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121) Mejico
Author
Publisher
Seix Barral Biblioteca Breve
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"En Méjico, Antonio Ortuño cuenta dos historias que cruzan el Atlántico: la aventura de los milicianos que huyeron a México luego del fracaso de la causa republicana y una historia familiar. Con elementos de thriller y un tratamiento histórico tan ácido como original, en esta novela--traducida al alemán y el francés--Antonio Ortuño desromantiza el exilio español y nos muestra una cara nunca vista. Omar sale de su escondite debajo del camastro...
Author
Publisher
Miami, Florida
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"This is the story of a man, three women, a revolution, and a treasure. An approach to the Mexican revolution in the times of Emiliano Zapata and Francisco Villa, and to the fifteen thousand gold coins of twenty pesos (the 'Maximilianos'), that were stolen from a bank in Ciudad Juárez on May 8, 1911. The man's name was Martín Garret Ortiz and he was a young Spanish mining engineer. It all changed for him that May 8th, when he heard a distant shot...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2009
Language
Español
Description
An American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist, and a teenage student interact in an urban community on the U.S.-Mexico border where hundreds of young factory workers have disappeared.
"Cuatro académicos tras la pista de un enigmático escritor alemán; un periodista de Nueva York en su primer trabajo en México; un filósofo viudo; un detective de policía enamorado de una esquiva mujer--estos son algunos de los personajes arrastrados hasta...
124) The secret stars
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
In New Mexico on a rainy, icy Night of the Three Kings, Sila and Pepe worry that the kings will not be able to use the stars to navigate, so their grandmother takes them on a magical journey to see the secret stars all around them.
125) Perpetual West
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Alex and Elana move from smalltown Virginia to El Paso, they are just a young married couple, intent on a new beginning. Mexican by birth but adopted by white American Pentecostal parents, Alex is hungry to learn about the place where he was born. He spends every free moment across the border in Juárez—perfecting his Spanish, hanging with a collective of young activists, and studying lucha libre (Mexican wrestling) for his graduate work in...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
For estranged friends Ashley, Natalie, and Lauren, it's time to heal the old wounds between them. Where better to repair those severed ties than on a getaway to the beautiful paradise of Tulum, Mexico? But even after they're reunited, no one is being completely honest about the past or the secrets they're hiding. When Ashley disappears on their girls' night out, Natalie and Lauren have to try to piece together their hazy memories to figure out what...
128) Assumption: a novel
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
©2011.
Language
English
Description
"In the sleepy New Mexico backwater of Plata, Deputy Sheriff Ogden Walker spends his time humoring his portly boss, chasing vandals, and fly-fishing. But when a woman is murdered under strange circumstances, his life takes a turn for the worse. Over three disturbing cases, Walker scours the seedy underbelly of Denver, a ragtag hippie commune, and a fish hatchery. He is on the search for solutions to the questions he is foolish enough to ask. The answers,...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A private Mexican villa is the backdrop to a hilarious, smart story of a milestone vacation in a tropical paradise gone wrong, wrong, wrong Two families arrive in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for a once-in-a-lifetime vacation. The resort town is known for its stunning views, exotic wildlife, and welcoming locals, and Jenna has organized the trip to celebrate her husband's fiftieth birthday--she's been looking forward to it for months. Their friends the...
130) Breathe: a novel
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"Amid a starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape in New Mexico, a married couple from Cambridge, MA takes residency at a distinguished academic institute. When the husband is stricken with a mysterious illness, misdiagnosed at first, their lives are uprooted and husband and wife each embarks upon a nightmare journey. At thirty-seven, Michaela faces the terrifying prospect of widowhood - and the loss of Gerard, whose identity has greatly shaped her...
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press, Peter Mayer Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A historical novel centered around the life of Frida Kahlo--the colorful, contentious Mexican painter who married Diego Rivera--introduces readers to Mexico in the first half of the twentieth century and the characters that shaped Kahlo's life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Seix Barral/Editorial Planeta Mexicana, S.A. de C.V
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
Award-winning novelist and predominant feminine voice of her generation muses on her life and her loves, her childhood, her inspirations, her fears and her affections. Builds deeply felt and intensely evoked memoir out of mosaic of impressions.
