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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Latin American novels of the Conquest Latin American novels of the Conquest Kimberle S López "The fictionalized explorers and conquistadors represented in this corpus all identify with certain aspects of Amerindian culture - significantly, those elements that are most distinct from European … OL12331546W
Album Album Rebecca M. Valette,Joy Renjilian-Burgy Contains more than twenty short stories in Spanish with accompanying exercises and suggested activities designed to develop reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and writing skills. OL16032251W
Apropiaciones de realidad en la novela hispanoamericana de los siglos XIX y XX Apropiaciones de realidad en la novela hispanoamericana de los siglos XIX y XX Hans-Otto Dill "Impressive project, begun in 1989 before German reunification, carried out by German scholars on Latin America. Examines the relationship between the universe represented in Latin American novels an… OL17990474W
Por favor, sea breve Por favor, sea breve Clara Obligado A selection of short stories by Spanish American and Peninsular authors. OL18311520W
Espectros Espectros Alberto Ribas-Casasayas,Amanda L. Petersen Espectros is a compilation of original scholarly studies that presents the first volume-length exploration of the spectral in literature, film, and photography of Latin America, Spain, and the Latino… OL19728365W
Cruel fictions, cruel realities Cruel fictions, cruel realities Kathy S. Leonard "Nineteen stories by 12 writers from across the region, almost all little-known or never before translated into English. Stories share common theme of human cruelty in different forms (political, per… OL19943682W
El caballero de San Petersburgo El caballero de San Petersburgo Mayra Montero A finales del siglo XVIII, la joven criolla Antonia de Salis vive con su prima Teresa en Rusia. Allí reciben la visita de un fascinante militar hispanoamericano, Francisco de Miranda, precursor de la… OL19997923W
Narrativa vanguardista hispanoamericana Narrativa vanguardista hispanoamericana Hugo Achugar,Hugo J. Verani 421 p. ; 21 cm OL23656261W
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
Narrativa de vanguardia, identidad y conflicto social Narrativa de vanguardia, identidad y conflicto social José Alberto de la Fuente A. 341 pages ; 24 cm OL33088156W
The emergence of the Latin American novel The emergence of the Latin American novel Gordon Brotherston This survey concentrates on the modern novel of Spanish-speaking America. Dr Brotherston starts with a long and suggestive introduction on the general topic 'settings and people', showing the growth … OL4273596W
This rough magic This rough magic Jane Robinett "Despite author's claim that the relation of technology and the arts is a new topic, it was a major concern for the avant-garde as well as Walter Benjamin and W.T. Adorno. Nevertheless, the considera… OL4290226W
Siglo de las luces Siglo de las luces Alejo Carpentier A swashbuckling tale set in the Caribbean at the time of the French Revolution, Explosion in a Cathedral focuses on Victor Hugues, a historical figure who led the naval assault to take back the islan… OL580110W
Reconstructing Childhood Reconstructing Childhood Julia A. Kushigian "Reconstructing Childhood challenges the notion of a unilateral analysis of the Bildungsroman from a paradigm that engages four strategies of reading. This interdisciplinary multicultural revision of… OL9659289W