Y Ahora Que?

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.

El miserable Juanito Oliva, el siniestro Santiago Salvatierra, el cura Leopoldo Roca, la médium Ramona Codolls, el pragmático José Batiste, el sórdido Jaime Casellas, el novillero Alfonso Matagalls..., y otros más, forman un heterogéneo grupo de catalanes que se conocen en el ejército de Franco durante la guerra civil. Al volver a Barcelona, tras la caída de la ciudad, las peripecias de cada uno se cruzan en una trama agria y sarcástica a través de la cual se muestra cómo cambia la sociedad a lo largo de los últimos 75 años. También evolucionan los protagonistas del libro, y...

Maggie, Lady Hawkins, is a new woman. So much so that her clamoring public believes she's a man... Drawing under a male pseudonym, Maggie is known as political cartoonist Lemarc. Her (his!) favorite topic: Simon Barrett, Earl of Winchester, a rising star in Parliament as well as a former love interest of Maggie's, who believed a rumor that vexes her to this day.

Forgive me for it all. I never meant to cause You no harm I just simply fell in love and then I had a plane to catch But You left me with no goodbye, blanc in the middle of the night And I never had a chance to say that I want to grow old and grey by Your side and to be the mother of Your children Sincerily Yours Anna