“Ojos de perro azul” by Gabriel García Márquez “These early stories by the later Nobel laureate were written and published between 1947 and 1955, although, as a book, Ojos de perro azul would not appear until 1974, when the writer had already published other two books of short stories and four novels, of which the last,
“The noise of things falling” by Juan Gabriel Vásquez “The noise of things falling begins with the exotic escape and subsequent hunt of a hippopotamus, the last vestige of the impossible zoo with which Pablo Escobar exhibited his power. This is the spark that starts the memory mechanisms of
“Havana for a deceased infante” by Guillermo Cabrera Infante “Cabrera Infante searches in this book for a lost time, or rather, a lost city: Havana.” Extracted from the back cover. See also: http://www.letraslibres.com/index.php?art=11032 http://www.planetadelibros.com/la-habana-para-un-infante-difunto-libro-12825.html http:/ /es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Cabrera_Infante The selected titles are a sample of recently loaned materials from the Library of the International Institute. If you
“The Dark Bride” by Laura Restrepo “The story of Sayonara, a beautiful young prostitute who attends to the employees of the oil wells in the jungle, is as disturbing as the cast of eccentric characters that persecute her.” Extracted from Lecturalia. See also: http://www.harpercollins.ca/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=8115&isbn13=9780002005203&displayType=readingGuide http://www.alfaguara.com/es/libro/la-novia-oscura/ http:// es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Restrepo The selected titles are a sample of the materials of
“That way that fills” by Daniel Sada “The north of Mexico and the desert, the author returns to his favorite territories with these tales of misfortune and joy in which humor flashes.” Extracted from Anagrama. See also: http://www.elcultural.es/version_papel/LETRAS/28071/Ese_modo_que_colma http://www.elpais.com/articulo/portada/modo/colma/elpepuculbab/20101023elpbabpor_22/Tes http://es.wikipedia .org/wiki/Daniel_Sada The recommended titles are in the Library of the International Institute. If you are interested
“The incredible and sad story of Cándida Eréndira and her heartless grandmother” by Gabriel García Márquez “This exceptional book brings together the short novel that gives it its title and six other stories, of which all but one belong to the stage of full maturity of the writer. They were the years when
“The Talker” by Mario Vargas Llosa “In this novel, Mario Vargas Llosa contrasts with extraordinary technical virtuosity two worlds that seem to live in conflict, that of modern societies and that of peoples who live in harmony with nature. At the same time, it leads the reader on a vertiginous journey through the collective imagination of
“All stories” by Horacio Quiroga “More than placing him in a school or acknowledging his debts, perhaps it is important to see what original thing Quiroga brought to our literature. The most obvious is, for now, the one that is enough for us: he was, for Latin America, the inventor of the story. Quiroga did before anyone else, among us, what Poe
“The word of the mute” by Julio Ramón Ribeyro “Ribeyro's short story production conveys the longings, outbursts and anguish of his characters through clean prose and a style far removed from artifice, offering one of the greatest examples of the short narrative in the western world. the word of the dumb
“Rest of walkers: intimate diaries” by Adolfo Bioy Casares “Any image of Adolfo Bioy Casares would be incomplete if, in addition to the forger of perfect plots and the ironic narrator of love misunderstandings, it did not include the attentive and implacable witness who, in silence and during Over fifty years, he carefully recorded his life and opinions in