“Writers from Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Guatemala, Mexico, and other countries represent an ethnically diverse culture with roots in eastern Europe as well as Spain. . . . The anthology incl
When the poet Luis Cernuda flees Spain in February of 1938, he has no idea that he will never again set foot on his native land. In exile in England, his former lover finds him a disheartening job tha
Not long ago, and no one knows why, Captain Scaredy Cat started to be afraid of everything (even of his own shadow). In the Blue-eyed Ghost ship, Captain Scaredy Cat has to come face-to-face with a gh
A fiendishly fun and charming novel echoing the quirky works of brilliant director Pedro Almodovar,The Altogether Unexpected Disappearance of Atticus Craftsman follows an uptight Englishman who is sen
"His tools are brilliant syntax, the ability to achieve highly powerful, recurrent images, a set of relationships between the plot strands that are more than a forced structure, and humor, a
A dangerous and passionate love affair between an accomplished tango dancer turned elegant thief and a beautiful, intelligent society woman bursts off the page in this epic historical tale of romance
A retelling of a fantastical true story: two young men seduce Nobel laureate Juan Ramon Jimenez with the words of an imaginary woman and inspire one of his greatest love poems.Jose Galvez and Carlos R
"Saer is one of the best writers of today in any language."Ricardo Piglia"What Saer presents marvelously is the experience of reality, and the characters' attempts to write their own na
“Papi’s there, around any corner,” says the eight-year-old girl at the heart ofPapi. “But you can’t sit down and wait for him cuz that’s a longer and more painful death.” Living in Santo Domingo, she
It is the year 2218. In “Villautopia,” the capital of a Central American nation, the state selects young, biologically desirable citizens to act as breeders. Embryos are implanted in males to increase
