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100 years of solitude 100 years of solitude Carl Senna This history of a family is an amalgamation of Garcia Marquez's shorter fiction, American fiction, biblical parables, and quixotic experiences of his own unique life story. His is a community crowded… OL10363660W
El tamaño de mi esperanza El tamaño de mi esperanza Jorge Luis Borges "Reedición del libro publicado originariamente en 1926 y cuya reedición fue prohibida por el autor. Resulta de gran interés puesto que prefigura los temas desarrollados posteriormente. Permite asi… OL104865W
Ficciones Ficciones Jorge Luis Borges A collection of his short stories in which Borges often uses the labyrinth as a literary device to expound his ideas on all aspects of human life and endeavor. ---------- Contains: [Tlön, Uqba… OL110971W
No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Short Stories No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Short Stories Gabriel García Márquez A novel and short stories by the Columbian author. OL14944256W
Death and the king's horseman Death and the king's horseman Wole Soyinka Based on events that took place in 1946 in the ancient Yoruban city of Oyo, Soyinka's acclaimed and powerful play addresses classic issues of cultural conflict, tragic decision-making, and the psycho… OL15125398W
CliffsNotes on Paton's Cry, The Beloved Country CliffsNotes on Paton's Cry, The Beloved Country Richard O Peterson The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. CliffsNotes on Cry, the Beloved Country takes you into a compassionately told… OL15183879W
Al tagidi lailah Al tagidi lailah Amos Oz Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange. OL1580806W
Makom aḥer Makom aḥer Amos Oz Scandal rocks a kibbutz community, but the plight of a pregnant, unmarried girl brings it together again. OL1580845W
The Childhood of Jesus The Childhood of Jesus J. M. Coetzee After crossing oceans, a man and a boy arrive in a new land. Here they are each assigned a name and an age, and held in a camp in the desert while they learn Spanish, the language of their new countr… OL16805771W
Totes Meer Totes Meer Dai Vaughan "Totes Meer is an eloquent and lapidary meditation on control, rebellion and creativity. In four sections - 'A Rabbit', 'Letter to a Dog', 'In Chrysalis', 'Slug Heaven' - Dai Vaughan contrasts life v… OL24856171W
Cien años de soledad Cien años de soledad Gabriel García Márquez *Cien años de soledad* es una novela del escritor colombiano Gabriel García Márquez, ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1982. Es considerada una obra maestra de la literatura hispanoamericana … OL274505W
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba El coronel no tiene quien le escriba Gabriel García Márquez El coronel no tiene quien le escriba fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez durante su estancia en París, adonde había llegado como corresponsal de prensa y con la secreta intención de estudiar cine,… OL274509W
In the garden of the North American martyrs In the garden of the North American martyrs Tobias Wolff Among the characters you'll find in this collection of twelve stories by Tobias Wolff are a teenage boy who tells morbid lies about his home life, a timid professor who, in the first genuine outburst… OL2970039W
Voss, a novel Voss, a novel Patrick White Set in nineteenth-century Australia, "Voss" is Whiteas best-known book, a sweeping novel about a secret passion between the explorer Voss and the young orphan Laura. As Voss is tested by hardship, mu… OL2988540W
Slow Man Slow Man J. M. Coetzee A masterful new novel from one of the greatest writers alive. Paul Rayment is on the threshold of a comfortable old age when a calamitous cycling accident results in the amputation of a leg. Humil… OL500443W
Disgrace Disgrace J. M. Coetzee At fifty-two, Professor David Lurie is divorced, filled with desire, but lacking in passion. An affair with one of his students leaves him jobless, shunned by his friends, and ridiculed by his ex-wif… OL500451W
Sobre héroes y tumbas Sobre héroes y tumbas Ernesto Sabato Novela escrita por el escritor argentino y publicada en 1961, ésta irrumpe en el panorama de la literatura latinoamericana aglutinando una variedad de elementos que la distinguen entre las ficciones … OL617876W
Ὀδύσσεια Ὀδύσσεια Όμηρος The Odyssey (/ˈɒdəsi/; Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem i… OL61982W
Cocksure Cocksure Mordecai Richler It was outright satire at the time it was written. Now, I'm inclined to think it was more of a forecast of the society we see being created. OL675016W
La guerra del fin del mundo La guerra del fin del mundo Mario Vargas Llosa A finales del siglo XIX, en las tierras paupérrimas del noreste del Brasil, el chispazo de las arengas del Consejero, personaje mesiánico y enigmático, prenderá la insurrección de los desheredados. E… OL857601W
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