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Aquí se despliegan todos los instrumentos narrativos para honrar la mejor tradición literaria de nuestra lengua: la libre imaginación que trasciende las convenciones obligatorias para alcanzar el gozo de sabernos, a través de la lectura, habitantes de un mundo inventado.

I LOVE YOU is a collection of heartfelt poems to celebrate love, to describe the many facets of the journey to finding love, THAT WONDERFUL FEELING, the pain of breaking up, of loss, and to proclaim everlasting hope in love. An exciting listen for romantic hearts.

Si hay un hombre que todos los argentinos conocen es el gaucho Martín Fierro. Muchos menos conocen a su autor, el señorito José Hernández, y a menudo lo que saben de él está lejos de la verdad. En estas páginas su personaje, Martín Fierro, furioso y agradecido, rencoroso y querendón, nos cuenta la vida de su creador con los mismos versos gauchescos que lo hicieron famoso. Pero esta vez Fierro no canta.

On her wedding day in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1968, Rafaela Acuña y Daubón has mild misgivings, but she marries Peter Brennan Jr. anyway in a blaze of romantic optimism. She has no way of knowing how dramatically her life will change when she uproots her young family to start over in the American Midwest, unleashing a fleet of disappointments. In the 1980s, against the backdrop of her mother’s isolation in St. Louis, Missouri, Rafaela’s daughter, Ruth, wants only to belong. Eager to fit in, Ruth lets go of her language, habits, and childhood memories of Puerto Rico. I

The Moon Is Backwards traces the arc of a woman’s life from her childhood in the drought-stricken Northeast of Brazil in the mid-1940s, to her marriage and migration to help build the new capital, Brasília; from an idealistic vision of the future to the brutal reality of the military dictatorship and the constant dangers of her husband’s involvement in the resistance. Through it all, Eva’s love of cooking sustains her as she fights to build a better future for her family and country.

Un escritor que curiosamente responde al nombre de Juan José Millás recibe el encargo del periódico en el que colabora para escribir el que, cree, puede ser su último reportaje. Por ello debe pensar con cuidado el tema que sirva de broche de oro a toda una carrera.

Mateo Martinez is many things. The starting pitcher of the New York Monarchs, a devoted single father, and most recently, my new boss. When the opportunity to finally move out of my parent's cramped apartment and into his swanky home to nanny for his daughter arose, I simply couldn't pass it up. Until I made the silly suggestion for him to keep me on a three-strikes system, and I'm racking them up at lightning speed.

Chronicled in four parts, shifting restlessly between the author's childhood memories, the sudden disappearance of his brother, and the inevitable loss of his ailing mother, Late to the Search Party explores what it means to be a family of one—to be orphaned, whether by fate or by circumstance. In language that is both grounded and ethereal, Dawson tallies the losses and looks at what remains: the frustration and anger, the bewilderment and sadness—and the affection and humor that makes itself felt in spite of everything.

In San Francisco in 1866, an Irish nun, abandoned following a torrid relationship with a Chilean aristocrat, gives birth to a daughter named Emilia del Valle. Raised by a loving stepfather, Emilia grows into an independent thinker and a self-sufficient young woman. To pursue her passion for writing, she is willing to defy societal norms. At the age of seventeen, she begins to publish pulp fiction using a man’s pen name. When these fictional worlds can no longer satisfy her sense of adventure, she turns to journalism, convincing an editor at The Daily Examiner to hire her.

«El escritor intenta caminar, busca apoyarse en brazos de fantasmas, cree leer al mundo, vive y sueña de libros… y al desplomarse, vuelan las páginas que ha llenado de palabras como un reguero de piedras y piedritas. Habrá quien las deje esparcidas para que la amnesia convierta esas historias en polvo y hay de pronto el milagro de que alguien reúne esos cuentos para construir un pequeño castillo de imaginación y memoria. Puro cuento y cuentos puros, que fueron arena para volverse vidrio, ventana o espejo

In these three novellas, children navigate profound changes that reshape their families and their understanding of the world. A young boy finds meaning through soccer as his mother's illness and death transforms their family's rhythms. In Bogotá, a girl discovers her mother's sewing machine can speak, revealing protective magic woven into their clothes as they plan a daring escape. And in a story that blends reality with wonder, two siblings unlock the mystery of their grandmother's hidden identity through a dimensional window above their kitchen door.

