Barcelona: Alfaguara, (Negra Alfaguara) (Narrativa Hispánica), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 423p., wrps. "La red púrpura" is a crime novel that begins one summer day, when Inspector Elena Blanco leads a Case Analysis Unit to break into a middle-class family's house, heading straight for the teenage son’s bedroom. They discover what..... More about La red púrpura
Madrid: FCE, Universidad de Alcalá (Colección: Biblioteca Premios Cervantes), 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. 334p., index, boards. "Resurrecciones y rescates" is a selection of articles that covers more than 50 years of literary criticism by Ida Vitale. From her beginnings in La Gaceta de Tucumán, through her numerous collaborations during exile..... More about Resurrecciones y rescates
Barcelona: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 222p., wrps. "Laberintos en línea recta" brings together the three autobiographical stories by Mauro Libertella, forming a unique coming-of-age novel through reflections and inner dialogues on mourning, the reality of mortality, and love. The work takes place in Buenos Aires..... More about Laberintos en línea recta
Bogotá: Laguna Libros, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 94p., wrps. After four moves, a relationship failure, and the death of her father, the protagonist of "La ciudad invencible", a woman in her thirties arrives in Buenos Aires. At this point in life, she is becoming more and more aware of the... More about La ciudad invencible
Barcelona: Seix Barral, (Biblioteca breve), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 262p., wrps. In "Días sin ti" a grandmother, Dora, shares a story with her grandson Gael, a sculptor, about the path that led her to be who she is. With tenderness and rawness, she confesses her emotions to him, a young..... More about Días sin ti
Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, (Colección Áncora y delfín, vol. 1464), 2019. 15th Edition. Paperback. 242p., wrps. In "Una madre", Amalia finally sees her dream fulfilled on the evening of her 65th birthday: reuniting her whole family for dinner on New Year's Eve. The intense night is full of secrets, lies, laughter..... More about Una madre
Barcelona: Tusquets Editores (Andanzas, 939), 2019. Fourth Edition. Paperback. 286p., wrps. In the novel "Lluvia fina" Gabriel decides to call his sisters after a long period of silence, reuniting the whole family to celebrate their mother's 80th birthday, and to try to repair the old grudges that each has held... More about Lluvia fina
Barcelona: Alfaguara, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 477p., wrps. "La vida a ratos" is the three-year diary of Juan José Millás, a free, neurotic, funny, ironic, and hypochondriac writer who narrates his visits to a psychoanalyst, a writing workshop, walks through a city that doesn't stop placing him before unexpected situations..... More about La vida a ratos
Barcelona: Marbot, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 138p., wrps. "El asesino de los chanchos" is a collection of stories by Luciano Lamberti, who is also the author of "San Francisco-Córdoba", "San Francisco", "El asesino de chanchos", "Sueños de siesta", "Los campos magnéticos", "El loro que podía adivinar el futuro", and "La..... More about El asesino de los chanchos
Madrid: Ed. Laertes, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 482p., wrps. "El thriller español (1969-1983)" is a study on the history of police and criminal genre in Spanish cinema from 1969 to 1983, exploring its reflections of social and political transitions and crises. Contents include: "El thriller y los géneros narrativos: antecedentes..... More about El thriller español (1969-1983
Valencia: Instituto Universitario de Investigacion de Estudios de Género, Universidad de Alicante (Colección Lilith), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 397p., bibl., wrps. "Artistas del recuerdo" is a study on Central American historical novels written by women, exploring their implied meanings, representations of gender and identity constructions, insight into history and other..... More about Artistas del recuerdo. La inauguración de la novela histórica centroamericana escrita por mujeres
San Juan: Ediciones Callejón, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 345p., bibl., wrps. Essays which reflect on Caribbean culture as well as its representations througout history, with emphasis on historiographical investigations on Brujeria as well as economic interest in the Caribbean during the 19th century. More about Crónicas de un embrujo ensayos sobre historia y cultura del Caribe hispano