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Best Recent Latinx Fiction
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Hispanic Heritage Month 2022
Short Stories
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Hispanic Heritage Month 2022
Short Stories
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Description
"Winner of a 2020 MacArthur "genius" award for fiction that "interrogates culturally constructed notions of language, memory, and gender from a transnational perspective," Cristina Rivera Garza is a singular voice in contemporary letters, one who American readers are still discovering. New and Selected Stories brings together in English translation stories from across her career, including new writing not yet published in Spanish. It is a unique and...
Author
Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
1970, Ciudad de México. Maite trabaja como secretaria, pero solo vive para una cosa: la siguiente entrega de «Romance secreto». Las protestas estudiantiles y la inestabilidad política asedian la ciudad, pero ella se evade de todo gracias a esas maravillosas historias de pasión y riesgo. La vecina de la puerta de al lado, una atractiva estudiante de arte llamada Leonora, parece llevar una vida repleta de intriga y romance, algo que Maite envidia....
135) Umami
Author
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
Deep in the heart of Mexico City, where five houses cluster around a sun-drenched courtyard, lives Ana, a precocious twelve-year-old who spends her days buried in Agatha Christie novels to forget the mysterious death of her little sister years earlier. Over the summer she decides to plant a milpa in her backyard, and as she digs the ground and plants her seeds, her neighbors in turn delve into their past. The ripple effects of grief, childlessness,...
Author
Language
Español
Description
"La aparición del cuerpo sin vida de Alberto Navarro, ministro del Interior mexicano y posible candidato a la presidencia del país, junto al cadáver de un hombre desconocido en la habitación de un hotel de las afueras de la capital mexicana, conmueve a una sociedad desafortunadamente acostumbrada a la corrupción y el despotismo de sus gobernantes, los abusos del ejército y la violencia sanguinaria de sus cárteles de droga y delincuentes. Pero...
137) Lovesick
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
"Set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, this romance knits the passion of a strong, independent woman into the history of a country, much in the manner of the 19th-century costumbrista tradition. Which of two men and their opposing paths will she choose? Peden's seamless translation of the richly detailed prose make for a page-turner. In its first publication under the title Mal de amores (1996), work was awarded the 1997 Rómulo Gallegos...
138) This time love
Author
Publisher
Harper Large Print
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
At 19 Joy Anderson had been innocent, trusting and totally in love with Gabriel Venture. Gabe was a journalist on assignment. Joy had been his guide. Together they explored Lost River Cave and an irresistible passion for each other. They found shattering beauty in both. But that wasn't enough to hold Gabe. Drawn by new challenges, new explorations, he left Joy. Nothing remained to her but bitterness and the child she was carrying. Now seven years...
139) El ultimo lector
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
Español
Description
La biblioteca de Icamole se ha quedado sin lectores. Sin embargo, los libros que la habitan se apoderan de la cotidianidad del pueblo que muere de sed y dan la respuesta a una muerte misteriosa. La de una pequena que aparece inerte dentro de la unica reserva de agua que queda: el pozo de Remigio, hijo de Lucio, el bibliotecario. Un verdugo implacable de las malas historias, mismas que entrega sin remordimiento a las cucarachas. Lucio sera el encargado...
140) Dos horas de sol
Author
Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Un editor yuppie y su socio visitan Acapulco con el pretexto de escribir un reportaje sobre los lugares oscuros del puerto y buscando pasa un buen rato. Pero sus deseos se pierden en la frialdad inexcusable del destino cuando un huracán arrasa el puerto y los obliga a modificar sus planes. La tormenta desnuda lo que permanecía escondido: mientras uno reniega de la situación, el otro se hunde en la vida cotidiana de Acapulco. Narrada con la soltura...
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