I the Supreme
By: Augusto Roa Bastos
3.88
Format: 433 pages, Paperback
Latin America has seen, time and again, the rise of dictators, Supreme Leaders possessed of the dre…
Want to Read $ 4.99"The dictionary is an ossuary of empty words."-Augusto Roa Bastos, I the Supreme
"The dictionary is an ossuary of empty words."-Augusto Roa Bastos, I the Supreme
"Forms disappear, words remain, to signify the impossible."-Augusto Roa Bastos, I the Supreme
"Forms disappear, words remain, to signify the impossible."-Augusto Roa Bastos, I the Supreme
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1. Tram 83
By: Fiston Mwanza Mujila , Roland Glasser
3.32
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
In an African city in secession, which could be Kinshasa or Lubumbashi, land tourists of all langua… read more
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"Poverty is hereditary just like power, stupidity, and haemorrhoids."-Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Tram 83
"He hiccupped and continued: "I write therefore I come...But unfortunately, my orgies are never eternal!..."-Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Tram 83
"Jazz is the only lever used by all the riffraff of Tram 83 to switch social class as one would subway cars."-Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Tram 83
"Yet torture is above all an art, an artistic discipline just like literature , cinema, or contemporary dance. All detained in the City-State ghettos bitterly missed the torturers of yesteryears, thos…"-Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Tram 83
2. By Night the Mountain Burns
By: Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel , Jethro Soutar
2.43
Format: None pages, Paperback
By Night The Mountain Burnsrecounts the narrator's childhood on a remote island off the West Africa… read more
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3. The Tale of Aypi
By: Ak Welsapar
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Ingenting ar som vanligt i den lilla fiskebyn vid Kaspiska havets kust. Myndigheterna har forbjudit… read more
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4. The Painted Bird
By: Jerzy Kosiński
4.10
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
Originally published in 1965, The Painted Birdestablished Jerzy Kosinski as a major literary figure… read more
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- literature
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5. Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
By: Eduardo Galeano , Cedric Belfrage
4.31
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Since its U.S. debut almost fifty years ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for histori… read more
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- spanish literature
- latin american
"Bolivians die with rotted lungs so that the world may consume cheap tin."-Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
"Whatever Latin America sells—raw materials or manufactures—its chief export product is really cheap labor."-Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
"Cuando el Estado se hace dueño de la principal riqueza de un país, corresponde preguntarse quién es el dueño del Estado."-Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
"Cuanto más codiciado por el mercado mundial, mayor es la desgracia que un producto trae consigo al pueblo latinoamericano que, con su sacrificio, lo crea."-Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
6. El Llano en llamas
By: Juan Rulfo
4.47
Format: None pages,
'The Burning Plain and Other Stories consists of fifteen pieces ranging from brief anecdotes, casua… read more
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7. 2666
By: Roberto Bolaño
4.21
Format: 1128 pages, Paperback
A cuatro profesores de literatura, Pelletier, Morini, Espinoza y Norton, los une su fascinación por… read more
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"Nothing is ever behind us."-Roberto Bolaño, 2666
"Reading is never a waste of time."-Roberto Bolaño, 2666
"Every hundred feet the world changes"-Roberto Bolaño, 2666
"The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower."-Roberto Bolaño, 2666
8. Death in the Andes
By: Mario Vargas Llosa , Edith Grossman
3.37
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
In an isolated community in the Peruvian Andes, a series of mysterious disappearances has occurred.… read more
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9. The Autumn of the Patriarch
By: Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa
3.87
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
One of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most intricate and ambitious works, The Autumn of the Patriarch is … read more
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- 20th century
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"honeyed by the breezes of love"-Gabriel García Márquez, The Autumn of the Patriarch
"fear of death is the amber of happiness"-Gabriel García Márquez, The Autumn of the Patriarch
"...el miedo a la muerte es el rescoldo de la felicidad..."-Gabriel García Márquez, The Autumn of the Patriarch
"Sabía que estaba condenado sin remedio a no morir de amor."-Gabriel García Márquez, The Autumn of the Patriarch
10. Ficciones
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Anthony Bonner , Anthony Kerrigan
3.53
Format: 320 pages,
The seventeen pieces in Ficcionesdemonstrate the whirlwind of Borges's genius and mirror the precis… read more
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11. Olhos d'Água
By: Conceição Evaristo
4.44
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
Em Olhos d’água Conceição Evaristo ajusta o foco de seu interesse na população afro-brasileira abor… read more
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"O amor é um poço misterioso onde se acumulam águas-lágrimas?"-Conceição Evaristo, Olhos d'Água
"Maria queria tanto dizer ao filho que o pai havia mandado um abraço, um beijo, um carinho."-Conceição Evaristo, Olhos d'Água
"E entendeu também qual seria a sua vida. É, ia ficar. Ia entrar-entrando sem saber quando e por que parar."-Conceição Evaristo, Olhos d'Água
"Lembrou-se então de que era uma mulher e não uma máquina desenfreada, louca, programada para corrercorrer."-Conceição Evaristo, Olhos d'Água
12. The Sound of Things Falling
By: Juan Gabriel Vásquez , Anne McLean
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Juan Gabriel Vasquez has been hailed not only as one of South America's greatest literary stars, bu… read more
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13. The President
By: Miguel Ángel Asturias , Frances Partridge
3.62
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Guatemalan diplomat and writer Miguel Angel Asturias (1899-1974) began this award-winning work whil… read more
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14. Doña Bárbara
By: Rómulo Gallegos , None
3.42
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
Dona Barbara, en la que la llanura venezolana es el personaje central, es su obra de mayor exito. E… read more
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15. La ciudad y los perros
By: Mario Vargas Llosa
4.07
Format: 112 pages, Mass Market Paperback
En 1962, La ciudad y los perros recibia el Premio Biblioteca Breve. Asi comenzaba la andadura liter… read more
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16. La vida del Lazarillo de Tormes
By: Anonymous
4.00
Format: 300 pages,
Lazaro es un muchacho desarrapado a quien la miseria obliga a emplearse como sirviente. Las inocent… read more
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17. Los jefes y Los cachorros
By: Mario Vargas Llosa
4.24
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
Los Jefes y Los cachorros sirvieron como antecedente, para la construccion de las obras de Vargas L… read more
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18. The Ultimate Tragedy
By: Jethro Soutar , None
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The first novel to be translated into English from Guinea Bissau, The Ultimate Tragedy is a tale of… read more
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19. I the Supreme
By: Augusto Roa Bastos
3.88
Format: 433 pages, Paperback
Latin America has seen, time and again, the rise of dictators, Supreme Leaders possessed of the dre… read more
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- classics
- magical realism
- literature
- latin american literature
- latin american
- spanish literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- 20th century
- novels
"The dictionary is an ossuary of empty words."-Augusto Roa Bastos, I the Supreme
"Forms disappear, words remain, to signify the impossible."-Augusto Roa Bastos, I the Supreme
"Letters couldn't care less whether what is written with them is true or false."-Augusto Roa Bastos, I the Supreme
"To write does not mean to convert the real into words but to make the power of the word real."-Augusto Roa Bastos, I the Supreme
20. The Turtle House
By: Amanda Churchill
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Minnie and her granddaughter Lia are unforgettable protagonists, whose grit and grace will inspire … read more
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21. Here Be Icebergs
By: Katya Adaui
3.32
Format: 133 pages, Paperback
"La exigencia de hacer algo para ser alguien. Estamos hartos de los gritos. No hay silencio. Hartos… read more
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