La casa de los naranjos

En una remota región montañosa, dos hombres, llegados de muy lejos, entejen una singular historia real... Los otros relatos pertenecen, parte a lo cotidiano y tangible y otra parte a lo que no nos explicamos, pero que sin duda acontece y nos obliga a preguntarnos, si en algún lugar hay para nosotros un camino oculto, un puente hacia lo que anhelamos y que de pronto, se nos concede.

When Agustin Goytisolo decides to return to Cuba after many years in Spain, he does it with the firm conviction that his arrival will help him put in order the delicate situation of his family business. In addition to the constant worrying about the island's political situation and his personal affairs, an unexpected event will make things worse, the murder of his niece. With "Cienfuegos, August 17th," the authors have managed to convey the reality of a convulsive era previous to 1898. Slavery, the political situation the language used, creates a novel with personality and an intriguing...

Tres amigos buscan en la poesía una forma de expresar la dificultad de habitar un país durante una aparente transición política, entre pactos de amistad, amantes y relaciones fugaces: son los años noventa y conviven con promesas y espejismos de democracia y alegría. Tres integrantes de una familia disfuncional: el padre que se va de casa, la madre sola y su hijo, intentan salir adelante en una villa de La Florida. Tres policías de la PDI trabajan en un caso como cualquier otro, dándole un sentido provisorio y práctico a la muerte. La regla de los nueve es la primera novela de Paula...

A passionate and solitary inventor of agricultural machinery fights for love and recognition from his community. Through this partially autobiographical tale, author Sherwood Anderson aims his critique on the rise of technology and industries at the turn of the century. At the same time, he recreates a story where nature has no judgments and beauty is troubling. Pobre blanco was praised by writers such as H. L. Mencken and Hart Crane when it was originally published. It remains a curiously contemporary novel and a marvelous testimony to Anderson.