Showing results for "Latin America" in Literature & Fiction

Spanning time, styles, and traditions, a dazzling collection of essential works from 140 Latine writers, scholars, and activists from across the world—from warrior poet Audre Lorde to novelist Edwidge Danticat and performer and author Elizabeth Acevedo and artist/poet Cecilia...

UNA EXTRAORDINARIA SELECCIÓN DE OBRAS ESENCIALES, EN SU MAYORÍA INÉDITAS, QUE CELEBRAN LA FUERZA, EL TALENTO Y LA DIVERSIDAD DE LAS MUJERES LATINAS, Y TIENDEN PUENTES QUE NOS CONECTAN LAS UNAS CON LAS OTRAS. Desde la prosa implacable de sor Juana Inés de la Cruz hasta los poderosos cantos de...

Brought to you by Penguin. Father Sebastian Urrutia Lacroix is dying. A priest, a member of Opus Dei, a literary critic and a poet, in his feverish delirium the crucial events of his past swell around him. From glimpses of the great poet Pablo Neruda, the German writer Ernst Junger and his...

Brought to you by Penguin. New Year’s Eve, 1975. Two hunted men leave Mexico City in a borrowed white Impala. Their quest: to track down the mythical, vanished poet Cesárea Tinajero. But, twenty years later, they are still on the run. The Savage Detectives is their remarkable journey through...

A beautifully designed edition of number-one New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett’s prized classic, annotated and with an introductionby the author herself. 'A book that works both as a paean to art and beauty and a subtly sly comedy of manners' New York Times First published in 2001...

Brought to you by Penguin. Alberto Ruiz-Tagle was once the quiet, unknowable, unpromising member of Chile’s young poetry scene. But the military coup of 1973 sees Alberto reborn as Chile’s leading celebrity poet, Carlos Wieder. Known for his daring sky poems, penned in smoke high above the...

Esta antología reúne a escritores nacidos en algún lugar de Latinoamérica y que viven en España. Todos han conspirado en el apretado salón del cuento. Contiene, además, un mapa para escapar de los corsés ideológicos que tantos militares, políticos e intelectuales trataron de imponer al...

Welcome to WTF is Going on in Latin America & The Caribbean, a PopularResistance broadcast featuring hot news out of the region with host Teri Mattson. Each weekly episode features a country and/or issue related to the affects of U.S. foreign, economic and/or military influence and intervention in the hemisphere of The Americas. Our guests include academics, policy-makers, journalists as well as activists recognized for their groundwork within local communities and movements.WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean broadcasts Thursdays at 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET on multiple live platforms ...

Brought to you by Penguin. Dropped from the Olympic figure skating team, Nuria Martí’s fate pivots her into a world of corruption, jealousy – and revenge. Cushioning her fall from grace, a besotted admirer builds a secret ice rink for her in the ruins of an old masion on the outskirts of...

Ghosts of América Latina is a narrative true-crime and paranormal podcast that dives into the most chilling unsolved mysteries, eerie legends, and haunted stories across Latin America. Each episode is a self-contained journey—crafted with immersive sound, factual research, and cinematic storytelling. No interviews. No commentary. Just the pure, unfiltered retelling of what was never supposed to be found. From ghost trains in Mexico to vanished towns in Patagonia, this show brings you face to face with the unexplained.

Compilación, introducción y edición de textos inéditos a cargo de Maria Cristina Secci, prólogo de Juan Villoro y epílogo de Jorge Fornet Jorge Ibargüengoitia relata, a su inconfundible manera, sus impresiones sobre la Revolución cubana y la Guerra Fría cultural en este libro que reúne...

Brought to you by Penguin. ‘This is where the story should end, but life is not as kind as literature...’ A journey to Acapulco gradually becomes a descent into the underworld. An elderly South American writer instructs a protégé in the subterfuges of entering work for provincial literary...

A multigenerational, Latin American saga of love and revolution in which a rebel who commits a youthful betrayal receives a late-life chance at redemption and a new life: “a tour de force” from “the new master” (Luis Alberto Urrea, New York Times bestselling author of Good Night, Irene)...

In this mesmerizing sequel to a Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, the "heart-stealing heroine" (Amy Tan) and muse of Cuban musician Nestor Castillo takes readers on the journey of a lifetime with this story of reinvention, romance, and revolution. In Beautiful...

Pornind de la mottoul tolstoian că „Toate familiile fericite seamănă una cu alta, fiecare familie nefericită este nefericită în felul ei", facem cunoștință rând pe rând cu personaje dintre cele mai pestrițe. O familie nu are nimic de împărțit în afară de singurătate, o mamă vorbește cu ucigașul propriei fiice, o pereche improbabilă își deapănă tinerețea, trei femei se întâlnesc la coșciugul tatălui lor. Toate aceste tablouri și multe altele sunt însoțite de corul mitic care apare între povestiri ca să tragă concluzii dintre cele mai neașteptate și mai crude.

*A story of greed, revenge, and love from the author of Nobber - 'A writer out to do whatever the hell he wants' Observer* 'Visceral, propulsive, kinetic . . . An unforgettable odyssey from one of the most daring writers at work today' Colin Walsh, author of the bestselling debut Kala 'Wild...

Laconice, prozele din acest volum amintesc de opera lui Faulkner și de scriitori precum marii tragici ai lumii clasice: García Márquez îl cita adesea pe Sofocle în această privință. Proza „Zi-le să nu mă omoare!" a fost numită de Elias Canetti una dintre cele mai bune cinci opere din literatura universală, iar Günter Grass a citit-o în public la Berlin, alături de Rulfo, în 1981. Geografia mexicană a fost prefăcută de Rulfo, în „Ne-au dat pământ", în scenariul unei călătorii cu ecouri biblice. Kenzaburō Ōe recomandă aceste proze celor care vor să-și creeze propria poveste.

"Lyrical [and] haunting, América’s liberating epiphany will have readers . . . on their feet and cheering." — Washington Post From the award-winning, best-selling author of When I Was Puerto Rican, América’s Dream explores the ever-shifting definition of what it means to be American and...

La esencia de TNT hecha podcast. Cine, música, ¡todo sobre el mundo del entretenimiento en esta playlist! En ADN TNT vas a encontrar las mejores recomendaciones y esas curiosidades que te encantan conocer.

Published in 1791, Thomas Paine’s The Rights of Man defended the French Revolution’s values of freedom, equality, and brotherhood. He argued that a government based on justice ought to support mankind’s civil rights relating to security and protection, as well as the natural rights to life, liberty, and freedom of conscience. He also proposed plans for universal education, pensions, poverty relief, and social welfare in this classic work that was widely read across the West.