The Promise
By: Silvina Ocampo
3.68
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
A woman traveling on a transatlantic ship has fallen overboard. Adrift at sea, she makes a promise …
Want to Read $ 12.99"Gabriela has been dreaming about her and about a pair of shoes for quite some time."-Silvina Ocampo, The Promise
"Gabriela has been dreaming about her and about a pair of shoes for quite some time."-Silvina Ocampo, The Promise
"Have you ever eaten flies?" Mendiondo asked. "Yes, when I was a kid, on a dare. Of course, I tore off the wings and tiny legs before I ate it."-Silvina Ocampo, The Promise
"Have you ever eaten flies?" Mendiondo asked. "Yes, when I was a kid, on a dare. Of course, I tore off the wings and tiny legs before I ate it."-Silvina Ocampo, The Promise
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1. El cielo de la selva
By: Elaine Vilar Madruga
4.37
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
La selva es un dios hambriento. Uno que permite vivir a salvo en sus dominios pero exige el más alt… read more
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2. Chamanes eléctricos en la fiesta del sol
By: Mónica Ojeda
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
LA NUEVA NOVELA DE LA AUTORA FINALISTA AL NATIONAL BOOK AWARD por Mandíbula Seleccionada por la … read more
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3. El Cuerpo de Cristo
By: Bea Lema
4.52
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Cuando Vera era niña, un demonio rondaba su casa y acosaba a su madre, martilleándole los nervios h… read more
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4. Norma Jeane Baker of Troy
By: Anne Carson
4.07
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Norma Jeane Baker of Troy is a partly spoken, partly sung performance piece by poet, essayist, and … read more
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- fiction
- female authors
"Oh my darlings, they tell you you’re born with a precious pearl. Truth is, it’s a disaster to be a girl."-Anne Carson, Norma Jeane Baker of Troy
"Aristotle thought earthquakes were caused by winds trapped in subterranean caves. We’re more scientific now, we know it’s just five guys fracking the fuck out of the world while it’s still legal."-Anne Carson, Norma Jeane Baker of Troy
"In ancient Greek you use the verb ἁρπάζειν, which comes over into Latin as rapio, rapper, raptus sum and gives us English rapture and rape—words stained with the very early blood of girls, with the v…"-Anne Carson, Norma Jeane Baker of Troy
5. La llamada: Un retrato
By: Leila Guerriero
4.49
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Esta es una historia real, llena de aristas y sombras, sobre la condición humana. A fines de los s… read more
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- spanish literature
6. Loop
By: Brenda Lozano
3.74
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
Loop is a love story narrated from the point of view of a woman who waits for her boyfriend Jonás t… read more
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- literary fiction
- latin american literature
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"Change. Unlearning yourself is more important than knowing yourself."-Brenda Lozano, Loop
"Childhood is so uncertain, so distant. It's almost like childhood is the origin of fiction: describing any past event over and over to see how far away you are getting from reality."-Brenda Lozano, Loop
"I was left with a scar. I think telling stories is a way of putting a scar into words. Since not all blows or falls leave marks, the words are there, ready to be put together in different ways, anywh…"-Brenda Lozano, Loop
"...the present is also, as its name suggests, a gift. It doesn't suggest longing or loss. It's just a present, a gift, a time with no strings attached which is totally ours, to use however we want, h…"-Brenda Lozano, Loop
7. Tesis sobre una domesticación
By: Camila Sosa Villada
4.11
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
La escritora y actriz trans cordobesa, Camila Sosa Villada, acaba de publicar su nueva novela, la s… read more
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8. La conformista
By: Alba Dedeu
3.53
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
Eva y Pere venden pollos al ast y huelen a fritanga de pies a cabeza. Eva no se resigna: se lava el… read more
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"Al final lo dejamos estar, nos quedamos abrazados en la penumbra, cada uno con un zumbido de frustraciones secretas en la cabeza que quizá se parecían mucho"-Alba Dedeu, La conformista
"Pero no te fustigues ahora, que aún no has hecho nada malo, ¿Por qué me parece, entonces, que voy a comprar 150 gramos de ibérico para hacerme perdonar algo?"-Alba Dedeu, La conformista
9. Dios fulmine a la que escriba sobre mí
By: Aura García-Junco
3.94
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
H. Pascal, maestro excéntrico, escritor en el margen y promotor cultural, murió abruptamente en jul… read more
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"El envejecimiento de los padres es algo para lo que ninguna progenie está preparada"-Aura García-Junco, Dios fulmine a la que escriba sobre mí
10. La reina del baile
By: Camila Fabbri
3.48
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Una mujer despierta en un auto volcado en plena avenida nocturna. Hay humo y olor a nafta. Apenas s… read more
