University Titles: Latin American Literature

Dios para Cordelia, Un ISBN/Cat.# 9686321152
Toro, Malú Huacuja del
Mexico, 1995
238 pages
$12.95
A God for Cordelia. The story of a popular, tone-deaf crooner who lives in a world where Man created God, and an "impostor" divinity who on the first day created pavement. A fascinating portrait of a bizarre reality, hauntingly reminiscent of Mexico City.
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Disco duro: Cuentos con Walkman 2 ISBN/Cat.# 9562471500
varios
Chile, 1995
306 pages
$24.95
Hard Disk presents the very best selections from Zona de Contacto, a literary supplement for young people in the Chilean paper El Mercurio. A Greatest Hits collection featuring stories, interviews, columns, and humor. (Sequel to Cuentos con Walkman, this section.
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**Disparos, Los ISBN/Cat.# 976815649X
Stanley, Avelino
Dominican Republic, 1998
73 pages
$10.95
The Gunshots. Twelve stories that convey the reality of the neighbourhood, its survival and the fanaticism that turns every social activity into dogma. Avelino Stanley (Santo Domingo 1959) is one of the Dominican Republic's most esteemed contemporary voices.
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**Doce cuentos peregrinos ISBN/Cat.# 8401242312
García Márquez, Gabriel
Spain, 1998
223 pages
$7.95
Twelve Pilgrim Stories is a new book of twelve short stories by García Márquez. In these short stories Márquez has traveled outside of Macondo, the fictional Colombian town which has been the setting of most of his stories and novels, to Europe.
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Donde ellos vivían ISBN/Cat.# 9682987563
Driben, Lelia
Mexico, 1996
120 pages
$12.95
Where They Lived is a new series of short narratives, brilliantly woven into a unified whole, depicting the multifaceted reality of today's Argentine plain.
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*Donde habitan los ángeles ISBN/Cat.# 9687791195
Celis, Claudia
Mexico, 1997
124 pages
$11.95
Where Angels Dwell is a moving novelistic testimony in which the reader is presented with a moving, contemporary Mexican portrayal of death, loss, and recovery. Finalist in the Gran Aguilar Prize for narrative.
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*Dos fantasías memorables/Modulo para la muerte, Un ISBN/Cat.# 9500418320
Borges, J.L. & Casares, A.B.
Argentina, 1998
126 pages
$14.95
Two Memorable Fantasies is the wonderful collaboration of two great literary minds working together, Borges and Bioy Casares. Together they are known as Bustos Domecq and Two Memorable Fantasies is memorable indeed.
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**Dos machazos mujeriegos ISBN/Cat.# 8489539723
Pérez, Mario Emilio
Dominican Republic, 1998
190 pages
$17.95
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**Dueño del mar, El ISBN/Cat.# 9681654862
Sarney, José
Mexico, 1997
348 pages
$16.95
The Lord of the Sea is a brilliant new translation of this contemporary Brazilian novel centered around the mystical world of fishermen on the Brazilian coast. Sarney's powerful and eloquent prose is skillfully blends legend and reality.
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**Duendes en la noche ISBN/Cat.# 848953960X
Phipps Cueto, Miguel
Dominican Republic, 1998
86 pages
$12.95
Owners of the Night is a remarkable collection of stories reflecting the culture and daily life of the people of the Dominican Republic.
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*Dulce compañía ISBN/Cat.# 9700507394
Restrepo, Laura
Mexico, 1997
215 pages
$15.95
Sweet Company. A magnificent novel from this Colombian author, written in the form of a journalistic report about an angel's apparition, and the violence which shook a Bogotá neighborhood.
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**Elefante y otros relatos extraños ISBN/Cat.# 8489539596
Almánzar, Armando
Dominican Republic, 1997
104 pages
$14.95
The Elephant and Other Strange Tales A collection of colloquial stories humorously written by an award-winning (Premio Nacional de Literatura) Dominican narrator.
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*Ella amaba el tango ISBN/Cat.# 9700508692
Garrido, Manuel S.
Mexico, 1998
205 pages
$14.95
She Loved the Tango is a Chilean novel about love, dance, and passion in the forties and fifties, when the Tango was at a highpoint.
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*Ella cantaba boleros ISBN/Cat.# 0679768475
Cabrera Infante, Guillermo
USA, 1996
309 pages
$14.95
Cabrera Infante's She Sang Boleros is an essential work from this prize-winning and highly esteemed Cuban novelist.
