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| Cafe
Nostalgia by Zoe
Valdes
$21.48 Paperback,
(January 1999)
Unknown; Dimensions (in inches): 0.82 x 7.10 x 4.47
It is from Marcela that we learn
of the continuous battles fought by her friends when they lived in
Cuba as she chronicles their current hopes and desires and recalls
how they escaped from prison, censorship, and the boredom of
everyday life. They all dream of a place where, they can get
together again, and their dreams eventually will lead them to Cafe
Nostalgia. |
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| Querido
Primer Novio by
Zoe Valdes
$24.95 Paperback,
345 pgs (Sept 1999)
This is the novel of
three kids in Cuba in the seventies who like all adolescents fall in
love and explore their sexuality and their dreams and most of all
explore the hopelessness of youths caught in a closed society. |
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| Te
Di La Vida Entera by
Zoe Valdes
$35.00 Paperback,
362 pgs (Jul 1997)
Planeta Pub Corp;
Dimensions (in inches): 1.17 x
8.15 x 5.27
A teenage girl comes to
Havana in the 1950s and plunges into the low life. She meets the
suave but irresponsible Uan, who drifts into and out of her life for
years, until, as an aging couple, they meet again, their passion
intact. This lively novel, which is also a satire of the Castro
regime, won Spain's Planeta Prize. |
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| Traficantes
De Belleza by
Zoe Valdes
$17.47 Paperback,
362 pgs (Sept 1998)
Planeta Pub Corp;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.83 x 8.55 x 5.78 |
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| Cuentos
Completos Y Uno Mas by Luisa
Valenzuela
$31.95 Paperback,
574 pgs (Dec 1998)
Ediciones Alfaguara,
S.A.; Dimensions (in inches): 1.18 x 9.64 x 6.04
World-renowned author
Luisa Valenzuela presents a collection of her best short stories, in
Cuentos Completos y Uno Mas. In her stories, her cunning and
mischievous attitude about life is reflected in her writing. She
sees live as a war: the war between couples; the war of the elderly
again; the war of the young against immaturity; and many more.
Through these battles, Valenzuela raises many important questions
about life. |
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| Cartas
A Un Joven Novelista by Mario Vargas
Llosa
$15.37 Hardcover,
(December
1997)
Planeta Pub Corp;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.70 x 9.38 x 6.29
Well-known
Peruvian writer Vargas Llosa offers advice to aspiring novelists. He
outlines the structure of a novel, citing examples from seminal
works like James Joyce's "Ulysses" and Marcel Proust's
"Remembrance of Things Past", among many others. Chapters
deal with specific elements of the novel, such as style, form and
narration, character, space, time, and other techniques used to tell
a story. |
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| La
Fiesta Del Chivo by
Mario Vargas Llosa
$10.99 Paperback, 518 pgs
(March 2000)
Alfaguara;
The story of General
Trujillo's tyrannical dictatorship in the Dominican Republic during
the 1960s and the life of a woman named Urania Cabral. Trujillo,
"El Chivo" (The Goat), nearly destroyed an entire country
through his gruesome ways. Urania, having fled at a young age,
returns to confront her past in Santo Domingo. |
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| La
Casa Verde by
Mario Vargas Llosa
$16.07 Paperback,
525 pgs (May 2000)
Ediciones Alfaguara, S.A.;
One of the most significant and
passionate novels by this acclaimed author. The story develops in
different times, looking at reality from different angles that come
together with complex narrative techniques and a fluid and precise
style. |
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| La
Tia Julia Y El Escribidor by
Mario Vargas Llosa
$21.95 Paperback,
446 pgs (Feb 2000)
This comic novel, which merges reality
with fantasy, is about the world radio soap operas and the pitfalls
of forbidden passion. a sophisticated Aunt Julia is looking for a
new mate who can support her in a lavish lifestyle. Instead, she
falls into an affair with her nephew, which chocks her family and
community.
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| Los
Cuadernos De Don Rigoberto by
Mario Vargas Llosa
$10.50 Paperback,
384 pgs (Oct 1998)
Penguin USA (Paper);
Dimensions (in inches): 0.78 x 7.74 x 5.07
The story
of Rigoberto, a dull insurance executive by day, a
pornographer
and sexual enthusiast by night; Lucrecia, his second wife; and
Alfonso, his son. Husband and wife have been separated for a year
because of a sexual encounter between the boy and his stepmother.
Rigoberto misses Lucrecia and writes his memories and letters he
will never send. Meanwhile, Alfonso visits Lucrecia, attempting to
both win her love and reunite her with his father. A companion
volume to In Praise of the Stepmother. |
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| Cienfuegos
II Caribes by Alberto
Vasquez-Figueroa
$6.26 Paperback,
(October 1998)
Unknown; Dimensions (in inches): 0.58 x 7.04 x 4.42
The book CARIBES
is the second in a series of six books. It gives you factual
knowledge about the discovery of the "new world." |
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| La
Maravilla by Alfredo,
Jr. Vea
$11.16
Paperback,
(April
1994)
Plume; Dimensions (in inches): 0.77 x 7.96 x 5.31
A forceful vision of the
vibrant colliding cultures, this much-praised literary debut by
Mexican-American author Vea spins a lyrical and largely
autobiographical tale of life in a squatter's community outside
Phoenix in the 1950s. |
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| Las
Aventuras De Don Chipote, O Cuando Los Pericos Mamen
by
Daniel Venegas
$6.95
Paperback,
208 pgs (Feb
1999)
Arte Publico Pr;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.54 x 8.51 x 5.55
It is the first novel
of Mexican immigration in the U.S. Originally published in 1928,
this novel relates the odysea of a Mexican campesino in the north,
who arrives expecting streets of gold, and finds his ambition
checked by the degradation of mere survival. The riches he finds are
those of family and culture, vital forces of love and dignity for
poor immigrants made to work like beasts. The author, Daniel
Venegas, said "Los mexicanos se haran ricos en Los Estados
Unidos cuando los pericos mamen. |
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| Lluvia
De Oro by Victor E.
Villasenor
$11.17 Paperback,
648 pgs
(March 1996)
Delta; Dimensions (in
inches): 1.45 x 9.24 x 6.14
Follows the life
story of the author's mother, Lupe, whose family was forced to flee
their homeland during the Mexican Revolution, and who, despite
hardship, met and fell in love with the man who became her husband. |
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