Central category: 1451 books

This book takes a new approach to travel writing about Latin America by examining ‘domestic’ journey narratives that have been produced by travellers from the continent itself and largely in Spanish. Historically, travel writing about Latin America has been written primarily from the perspective...

In the 1960s, there occurred amongst Latin American writers a sudden explosion of literary activity known as the ‘Boom’. It marked an increase in the production and availability of innovative and experimental novels. But the ‘Boom’ of the 1960s should not be taken as the only flowering of...

Since the end of the Sandinista revolution, Nicaragua has ceased to make the headlines of world news. But with the construction of a shipping route connecting the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean underway, its chances may be turning. At the Foot of the Volcano is a rare portrait of Nicaragua...

This book explores the humanities as an insightful platform for understanding and responding to the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, other manifestations of “Guantánamo,” and the contested place of freedom in American Empire. It presents the work of scholars and writers based in Cuba’s...

Octavio Paz encarna como nadie el siglo XX mexicano. Bajo la vigilancia de esta certidumbre, Guillermo Sheridan ha escrito esta biografía intelectual del poeta. Sin menoscabo de la investigación documental, Sheridan ha querido que sean los poemas de Paz la fuente primordial para iluminar sus recuerdos...

Guillermo Sheridan analiza la polémica literaria que se dio en México en 1932, entre el grupo de Contemporáneos y su mentor Alfonso Reyes, entre otros escritores empeñados en la formación de una literatura que dialogara con la producida por el Occidente moderno, y el grupo encabezado por Ermilo...

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the beautiful island nation of Jamaica. Located in the Caribbean, Jamaica is visited by over one million visitors each year and has famous vacation resorts at Montego Bay, Negril, Ocho Rios and Kingston. Finding Internet access when out and about can...

Perfeita e bonita formatação, navegação funcional entre as partes da obra, ilustrado. Formato Epub3. *** Lançamento da 1. Edição Junho/2015 - Texto revisado e conforme novo acordo ortográfico de 2009.  - Incluído biografia,...

Perfeita e bonita formatação, navegação funcional (índice ativo) entre as partes da obra, ilustrado. Formato Epub3.  *** Lançamento da 1. Edição Junho/2015 - Texto revisado e conforme novo acordo ortográfico de 2009. ...

Oscilando entre la nota costumbrista, la reflexión sobre los usos de la lengua popular y la fijación de arquetipos urbanos, Las aguafuertes son tanto un retrato coral de la sociedad argentina de la época como un vasto laboratorio, donde Arlt ensayó los temas y las voces que servirían de sustento a gran parte de la narrativa argentina contemporánea.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Retrospect gathers fifteen essays by noted scholars in the fields of Latin American literature, politics, and theater. The volume offers broad overviews of the Colombian author’s total body of work, along with closer looks at some of his acknowledged masterpieces. The Nobel...

JO CARROLL decided it was time to pack her rucksack and get back to the mountains. Little things like a pension and bus pass were not enough to put her off. Besides, after her gap year, she knew all about travelling now. But Nepal had other ideas. Storms raged in the mountains; strikes made transport impossible. And then there was the tiger …

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the Bahamas, a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets (rocks). It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of Florida. ...

The first book in this series, Havana Red, is the best selling Bitter Lemon title. Prize winning novel. Beautiful, sexy rendition of life in Cuba in mystery format. But also a deep, cutting, yet uncensored critique of the Cuban regime from within. Padura has elected to stay, remains in love with his...