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En busca de Moyocoyani ISBN/Cat.# 9686295194
Orea Marín, Augusto
Mexico, 1995
335 pages
$15.95
In Search of Moyocoyani. A gripping archaeological thriller set in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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**En busca de un final feliz ISBN/Cat.# 968299781X
Valencia, Jorge
Mexico, 1997
111 pages
$7.95
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En el tiempo de las mariposas ISBN/Cat.# 9500814463
Alvarez, Julia
Argentina, 1998
317 pages
$18.95
In Butterfly Time. The new novel by the Dominican author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accent. Nominated a Notable Book of 1995 by the American Library Association.
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**En este lugar sagrado ISBN/Cat.# 9700509621
Délano, Poli
Mexico, 1998
236 pages
$14.95
+In This Sacred Place is Poli Delano's most significant and powerful novel. The author uses both humor and tragedy to communicate his social criticism and commentary of Chile's recent history during the fall of the Allende government.
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**En nuestros ojos ISBN/Cat.# 9688344621
Ramírez, Andrés
Mexico, 1997
46 pages
$8.95
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Enseñanzas de Don Juan ISBN/Cat.# 9681601696
Castaneda, Carlos
Mexico, 1997
303 pages
$15.95
Carlos Casteneda's classic work: The Teachings of Don Juan.
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*Erótica: Antología de cuentos (43 narradores en Jalisco) ISBN/Cat.# 9684099886
Levy, Elsa
Mexico, 1997
418 pages
$20.95
Erotica: Anthology of Stories is an excellent collection of erotic writings by several supurb authors from the Mexican state of Jalisco.
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Era del miedo, La ISBN/Cat.# ERADELMIED
Domínguez, Mario
El Salvador, 1995
172 pages
$9.95
The Age of Fear is the first book of short stories by this Salvadorean author. Includes drawings.
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**Escritos varios sobre arte y poesía ISBN/Cat.# 9972663051
Westphalen, Emilio Adolfo
Mexico, 1996
435 pages
$25.95
Various Essays On Art and Poetry offers the essential critical essays of this renowned Peruvian poet and editor.
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**Espantosa muerte del barón de Shitland, La ISBN/Cat.# 9591003412
Correa, Arnaldo
Cuba, 1997
157 pages
$10.95
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Esquina es mi corazón, La: Crónica urbana ISBN/Cat.# 9562600696
Lemebel, Pedro
Chile, 1995
90 pages
$11.95
The Corner Is My Heart: An Urban Chronicle is a collection of short stories and essays that capture the modern spirit. Lemebel is a Chilean author, visualist, and performance artist.
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**Estas oscuras presencias de todos los días ISBN/Cat.# ESTASOSCURAS
Marcallé Abreu, Roberto
1998
229 pages
$22.95
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Este lado de la mesa ISBN/Cat.# 9682933870
Armengol, Nuria
Mexico, 1991
95 pages
$12.95
This Side of the Table. A recent novel by Nuria Armengol.
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**Estrella portátil, La ISBN/Cat.# 9682998654
Israel Carranza, José
Mexico, 1997
101 pages
$7.95
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**Evangelio según Jesucristo, El ISBN/Cat.# 8420484423
Saramago, José
Mexico, 1998
514 pages
$29.95
In The Gospel According to Jesus Christ this Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese author interrogates, questions, and challenges religion and the figurehead whose laws dictate much of society.
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**Extraño en el puerto, Un ISBN/Cat.# 9681904478
Vásconez, Javier
Mexico, 1998
153 pages
$10.95
The seven short stories in A Stranger at the Port display the intense, exact, and subversive prose of one of Ecuador's most important contemporary writers.
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Fábulas oscuras ISBN/Cat.# 968365164X
Esquina, Bernardo
Mexico, 1996
96 pages
$6.95
Dark Fables. Curiously captivating mythical fantasies.
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Fútbol, El: A sol y sombra ISBN/Cat.# 9682319714
Galeano, Eduardo
Mexico, 1995
271 pages
$16.95
Soccer, Rain or Shine is a collection of essays by the famed Uruguayan author about the region's favorite sport.
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Fascinación de la memoria ISBN/Cat.# 9591001517
Lezama Lima, José
Cuba, 1994
341 pages
$15.95
Fascination of Memory offers the gathered texts of the great Cuban writer José Lezama Lima with commentary by Cintio Vitier.
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*Fe de vida ISBN/Cat.# 959100172X
Loynaz, Dulce María
Mexico, 1997
198 pages
$16.95
Faith of Life. The great Cuban writer, Dulce María Loynaz, tells the story of her husband, Pablo Alvarez de Cañas, his life, work, and contributions to Cuban history.
