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  • Cervantes Street

    A Novel

    "Renaissance Spain and the Mediterranean [are] made vivid . . . brings to life the real world behind the fantastic exploits of the knight of La Mancha." — The Wall Street JournalThe actual facts of Miguel de Cervantes's life seem to be snatched from an epic tale: An impoverished and talented young poet nearly kills a man in a duel and is forced into exile. Later, he distinguishes himself in battle ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Like This Afternoon Forever

    A Novel

    Two Catholic priests fall in love amid deadly conflicts in the Amazon between the Colombian government, insurgent groups, and drug cartels."Manrique's drama of a dangerous love affair in a world of blood, terror, displacement, and desperation grapples with profound and persistent conflicts." — BooklistFor the last fifty years, the Colombian drug cartels, various insurgent groups, and the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Our Lives Are the Rivers

    A Novel

    “A compelling story that melds history and biography into the context of a passionate love affair, Our Lives Are the Rivers is a masterful piece of historical fiction.” — San Francisco ChronicleFrom critically acclaimed author Jaime Manrique comes a breathtaking novel based on the life of one of the most controversial women in the history of the AmericasOur Lives Are the Rivers tells the sweeping ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Before Night Falls

    A Memoir

    Translated by Dolores M. Koch ...
    Series series Penguin Vitae
    **"Any attempt to reckon with Cuba's torturous twentieth century will have to take into account Arenas's monumental work ... an essential human testimony, joyful and enraged, a triumph of conscience." -- Garth GreenwellThe acclaimed memoir of queer Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas chronicling his tumultuous yet luminary life, from his impoverished upbringing in Cuba to his imprisonment at the hands of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Drown

    by Junot Díaz ...
    From the beloved and award-winning author Junot Díaz, a spellbinding saga of a family’s journey through the New World.A coming-of-age story of unparalleled power, Drown introduced the world to Junot Díaz's exhilarating talents. It also introduced an unforgettable narrator— Yunior, the haunted, brilliant young man who tracks his family’s precarious journey from the barrios of Santo Domingo to the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Hopscotch

    A Novel

    "Cortazar's masterpiece ... The first great novel of Spanish America" (The Times Literary Supplement) • Winner of the National Book Award for Translation in 1967, translated by Gregory RabassaHoracio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded by a loose-knit circle of bohemian friends who call themselves "the Club." A child's death and La Maga's ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Faith in You

    Contemporary Romance Novel

    Series series South Beach Sizzles Contemporary Romance Series
    Affaire de Coeur: Pineiro “pens a truly charming . . . romance . . . Her lively writing style makes this . . . romance a page-turner. “Romantic Times: “Opposites attract . . . He’s an Anglo scrooge; she’s a charming Cuban beauty. . .” Pineiro’s “sequel to NOW AND ALWAYS is fast-paced and romantic.”Paul Stone accepts Connie Gonzalez’s invitation to join her for a traditional and fun-filled Cuban ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Tree of Sighs

    After the sudden and tragic death of her parents, Altagracia faces an uncertain future with a bitter and secretive grandmother. When the two sink into poverty, the young girl ends up with a cruel woman who takes her to the United States, changes her name to Grace, and puts her to work as a full-time domestic servant. Tree of Sighs is the story of Grace's journey to uncover her past as she ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Weeping Woman

    A Novel

    Translated by David Frye ...
    by Zoé Valdés ...
    Winner of the prestigious Azorín Prize for Fiction, the best-selling novel about love, sacrifice, and Picasso's mistress, Dora Maar.A writer resembling Zoé Valdés-a Cuban exile living in Paris with her husband and young daughter-is preparing a novel on the life of Dora Maar, one of the most promising artists in the Surrealist movement until she met Pablo Picasso. The middle-aged Picasso was ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Kill the Ámpaya! The Best Latin American Baseball Fiction

    This will be the first Latin American and Caribbean anthology about baseball in English. Translates from the Spanish, the volume includes the best short stories written about baseball and its important to the popular cultures of the Caribbean and Central and South America.The editor/translator, Dick Cluster, located 63 stories written about baseball in these countries written and published over ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Subsidiary

    Translated by Samuel Rutter ...
    “Powerful, beautiful, and haunting. Every time I read The Subsidiary, it feels both timeless and painfully, undeniably contemporary.” —Alejandro ZambraIn the subsidiary offices of a major corporation, the power suddenly goes out: the lights switch off; the doors lock; the phone lines go dead. The employees are trapped in total darkness with only cryptic, intermittent announcements over the loud ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Stories from El Barrio

    by Piri Thomas ...
    In these eight stories Piri Thomas takes us with him into El Barrio—Puerto Rico in New York City—and recreates the scenes he knows so well from his own childhood. He leads us through streets teaming with life, up crumbling front stoops, down dark hallways, into crowded rooms, and into the hearts and minds of his people. He takes us into the ring for a hard-fought boxing match and out of the city ... Read more

    $7.19 USD