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11. Estuve aquí y me acordé de nosotros: Una historia sobre turismo, trabajo y clase
By: Anna Pacheco
4.14
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
Una brillante radiografía de las dinámicas laborales en el sector del turismo. El turismo ha cam… read more
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- spanish literature
12. La hermana menor: Un retrato de Silvina Ocampo
By: Mariana Enríquez
4.27
Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition
La escritora argentina Silvina Ocampo es una de las figuras más exquisitas, talentosas y extrañas d… read more
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- literature
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13. Miseria
By: Dolores Reyes
4.01
Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition
LA CONSAGRACIÓN DE UNA DE LAS GRANDES SORPRESAS DE LA LITERATURA LATINOAMERICANA Por la autora de C… read more
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- fiction
"—Llegar al mundo e irse no son cosas que haya que hacer solas. —La mujer de los panes toma aire para seguir hablando—: Si las mujeres nos juntamos, ahí está nuestra fuerza."-Dolores Reyes, Miseria
14. Enero
By: Sara Gallardo
3.97
Format: 101 pages, Paperback
La pertenencia de Sara Gallardo a la alta burguesía nacional no es un dato aleatorio a la hora de c… read more
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"Cuando chica, Nefer quería ser hombre para lucir en las fiestas esas prendas resplandecientes."-Sara Gallardo, Enero
"Porque no se puede volver atrás, el tiempo viene y todo crece, y después de crecer viene la muerte. Pero para atrás no se puede andar."-Sara Gallardo, Enero
"Her former tormenter has become her friend, her companion in a private world, which, until only a few days ago, was untainted by outside words and prying eyes. Her blood thins and begins to flow free…"-Sara Gallardo, Enero
"Nefer tiene oídos y por eso oye, y la boca le sirve para comer, pero el mundo pasa a su alrededor como el agua en torno a un peñasco, y ella está seria y nada importa. Dentro de un tiempo empezará a …"-Sara Gallardo, Enero
15. A ferida imaxinaria
By: Berta Dávila
3.33
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
«A ferida imaxinaria» conta a historia de dúas parellas de irmás distanciadas, dous peixes laranxas… read more
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16. The Promise
By: Silvina Ocampo
3.68
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
A woman traveling on a transatlantic ship has fallen overboard. Adrift at sea, she makes a promise … read more
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- literary fiction
- female authors
- literature
- novella
- latin american literature
- latin american
- spanish literature
- short stories
- fiction
- adult
"Gabriela has been dreaming about her and about a pair of shoes for quite some time."-Silvina Ocampo, The Promise
"Have you ever eaten flies?" Mendiondo asked. "Yes, when I was a kid, on a dare. Of course, I tore off the wings and tiny legs before I ate it."-Silvina Ocampo, The Promise
"In a way, like Scheherazade to King Shahryar, I told stories to death so that it would spare my life and my images, stories that seemed to never end."-Silvina Ocampo, The Promise
"Children are like that, Irene often thought, for every small dose of happiness they give us, we have to swallow all the bitterness in the world. Men are like that too. That's how the world is."-Silvina Ocampo, The Promise
17. El celo
By: Sabina Urraca
4.39
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
La noche en que encontró a la Perra, la Humana estaba drogada. Por eso dejó que la siguiera a casa.… read more
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"¿ Qué necesidad hay del demonio cuando basta la persona ? Henri Michaux"-Sabina Urraca, El celo
"La Madre piensa que su hija tiene un trabajo , una vida . No sabe que todos sus días son días libres , y , al mismo tiempo , imposibles de vivir ."-Sabina Urraca, El celo
"El organismo droga a la recién parida para que quiera a su bebé y relativice cualquier horror del entorno. En términos salvajes, ¿ por qué iba alguien a tener clemencia con un ser que le ha dejado el…"-Sabina Urraca, El celo
"En términos terapéuticos lo explican así : al pasar el efecto de la droga , lo más probable es que el paciente vuelva a estar deprimido . Pero durante su viaje de éxtasis ha vuelto a conocer la sensa…"-Sabina Urraca, El celo
18. Avidez
By: Lina Meruane
3.65
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
Detengámonos en la «avidez», la nuestra y la de otros. La de todos. El deseo, la ansiedad, la ambic… read more
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19. Scaffolding
By: Lauren Elkin
3.86
Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition
The story of two couples who live in the same apartment in north-east Paris almost fifty years apar… read more
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20. La península de las casas vacías
By: David Uclés
4.47
Format: 700 pages, Paperback
UNA NOVELA SOBRE TODA LA GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA EN CLAVE DE REALISMO MÁGICO. La historia de un so… read more
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21. A Sunny Place for Shady People
By: Mariana Enríquez
3.81
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with … read more
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- adult
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