Cortos: Cuentos1 review
Alberto Fuguet

Rayo, 2005

conoce a Alberto Fuguet

Desde que descubri a Alberto Fuguet no he parado de leerlo! pero si no lo conoces "cortos" es una buena manera de conocerlo pues en este libro nos da una probadita de su estilo y versatilidad. Pero mi favorito sigue siendo "Las peliculas de mi vida". En mi opinion Fuget va un paso adelante en la ...
  
  











  



  
The Ghost of the MV Rio Amazonas1 review
S Jay Smith

Outskirts Press, 2007

Travel the Amazon without leaving home

S. Jay Smith creates a suspenseful mystery with this follow-up to THE NECKLACE. Whereas THE NECKLACE introduces the reader to the uniquely cultural jungle city of Iquitos, THE GHOST OF THE MV RIO AMAZONAS takes the reader on board a riverboat down the Amazon to the Colombian / Brazilian border. ...
  
  











  



  
El penultimo sueno5 reviews
Angela Becerra

Villegas Editores, 2007

El penultimo sueño

+ Excelente narraciý
+ 100% recomendable
+ Great Read!
  
  











  



  
Travesuras de la niña mala (The Bad Girl: A Novel)30 reviews
Mario Vargas Llosa

Alfaguara, 2006

Just a masterpiece

+ Muy entretenido
+ Captivating novel

I got this book as it was recommended by a person I love a lot. She told me that this will be a good reading and she was absolutely right. The way how Mario Vargas Llosa describes every single place, situation and feelig is just something that gets you into the history pretty quickly. It was really ...
  
  











  



  
El Collar1 review
S Jay Smith

Outskirts Press, 2006

Jay Smith captura la esencia de IQUITOS en EL COLLAR

EL COLLAR es un libro emocionante que toma lugar en la ciudad selvatica de Iquitos, Peru. No es un libro muy largo, de solo ochenta paginas, pero es tan interesante que el lector no pueda dejar de leerlo hasta terminarlo. Los temas principales concierne celos, sexo, venganza y brujeria. Despues ...
  
  











  



  
Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler: Two Spanish Picaresque Novels (Penguin Classics)6 reviews
Anonymous

Penguin Classics, 2003

Lazarillo de Tormes

+ Wonderful translation, brilliant introduction
+ Great examples of an old literary tradition
+ profound, edifying and more entertaining than televison
  
  











  



  
Dracula (Clasicos seleccion series)1 review
Bram Stoker

Edimat Libros, 2003

A True Classic!

I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I, of course was expecting to read something similar to the movie 'Dracula' that I had seen. While there are some similarities, the book is immensely better. I guess that it would be hard to convey all the emotions of an individuals character ...
  
  











  



  
Mist: A TRAGICOMIC NOVEL8 reviews
Miguel de Unamuno, Warner Fite

University of Illinois Press, 2000

A Spanish Classic, DO NOT MISS IT!!!

+ how much fun!
+ existential masterpiece
+ ....Mist....Niebla...Fog....
+ COOL!
  
  











  



  
Telemundo Presenta: El deseo ajeno (Telemundo Presents: Possessed By Desire): Novela (A Novel)2 reviews
Erick Hernández Morá

Atria, 2006

A must for all the fans!

No fan of El cuerpo del deseo can miss this one! With a set of great photos to remind us of one of the greatest hits in telenovela's history, El deseo ajeno is really the story of what became of everyone after Pedro Jose Donoso and Isabel left this world. We find out what happend to Salvador(the ...
  
  











  



  
Los tres mosqueteros (Grandes clasicos series)12 reviews
Alejandro Dumas

Edimat Libros, 2004

One of the best pieces of literature

+ Excelente...
+ this book deserves 10 stars
+ ¡Intrigante!
  
  











  



  
Sin City: Ida y vuelta al infierno/ Sin City: Hell & Back (Sin City)/ Spanish Edition
Frank Miller

Public Square Books, 2005

In the Town Without Pity, good men are hard to find. Enter Wallace, a nice guy who's very good at killing people. Out for an evening drive he meets his dream girl - who's trying to kill herself. Why? Who are the shadowy cabal of power brokers who wrench her from his arms? When will all hell break loose?
  
  











  



  
The Obscene Bird of Night (Verba Mundi)9 reviews
Jose Donoso

Verba Mundi Books, 1995

The best in surrealism

+ Just Plain Excellent
+ multidimensional apnea
+ The darker side of magic realism.
+ Beyond times
  
  











  



  
El Llano en llamas (COLECCION LETRAS HISPANICAS) (Letras Hispanicas, 218) (Letras Hispanicas, 218)2 reviews
Juan Rulfo

Catedra, 2006

beautiful sadness

+ Rulfo's best

I read this book in Spanish for the language, then in English for extra clarity. It is beautifully sparse, much like a black and white photograph - its surface is dark and bleak and colorless, yet the texture which can be read and felt beneath the surface is absolutely breathtaking. Rulfo creates ...
  
  











  



  
El penultimo sueno5 reviews
Angela Becerra

Villegas Editores, 2007

El penultimo sueño

+ Excelente narraciý
+ 100% recomendable
+ Great Read!
  
  











  



  
Travesuras de la niña mala (The Bad Girl: A Novel)30 reviews
Mario Vargas Llosa

Alfaguara, 2006

Just a masterpiece

+ Muy entretenido
+ Captivating novel

I got this book as it was recommended by a person I love a lot. She told me that this will be a good reading and she was absolutely right. The way how Mario Vargas Llosa describes every single place, situation and feelig is just something that gets you into the history pretty quickly. It was really ...
  
  











  



  
The Ghost of the MV Rio Amazonas1 review
S Jay Smith

Outskirts Press, 2007

Travel the Amazon without leaving home

S. Jay Smith creates a suspenseful mystery with this follow-up to THE NECKLACE. Whereas THE NECKLACE introduces the reader to the uniquely cultural jungle city of Iquitos, THE GHOST OF THE MV RIO AMAZONAS takes the reader on board a riverboat down the Amazon to the Colombian / Brazilian border. ...
  
  











  



  
Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler: Two Spanish Picaresque Novels (Penguin Classics)6 reviews
Anonymous

Penguin Classics, 2003

Lazarillo de Tormes

+ Wonderful translation, brilliant introduction
+ Great examples of an old literary tradition
+ profound, edifying and more entertaining than televison
  
  











  



  
Sin City: Ida y vuelta al infierno/ Sin City: Hell & Back (Sin City)/ Spanish Edition
Frank Miller

Public Square Books, 2005

In the Town Without Pity, good men are hard to find. Enter Wallace, a nice guy who's very good at killing people. Out for an evening drive he meets his dream girl - who's trying to kill herself. Why? Who are the shadowy cabal of power brokers who wrench her from his arms? When will all hell break loose?
  
  











  



  
Los tres mosqueteros (Grandes clasicos series)12 reviews
Alejandro Dumas

Edimat Libros, 2004

One of the best pieces of literature

+ Excelente...
+ this book deserves 10 stars
+ ¡Intrigante!
  
  











  



  
Dracula (Clasicos seleccion series)1 review
Bram Stoker

Edimat Libros, 2003

A True Classic!

I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I, of course was expecting to read something similar to the movie 'Dracula' that I had seen. While there are some similarities, the book is immensely better. I guess that it would be hard to convey all the emotions of an individuals character ...