University Titles: Latin American Literature

**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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**Viviendo la muerte ISBN/Cat.# 9688565059
Olguin, Jose
Mexico, 1997
95 pages
$9.95
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Vivir en Candonga ISBN/Cat.# 9592091021
Vieta, Ezequiel
Cuba, 1995
142 pages
$12.95
Living in Candonga. A novel examining how being an artist sometimes conflicts with the exigencies of life. Winner of the Union of Cuban Writers and Artists' National Prize for Novels.
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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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X en la frente, La : Nueva narrativa mexicana ISBN/Cat.# 9709147315
Homero, José
Mexico, 1995
89 pages
$5.95
X on the Forehead: Fresh Mexican Fiction. Elogies to passionate excess. Celebrations of loneliness, frustration, and angst. Testimonies to the obsolescence of college degrees and the cynical dreams of Generation X.
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**Y por qué no tenemos otro perro ISBN/Cat.# 9682997305
Ruisánchez, José Ramón
Mexico, 1997
217 pages
$7.95
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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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