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  • The Yellow Sofa

    de José Maria de Eça de Queirós ...
    Traducido por John Vetch ...
    A compassionate tale of marriage, manners, and betrayal, from the Portuguese masterJosé Maria Eça de Queirós, the first great modern Portuguese novelist, wrote The Yellow Sofa with (in his own words) “no digressions, no rhetoric,” creating a book where “everything is interesting and dramatic and quickly narrated.” The story, a terse and seamless spoof of Victorian bourgeois morals, concerns a ... Leer más

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  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

    de Thornton Wilder ...
    WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEListed Among Time Magazine's 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005In eighteenth-century Peru, the collapse of a fabled bridge sets in motion a profound exploration of fate, love, and the interconnectedness of human lives. The Bridge of San Luis Rey centers around Brother Juniper, a devout Franciscan monk who witnesses the accident and becomes obsessed with ... Leer más

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  • The Collected Stories of Machado de Assis

    Traducido por Margaret Jull Costa, Robin Patterson ...
    de Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ...
    New York Times Critics’ Best of the YearA landmark event, the complete stories of Machado de Assis finally appear in English for the first time in this extraordinary new translation.Widely acclaimed as the progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction, Machado de Assis (1839–1908)—the son of a mulatto father and a washerwoman, and the grandson of freed slaves—was hailed in his lifetime as ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Midnight Mass and Other Stories

    de Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ...
    Brazilian Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis was the finest storyteller of nineteenth-century Latin America. "Midnight Mass and Other Stories" offers a selection of Machado's tales, from the oft-translated and sly erotic title story, a classic of Brazilian literature, to such brief ironic tales, not previously translated into English, as "A Game," "Coimbra the Clerk," and "Sooner the Tarpeian Rock." ... Leer más

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  • The Woman and the Puppet

    de Pierre Louys ...
    One of the great novels about obsessive love, The Woman and The Puppet was first published in France in 1898 and is considered Louys' masterpiece. It has inspired five film versions, including von Steinberg's in 1935 and Bunuel's in 1977. 'This elegantly simple story has lost none of its charm. It is carnival time in Spain, and a man named Andre falls in love with a woman he glimpses. She seems to ... Leer más

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  • Cousin Bazilio

    de Jose Maria Eca de Queiroz ...
    Cousin Bazilio is a tale of sexual folly and hypocrisy and vividly depicts bourgeois life in 19th-century Lisbon. "Sauciness and scandal come as part of the enticing package in this 1878 European classic by Portugal's most celebrated 19th century writer. Cousin Bazilio might not be his best work, but it certainly drew the most attention when it was originally published, for all the wrong reasons ... Leer más

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  • A Season for Wishes

    de Lydia San Andres ...
    After A Summer For Scandal comes A Season For Wishes…Alba Reyes has returned to Arroyo Blanco after six long years away—and so has Marcos Ramirez. Though the circumstances surrounding their parting were more bitter than sweet, their reunion promises to be more agreeable than they expected when a holiday game brings them together and shows them that all they've ever wished for is each other. ... Leer más

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  • Misericordia

    de Benito Perez Galdos ...
    Crushed by poverty or the weight of their pretensions, the high and low life of 19th century Madrid provides the cast for this enjoyably bleak portrait of a family's decline, fall and recovery. The widow Dona Francisca, reduced from salon to slum, is protected by her servant Benita, who begs and barters in a daily battle with starvation and her mistress's pride. When a sudden inheritance enriches ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • The Teeth of the Gale

    de Joan Aiken ...
    Now eighteen, Felix sets out across the mountains of Spain to rescue three children kidnapped by their father. Along the way, he hopes to see his true love, Juana, who has entered a convent. But his rescue party is being followed, and Felix fears he and the children are being led into a trap. ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Viva Mexico!

    de Charles Flandrau ...
    Flandrau was a rich young American with an individual sense of humour and no prejudices, except against Western uniformity. His travel book, first published in 1908, is more than a ramble among the Mexican people. Based on his brother's coffee plantation, he spent the best part of five years in a country which he describes as 'one long carelessly written but absorbing romance'. His insights into ... Leer más

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  • The Jade Dragon

    de Nancy Buckingham ...
    When orphaned Elinor Rosslyn is confronted by handsome Stafford Darville with news that her Portugese grandfather has died, Elinor is amazed, unaware she had relatives. She travels to Portugal to meet her grandmother, Contessa da Milaveira, and heal the family rift. At the Palacio, though by law she has a right to live there, she finds her life in danger. Who is her enemy? Gothic Romance by Nancy ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • The Swan of Vilamorta

    Enriched edition. Love, Betrayal, and Power Dynamics in Rural Spain: A Compelling Tale of Gender Roles and Societal Expectations

    de condesa de Emilia Pardo Bazán, Jordan Pierce ...
    Traducido por Mary J. Serrano ...
    In "The Swan of Vilamorta," the esteemed Spanish author Emilia Pardo Baz√°n weaves a richly textured narrative that delves into the complexities of gender, class, and societal expectations in 19th-century Spain. Employing a keen observational style, Pardo Baz√°n crafts a tale suffused with symbolism and intricate characterizations, exploring the struggles of its protagonist against a backdrop of ... Leer más

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