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Ficcionario: Una antología de sus textos ISBN/Cat.# 9681620283
Borges, Jorge Luís
Mexico, 1997
483 pages
$19.95
Fictionary. A selected anthology of the short stories by this great Argentine author.
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Filosofía para inconformes ISBN/Cat.# 9683913016
Borbolla, Oscar de la
Mexico, 1996
107 pages
$7.95
Philosophy for Nonconformists. A fatalistic but insightful guide to thinking about life for pessimists and rebels.
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**Flores negras ISBN/Cat.# 9681904362
Fuentes, Vilma
Mexico, 1998
265 pages
$12.95
This celebrated Mexican author brings us Black Flowers, a daring novel that challenges the absurd politics of a country that pretends to be democratic. It is a revealing character sketch of political power and those who hold it: politicians, journalists, intellectuals, and the upper class.
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Frágil cordura, La ISBN/Cat.# 9683643280
Mansour, Mónica
Mexico, 1996
101 pages
$9.95
Fragile Wisdom. Captivating stories that portray the visible world as a false front behind which mystical forces hold sway.
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**Francesa del café de Tacuba, La ISBN/Cat.# 9706331352
Prieto, Francisco
Mexico, 1998
304 pages
$18.95
Gabriel Sanz is wrongfully accused of the murder of The Frenchwoman from the Tabuca Café. A few decades later an industrialist confesses to the crime and offers all of his fortune to Sanz who is now a Dominican monk. An intriguing novel by the well known Mexican author.
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*Frivolidad ISBN/Cat.# 9507426116
Forn, Juan
Argentina, 1998
288 pages
$21.95
Frivolity is an original and beautifully constructed, contemporary novel by this up-and-coming Argentine writer, journalist, and essayist.
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**Funerales de la mamá grandre, Los ISBN/Cat.# 840142755X
García Márquez, Gabriel
Spain, 1998
166 pages
$7.95
The Funerals of Big Mama is a remarkable collection of seven short stories and one novella by Nobel prize winning Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez.
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*General, el pintor y la dama, El ISBN/Cat.# 9507427724
Miguel, María Ester de
Argentina, 1998
320 pages
$24.95
The General, the Painter, and the Lady is a moving portrait of love, desire, and rivalry in the oppressive years of the Rosas regime in Argentina.
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**General en su laberinto, El ISBN/Cat.# 8401427533
García Márquez, Gabriel
Spain, 1998
288 pages
$7.95
The General in His Labyrinth is a fictionalized account of the last days of Simón Bolívar's life by Colombia's award winning author. García Márquez combines reality and historical accounts with fantasy to illuminate the man who is considered to be Latin America's liberator.
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Gente al acecho ISBN/Cat.# 9562470822
Collyer, Jaime
Chile, 1995
194 pages
$20.95
People On the Lookout is a collection of stories with a broad spectrum of places and themes, including Egyptian pharoahs, Freud's Vienna, cannibalism in the Amazon, and Soviet chess. Winner of several Chilean literary awards.
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Gramática fantástica ISBN/Cat.# 9683646646
Renán, Raul
Mexico, 1996
163 pages
$7.95
A Fantastical Grammar. An interesting, anecdotal celebration of words, and life.
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Gravísima, altisonante, mínima, dulce e imaginada historia ISBN/Cat.# LSFGRAVISIMA
Kijadurias, Alfonso
El Salvador, 1993
151 pages
$12.95
Serious, Loud, Minimal, Sweet, and Fantastic Stories. A collection of pieces that runs the gamut -- from poems to jokes to short stories to meditations.
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Guatemala: Las líneas de su mano ISBN/Cat.# LSF423
Cardoza y Aragón, Luis
Nicaragua, 1985
340 pages
$12.95
Guatemala: The Lines of Her Palm. A work without precedent, charged with metaphor, by one of Guatemala's best-known authors. A classic to be enjoyed and marveled over.
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Héroe de las mujeres, El ISBN/Cat.# 9500402181
Bioy Casares, Adolfo
Argentina, 1994
192 pages
$12.95
The Women's Hero is a collection of short stories by this popular Argentine author who reminds readers not to "forget that the hero of men is not the hero of women."
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Habana elegante, La ISBN/Cat.# 959209036X
Arango, Arturo
Cuba, 1995
85 pages
$6.95
Elegant Havana. A triptych of short fiction portraying the benevolence and cruelty of daily life in Cuba's capital city.
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Habanera de Alberto García ISBN/Cat.# 9590201695
Fanjul, Serafín
Cuba, 1995
217 pages
$10.95
A novel that examines the cultural idiosynchracies, trials, and tribulations of the Caribbean region using vivid imagery and evocative language.
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