Popular Adult Titles: Latin American Literature

**Tuyo es el reino ISBN/Cat.# 8483100363
Estévez, Abilio
Spain, 1998
346 pages
$29.95
The Kingdom is Yours is the anticipated first novel by this prize winning Cuban author. Set on a small tropical island, the story focuses on the memories and desires of one turbulent family. Small, seemingly unimportant incidences affect their unstable present and lead them closer to their predetermined future.
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Ultima jornada médica, La ISBN/Cat.# 9681328639
Olivera Figueroa, Rafael
Mexico, 1995
145 pages
$11.95
An ex-senator, dying of cancer, gathers his medical friends around him to discuss the mysteries of life as death approaches.
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*Ultimos días de la prensa, Los ISBN/Cat.# 843224757X
Bayly, Jaime
Mexico, 1996
357 pages
$20.95
In The Last Days of La Prensa, this celebrated Peruvian author offers a satirical chronicle of a young journalist embroiled in a burlesque drama of life.
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*Veinte jóvenes cuentistas del cono sur: Antología ISBN/Cat.# 9505811306
varios
Argentina, 1997
175 pages
$8.95
Twenty Young Short Story Writers of the Southern Cone was the result of a study of the writings of young people in which several remarkable themes reappeared. An extraordinary anthology.
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*Veinte jóvenes ensayistas del cono sur: Antología ISBN/Cat.# 9505811314
varios
Argentina, 1997
215 pages
$7.95
Twenty Young Essayists of the Southern Cone contains engaging writings by brilliant young writers on Argentina's history, society, and literature.
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*Velocidad del amor, La ISBN/Cat.# 8401010810
Skármeta, Antonio
Spain, 1997
216 pages
$14.95
The Speed of Love. A tale of maturity, spontaneity, and irresistible romance by the popular author of The Postman (El cartero de Neruda).
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Venado y el colibrí, El ISBN/Cat.# ELVENADO
Sancho, Eduardo
El Salvador, 1996
103 pages
$9.95
The Deer and the Hummingbird. A collection of poems celebrating peace by two men -- one an ex-FMLN commander, the other a prolific writer -- childhood friends who each had a hand in negotiating peace in El Salvador.
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Ventriloquía inalámbrica ISBN/Cat.# 9706510117
Samperio, Guillermo
Mexico, 1996
214 pages
$11.95
Wireless Ventriloquism. A haunting, twisted novel, based on real interviews and research, about a ventriloquist who uses real people to pursue his craft.
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Viaje a Nicaragua, El/Intermezzo tropical ISBN/Cat.# LSF538
Darío, Rubén
Nicaragua, 1984
165 pages
$8.95
An historic reprinting of two of Darío's essential chronicles. Illustrations by Tito Chamorro. Includes Index of Names.
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**Vida empieza a las tres, La/Hoy es viernes/Feria o De noche vienes, La ISBN/Cat.# 9687415916
Garro, Elena
Mexico, 1997
132 pages
$16.95
Life Begins at Three, Today is Thursday, and The Fair or You Come At Night are three stories of love, indifference, and conflict by the acclaimed Mexican author. Her talent for developing complex characters in short fiction and expressing her character's pain and hope, have contributed to her popularity.
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*Vida y amores de Alonso Palomino ISBN/Cat.# VIDAYAMOR
Alemán Ocampo, Carlos
Nicaragua, 1997
269 pages
$18.95
The Life and Loves of Alonso Palomino is the principle work of Carlos Alemán Ocampo, a Nicaraguan narrator who has played an active roll in the Nicaraguan literary scene for the past two decades.
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Vino de carne y hierro ISBN/Cat.# VINODECARNE
Chávez Alfaro, Lizandro
Nicaragua, 1993
166 pages
$12.95
Wine of Flesh and Steel is a collection of stories by one of Nicaragua's finest novelists.
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*Vuelo de cuervos ISBN/Cat.# VUELODEC
Blandón, Erick
Nicaragua, 1997
272 pages
$12.95
The Flight of Crows is a "kaleidoscope of the eighties in Nicaragua" with references to the Sandinista revolution, the displacement of the Miskitu indigenous communities, and political corruption.
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*Waslala: Memorial del futuro ISBN/Cat.# 9500417251
Belli, Gioconda
Argentina, 1996
331 pages
$19.95
Belli is one of Nicaragua's most popular authors. In Waslala, her third novel, she retells one of humanity's most enduring myths: the search for a utopia.
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Ya casi no tengo rostro ISBN/Cat.# 9684113889
Manjarrez, Héctor
Mexico, 1996
117 pages
$12.95
I Almost Have No Face. Eight satisfying short stories that represent eight distinct genres -- from humor to terror -- with fervor and skill.
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