San Juan: Editorial Punto y Coma, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo, 261p., wrps, bibl., illus. Features five chapters on the aborigines who inhabited the Lesser Antilles: "Las controversias sobre el indio caribe", "Los primeros cronistas franceses (1619-1659)", "Los principales cronistas frances (1665-1674)", "Cosmogonia caribe" y "Cosmologia caribe". Revised second edition. More about Caribes: Creencias y rituales
[Puerto Rico]: Centro de Estudios Iberoamericanos, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 308p., bibl., wrps. An analysis of Puerto Rican writer J.I. Diego Padró's novel "En Babia", featuring chapters on cultural modernization, intertextuality with other writers, and representations of New York in the novel. More about Textoci(u)dad: la erosión de la modernidad en en babia, la novela de José I. de Diego Padró
Madrid: Fineo Editorial, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 138p., wrps. "Ventura y aventura de leer" is an investigation and critique on the influence politics over literature and vice versa, authored by award winning writer and reciever of the 2017 Premio Cervantes, Sergio Ramírez. More about Ventura y aventura de leer
Valencia: Albatros Ediciones, (Palabras de América, 5), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 278p., wrps. "Historia personal del crack: Entrevistas críticas" is a collection of essays that border on the genres of biography, essay, and interview simultaneously, containing literary criticism as well as investigation into the works of writers such as Jorge..... More about Historia personal del crack: Entrevistas críticas
Barcelona: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 418p., wrps. "De vez en cuando, como todo el mundo" is a collection of both happy and desolate stories by Marcelo Lillo, spinning the tales of a man who has spent his whole life living in a ramshackle car and... More about De vez en cuando, como todo el mundo
Bogotá D.C. Penguin Randon House Grupo Editorial, 2018. 1st ed. Paperback. 167p., wrps. "Mediocristán es un país tranquilo" centers around a protagonist who prepares to abandon the peacefulness of his life in Barcelona to return to his hometown after many years of absence. A return to the ghosts of his..... More about Mediocristán es un país tranquilo
San Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial Plaza Mayor, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 667p., illus., wrps. This anthology collects fragments and complete selections of universal literature from its origins to the present day. In addition to the Western literary tradition so common in a work of this nature (Greece, Rome, Middle Ages... More about Visión de mundo y literatura
Buenos Aires: Academica Argentina de Letras, (Estudios Lingüísticos y Filológicos, 12), 2014. First Edition. Paperback. 749p. More about Diccionario gramatical de la lengua española:; la norma argentina
México, D.F. Fondo de Cultura Económica, ( Col. Tierra Firme), 2011. 1st ed. Paperback. 405p., wrps. Prologue by Philippe Ollé-Laprune. More about Obras II: Tres novelas
Madrid: Editorial Funambulista (Coleccion Intempestivos), 2014. 1st ed. Paperback. 221p., notes. "Conversación con las Catedrales" unites Uruguayan writer Ruben Loza, "one of the greats of Latin American letters", with two geniuses of literature: Jose Luis Borges and Mario Vargas Llosa. The book explores various themes, including how each author imagined..... More about Conversación con las Catedrales (encuentros con Vargas Llosa y Borges
Madrid: Tusquets Editores, (Col. Andanzas; 825), 2014. 1st ed. 253p. Historical novel. Set in the Europe and America of the 18th century. By Cuban-Puerto Rican writer Montero, who has, among other works, authored "Son de Almendra" (2005), "El capitán de los dormidos" (2002), "Vana ilusión" (2002) and "Púrpura y profundo"..... More about El caballero de San Petersburgo
México, D.F. Editorial Alfaguara, Santillana Ediciones Generales, S.A. de C.V., 2013. 1st ed. Alfaguara, 1st ed., 2013, 315p. [Essay. This collection contains commentary by the Colombian-born author and long-time resident of Mexico Fernando Vallejo on a wide array of topics including the socio-political landscapes of both countries, the uncertain future..... More about Peroratas
Barcelona: Random House Mondadori, (Col. Literatura Mondadori; 377), 2008. Second Edition. Paperback. 567p., wrps. "La novela luminosa" is an autobiographical work written in diary format, by Mario Levrero, cult author of the novels "El sótano" (1988) and "El discurso vacío" (1996), and short story collections such as "Los carros de... More about La novela luminosa