The Old Man and The Seeds

A tale of East L.A. gang life revolves around two teenage girls coming of age in a brutal, male-dominated world

Here is a single volume of the short stories from the great Mexican writer Alfonso Reyes. This enjoyable book showcases the author's stylish elegance, intelligence, and fine sense of humor. We also find here a lesser known feature of Reyes: his craftiness. This edition, under the leadership of the master's granddaughter, includes La cena [Dinner], which is considered one of the best stories in Mexican literature in the twentieth century.

Nueva York, primera década del siglo XX, una gran ciudad que está entrando de lleno en la modernidad. En esos años se sucede entre la alta sociedad una serie de asesinatos y de escándalos sexuales. Pero la modernidad de Nueva York también es el interés que despiertan las nuevas ideas. El 29 de agosto de 1909 llega Sigmund Freud, y esa misma noche encuentran el cadáver de una joven, víctima quizá de un juego sexual que rebasó todo límite. O tal vez sea la obra de un sádico asesino en serie, porque al día siguiente otra rica heredera, Nora Acton, consigue escapar a un ataque del...

This is about the life of Candide, the illegitimate nephew of a German baron. He grows up in the baron's castle under the tutelage of the scholar Pangloss, who teaches him that this world is "the best of all possible worlds." Candide falls in love with the baron's young daughter and the baron catches the two kissing and expels Candide from his home. On his own for the first time, this is the begining of the real Candide's life.