Novelando Iberoamérica Hispana en el Siglo XXI

This English translation of Entre letras y ladrillos (Bilingual Press, 1996), an autobiographical novel written in the best of Miguel Mendez's baroque and conceptually intense style, evokes one of the most remarkable life histories of this century. Using his own "status as a Mexican Indian, wetback, and Chicano" as a yardstick, he takes us on a personal and collective voyage that culminates on a remarkable day in 1986 when he exchanged his job of full-time construction worker for that of full professor at the University of Arizona.

Ahora comienzan los problemas de verdad. Todo se vuelve mucho más complicado de lo que Yuma y Cala podían esperar. Los secretos y las mentiras han terminado por emerger a la luz y todos han de asumir su parte de culpa. La decisión del Consejo del Clan no va a facilitarles las cosas.

Una novela monumental sobre un loco ilustre de la tradición literaria europea. Daniel Kehlmann firma con Tyll una entretenida novela épica de aventuras y una gran historia sobre el poder del arte y la devastación de la guerra. Daniel Kehlmann reinventa la novela histórica con esta biografía ficcionada de un personaje legendario del folclore alemán: Tyll Ulenspiegel. Vagabundo, artista y provocador, nació en el año 1600 en un ambiente de pobreza y violencia. Siendo niño, descubre su habilidad para entretener a la gente, el funambulismo y hacer malabares. Su padre, un molinero que es...

In this splendid novel, Celeste finds herself engaged to Alex, a wealthy man whose standards are as exacting as her own -- or so she thought. As she begins to question their relationship and herself, Celeste is haunted by painful memories: of her past in well-heeled, blue-blooded Connecticut; of the friends and family who seem to have disappeared from her life; and of Nathan, for whom Celeste still carries a lingering passion. At last coming to terms with the lies and illusions that have propelled her forward for years, Celeste must take responsibility for the choices she has made. She...