El Capitan Alatriste (Las Aventuras Del Capitan Alatriste)16 reviews
Arturo y Carlota Perez-Reverte

Santillana USA Publishing Company, 1997

Always check the LANGUAGE NOTES before buying a book

+ Swords And Daggers And Dangerous Times
+ El Capitan Alatriste
+ not too difficult
  
  











  



  
Niebla/ Fog (Coleccion Austral)
Miguel De Unamuno

Austral, 2007
  
  











  



  
La Sombra Del Viento/ the Shadow of the Wind (Autores Espanoles E Iberoamericanos)69 reviews
Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Planeta, 2006

One of the Best / Uno de los mejores

+ Excellent book.
+ Masterpiece!!!
+ A book that inspires
  
  











  



  
Cuarteto / Quartet (Contemporanea / Contemporary)
Manuel Vazquez Montalban, 2003
  
  











  



  
Sefarad: Una Novela De Novelas1 review
Antonio Munoz Molina

Alfaguara, 2001

DE ESCRITURA IMPECABLE

Munoz Molina logra a traves de un impecable estilo y una depurada escritura el introducir al lector en la opresion de la persecucion, y nos permite conocer la fatalidad de vivir perseguido sea cual fuere la razon. Historias llenas de Humanidad y crudeza que solo el ser humano es capaz de crear ...
  
  











  



  
La Batalla de Los Intelectuales
Alfonso Sastre

Clacso, 2005
  
  











  



  
Capital Del Dolor
Francisco Umbral

Planeta Pub Corp, 1998
  
  











  



  
LA Colmena3 reviews
Camilo Jose Cela Conde

Noguer y Caralt, 1987

Great book!

+ La Biblia de la posguerra

Those who try to write the names of the characters down or even try to center the novel in any particular place completely miss the point of this novel. This is a novel about a community, a wolrd, where names and places are irrelevant. The only relevant thing is the city, Madrid, and the struggle ...
  
  











  



  
Santa Teresa: Las moradas o el castillo interior/Su vida
Alberto Campos Peral, Santa Teresa de Avila

Edimat Libros, 2007

Including two works— The Life of Santa Teresa de Jesús by Alberto Campos Peral and The Inner Castle by Santa Teresa de Jesús—this compilation deals with both the life and the work of a cultured, delicate woman who put her faith first. While Peral focuses more on her life story, Santa Teresa de Jesús explores her philosophical-religious beliefs, such as the seven degrees of prayer ...
  
  











  



  
Corazon tan blanco28 reviews
Javier Marías

Santillana USA Publishing Company, 1999

...."My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a heart so white"

+ A Heart so White
+ Hypnotic

Xavier Marias is a master in leading us with the protagonist's story to the tragic hero of seemingly equal but more bridled remorse than Lady Macbeth demonstrated in the quote above. The act revealed toward the end of the story was committed in the blindness, selfishness and isolation of passion ...
  
  











  



  
Platero and I/Platero y yo: A Dual-Language Book (Dual-Language Books)2 reviews
Juan Ramon Jimenez

Dover Publications, 2004

Platero is a masterpiece that you cannot afford to miss in your lifetime

+ Nicely done

This refers to the spanish edition by Catedra- The intention of this review is to invite the english speaking world not to miss this wonderful book, luring you into it by sharing my experiences. Of course we read some chants in primary school since this is considered the jewel of prose ...
  
  











  



  
LA Casa De Bernarda Alba6 reviews
Federico Garcia Lorca

Ediciones Colihue, 1993

POWERFUL, ROMANTIC....

+ Buena Obra De Teatro
+ muy interesanta para los estudiantes de espaniol
+ excellent
  
  











  



  
Milenio: mil años de literatura española1 review
Bárbara Mujica

Wiley, 2001

Great resource for literary history of Spanish literature

As a Spanish literature graduate student, it was a struggle to find a book that was not only concise and clear but also one that contained the latest critical theory and critique on the most important works in Spanish literary history. With "Milenio", Mujica not only created this but so much more. ...
  
  











  



  
La Vida Es Sueno / Life is a Dream4 reviews
Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Ediciones del Pensamiento Nacional, 1982

Fascinating tale of humanity and cruelty, dreams and reality

+ Spanish?
+ A story of destiny, hate, love, and war.
+ El mejor
  
  











  



  
Fuente Ovejuna1 review
Lope De Vega, William E. Colford

Barron's Educational Series, 1969

Fuente Ovejuna

Lope de Vega trazo en Fuente Ovejuna, con magnifica intuicion y voluntad artistica, una de sus comedias mas complejas. La colectividad, depositaria del derecho de resistencia si la jerarquia pierde su legitimidad, hace uso de aquel y restablece el orden. En una primera accion intrahistorica el ...
  
  











  



  
Cantar de mio Cid

Cooperacion Editorial, 2002

El Cantar de mio Cid, una de las obras más significativas de la literatura castellana y del género épico, cuenta las aventuras de Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, el Cid, líder militar bajo el Rey Alfonso VI de Castilla en el siglo XI. Valorando el honor y el bienester social en una base histórica, es una leyenda en la que se utiliza el verso y la tradición oral para narrar las hazañas de un personaje que ...
  
  











  



  
Pepita Jimenez3 reviews
Juan Valera

iUniverse, 1999

A forgotten masterpiece.

+ Suspenso, amor, psicologia

'Pepita Jimenez', once considered the great 19th century Spanish novel, now lies neglected by most readers and critics. Neither Penguins, Everyman nor Oxford, the pre-eminent publishers of 'Classics', have ever produced an edition, and I only became aware of its existence by accident on the net. ...
  
  











  



  
En la ardiente oscuridad6 reviews
Buero, Valleja

Prentice Hall, 1950

andamos a ciegas

+ The Burning Darkness
+ i acted this play...
+ busco un edición inglés
+ SUPER!!!!!!
  
  











  



  
Requiem Por un Campesino Espanol (Hispanic Texts)1 review
Ramon J. Sender

Manchester University Press, 1992

The best literary account of the effect of the Civil War

Ramon Sender fuses symbolism and realism in this account of the effect of the Spanish Civil War on a small Aragonese population. He reclaims the image of Christ crucified for the Republican side. This image had been used by Nationalists to symbolise the fate of Spain. It is here won forever for ...
  
  











  



  
Don quijote de la mancha6 reviews
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Edaf S.A., 2001

THE NOVEL

+ Great book, illustrations.
+ la bellaza del idioma
+ Literatura universal desde España!
+ comentar lo incomentable de un clasico