa completa, José Miguel Varas: Novelas II
Santiago: Editorial Cuarto Propio, (Serie Narrativa), 2000. first edition. Paperback. 87p. More about Cercada