Santo Domingo, DR: Vocal y Consanente Creativa Literaria, 2016. First edition. Paperback. 142p., photos, wrps. A collection of short stories authored by writers from the Dominican Republic, exemplifying imagination, originality, and the manifestation of Domincan culture. More
León, Guanajuato: Festival Internacional de Cine de Horror Aurora, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 64p., illus., wrps. "Relatos de Stregoicavar" is a selection of horror stories which were submittedfor the 2nd Annual "Concurso de Cuento Corto de Horror" (Short horror story contest), featuring the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of..... More
Buenos Aires: Reservoir Books, (Reservoir Narrativa), 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 208p., photos, facsimiles, wrps. "Mi vida después y otros cuentos" is a collection of theatrical pieces which form a trilogy that tells the story of children who reconstruct the life of their parents with photos, films, letters, and memories. Features..... More
México, D.F. Editorial Sexto Piso (Col. Narrativa), 2014. 1st ed. Paperback. 216p., b&w illus. "Jacobo reloaded" is a multi-layered, intertextual work that draws on religious and literary texts, most significantly a fictitious unfinished work by the Austrian-Jewish journalist and novelist Joseph Roth. Author Mario Ballatin has also recently published “Gallinas..... More
México, D.F. Fondo de Cultura Economica, Secretaría de Cultura (Colección Biblioteca Mexicana. Ser. Historia), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 276p., bibl., wrps. "Asombro y desaliento. Algunos cuentistas mexicanos" is a critical analysis of 25 different fiction authors from 20th century Mexico, ranging from heterodox authors such as Efrén Hernández, Francisco Tario..... More
México, D.F: Alfaguara, 2016. Third Edition. Paperback. 862p., wrps. "Cuentos completos" is a revised collection of stories by Uruguayan author Mario Benedetti, known as one of the best storytellers of the twentieth century. The volume includes stories from his books "Esta mañana", "Montevideanos", "La muerte y otras sorpresas", "Con y...... More
Santiago de Chile: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Alfaguara, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 223p., wrps. "El brujo" is a novel written by author of “Estrellas muertas” (2010, 2011 Premio Academia de la Lengua and Premio Municipal de Literatura de Santiago) and “Música marciana” (2008). Bisama was chosen as one of..... More
Barcelona: Tusquets Editores (Colección Andanzas), 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 276p., wrps. ''Corazón amarillo sangre azul'' centers around two women: one is an aging, eccentric and well-known writer from Barcelona who suddenly shows up to her brother's house and announces, ''I've come here to die.'' The other woman, in her forties..... More
San Juan: Editorial Isla Negra, (Col. La Montaña de Papel), 2007. first edition. Paperback. 60p., wrps. [Novel. This cross between erotic novel and science fiction is by the author of the story collections “Historias tremendas” (1999) and “Historias atroces” (2003) and the graphic novel / adult comic “Ánima sola” (2003).]..... More
Barcelona: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 106p., wrps. More
México, D.F: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, (Colección Relato Licenciado Vidriera), 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 72p., wrps. "El celoso estremeño" is a story that centers around Carrizales, a former soldier who marries a beautiful girl named Leonora. Filled with insecurity, Carrizales locks his wife away from the outside world in..... More
Lima: Editorial Planeta, (Autores Españoles e Iberoamericanos), 2016. 5th Edition. Paperback. 355p., wrps. "La distancia que nos separa" is the story of a son in search of his father, the former general Luis Federico Cisneros Vizquerra, one of the most important military figures in recent Peruvian history. More
México, D.F. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, (Biblioteca del estudiante universitario, 142), 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 142p., wrps. "El cuento mexicano en el modernismo" is a collection of short stories. Authors so dissimilar as Nervo, Rebolledo, Caballos and Díaz Dufoo are featured as illustrating the complexity and heterogeneity of Mexican..... More
Buenos Aires: Interzona Editora, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 105p., illus., wrps. "Las estrellas federales" takes place in the future, when abandoned factories leak gases and contaminated liquids, which engenders pests, genetic mutations and climate change. Storms of sulfuric acid are unleashed that provoke gigantic fires and destroy neighborhoods. Soon, mutants... More
Santo Domingo: Editora Nacional, 2017. First edition. Paperback. 93p., illus., wrps. An award winning children's book (Premio Anual de Literatura infantil "Aurora Tavárez Belliard" 2015) authored by naturalized Dominican writer José M. Fernandez Pequeño. More
Buenos Aires: Emecé, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 224p., wrps. "Los viernes. Tomo Uno" is the first of three volumes of articles by Argentine writer, translator and editor Juan Forn about writers and artists who were relevant during his time. More
San Juan: Editorial Isla Negra, 2007. 2nd Edition. Paperback. 130p., wrps. [Short stories. Prize-winning poet, essayist and fiction author Fuster Lavín’s titles include the story collections “Verdades caprichosas” (2002, Premio Inst. de Literatura Puertorriqueña) and “Leyendas de misterio” (2006, Alfaguara), the novel “Réquiem” (2005, Premio PEN Club), and the poetry..... More
Mexico: Alfaguara, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 351p., wrps. "Contigo en la distancia" is a suspense novel that follows an impassioned young couple as they attempt to unravel the mysterious cause of a suspicious accident, and simultaneously, their own destinies. Winner of the Alfaguara prize for best novel 2015. More
México, D.F: Narrativa Sexto Piso, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 271p., wrps. "Roza tumba quema" is the first novel by Salvadorian short story writer Claudia Hernández, who has previously published books such as "De fronteras" ,"Olvida uno" and "Causas natuarales" More
Barcelona: Tusquets Editores, (Colección Andanzas, 872), 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 285p., wrps. "Nemo" is the story of a man who doesn't speak -- because he doesn't want to. After wandering in search of a retreat from evil, he reaches a remote village away from the rest of society. The locals... More
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Corregidor, 2013. 1st ed. Paperback. 215p., notes. [Novel. Cuban-born Puerto Rican academic, artist and writer's most recent title. His previous publications include the novel "Simone" (2012, Premio Rómulo Gallegos), and the essays "El deseo del lápiz: castigo, urbanismo, escritura" (2010) and "Los países invisibles" (2008, 2006 Premio..... More
Madrid: Catedra, (Letras Hispánicas, 801), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 772p., wrps. "Juegos de la edad tardía" is a re-edition of the award winning novel by Luis Landero, which received both the Premio de la Crítica (1989) and the Premio Nacional de Narrativa (España, 1990). More
Madrid: Editorial Salto de Página, (Colección Cian ; 16), 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 375p., wrps. "Los restos del naufragio : Relatos del exilio republicano español" is a collection of literature by Spanish writers exiled under the republican government in 1939, aiming to provide the reader with a synthesis of the..... More
Buenos Aires: Pequeño Editor, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 40p., illus., boards. "El secreto de Borges" is an account which recounts an encounter between quintessential Argentine writer José Luís Bores and a group of fourth-graders one night in 1981, in which he tells them a story which was never written..... More
Madrid: Iberoamericana, Vervuert (La Casa de la Riqueza. Estudios de la Cultura de España, 44), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 523p., illus., graphics, bibl., wrps. "Historia de la ciencia ficción en la cultura española" is a study on the history of Spanish science fiction from its origins to the present day..... More