When the death of her aunt brings Liz Remolina back to San Ojuela, the prospect fills her with dread. The isolated desert town was the site of a harrowing childhood accident that left her clairvoyant, the companion of wraiths and ghosts. Yet it may also hold the secret to making peace with a dark family history and a complicated personal and cultural identity.

A través de cien montañas es un relato asombroso y conmovedor de migración, pérdida y hallazgo; de cómo dos mujeres—una nacida en México y la otra en los Estados Unidos—encuentran que sus vidas coinciden de la manera más improbable. Luego de una tragedia que la separa de su madre, Juana García abandona su pueblo en México para encontrar a su padre que había dejado casa y familia dos años antes para buscar trabajo en los Estados Unidos.

Jo De La Cruz should be on top of the world. As one of spin’s hottest instructors, her workouts stream into thousands of living rooms, her waiting list is harder to access than Area 51, and even her hair has its own social media page. But Jo’s struggling from a decade in the spotlight—which is when she meets the annoyingly handsome journalist who claims her job is just yelling at people from a bike.

Una historia de horror inspirada en hechos reales de un crimen perpetrado en la ciudad de Matanzas (Cuba) a principio del siglo XX. En este apasionante relato, el autor refleja las amargas consecuencias de un poderoso choque entre culturas y creencias religiosas, que trata de un girón de la vida misma arrancado a la Historia.

Dramatic comedy. Cleo González believes her husband is cheating on her and plans to kill him at a Halloween party, but there are three other men wearing the same costume. Meanwhile, her sister Virginia (Woolfie) González wants to be a normal person, but how can she be, if apart from being the daughter of the González García family, she has visions with the ghost of her grandmother. As Cleo prepares for the celebration, she and other people will have a trip to the past that will help them understand the present.

The poems in Jailbreak of Sparrows reveal the ways in which the ordinary becomes monumental: family portraits, politically charged reports, and tributes to the unsung. Espada’s focus ranges from the bombardment of his family’s hometown in Puerto Rico amid an anti-colonial uprising to the murder of a Mexican man by police in California, from the poet’s adolescent brawl on a basketball court over martyred baseball hero Roberto Clemente to his unorthodox methods of representing undocumented migrants as a tenant lawyer.

Esta novela explora la vida de una familia colombiana a lo largo de tres generaciones, ilustrando cómo los temas de arte, propósito y pertenencia evolucionan a través de las experiencias de la migración. La historia está inspirada en mi historia familiar, en una recreación ficticia que comienza con Richard, un joven artista colombiano desafiante en 1900, cuya vida se entrelaza con la de Tita, su esposa. Juntos gestionan un exitoso negocio de arte en medio de la agitación política y finalmente se mudan a Canadá.

While vacationing at the Regal Isabela resort in Puerto Rico, attorney Daniel Mendoza witnesses what he suspects is an abduction of a hotel guest. He and his private investigator, Pamela Williams, investigate the suspicious activity to determine what really happened. After the trail goes cold, they both head back to Arizona where his team of attorneys are trying a wrongful death case filed against their client. Daniel, however, never arrives in court. Is he still on the case of the kidnapped guest? Or did something tragic happen?

'Ao ler o manuscrito de Ismael Caneppele que chegou nas minhas mãos, intitulado Os famosos e os duendes da morte, algo tomou conta de mim. As palavras do autor me encontraram e foi sua sensibilidade e poesia que me convidaram a adentrar seu universo. O livro traz em si sentimentos escondidos de um adolescente que vive o conflito entre ficar e partir, pertencer e negar. Convidei-o para escrever o roteiro comigo, partindo do universo do livro.