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"¿Quiénes son los descendientes de los maestros del haiku? Uno piensa que deben estar en Japón o en otras latitudes, y no sólo eso, que deben ser ancianos y barbudos. Pero no. Los tenemos en Latinoamérica, y Lucía Vargas es una. Basta abrir este libro para comprobar que ella posee la mirada entrenada del sabio, que sabe comulgar con la naturaleza, que doma los símbolos y que cuenta con una precisión verbal y una sensibilidad insólita.

Named an Anticipated Read of 2024 by Entertainment Weekly and a Best Historical Fiction novel of 2024 by BookBub. As death stalks a gothic mansion in Miami, the lives of two women intertwine as the past and present collide in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton’s atmospheric new...

La increíble aventura de Kalapakte, un indígena selk'nam (ona) secuestrado junto con su familia y exhibido en la Exposición Universal de París en 1889, quien tras años de peregrinaciones por la variada geografía de Europa, América del Norte y del Sur logra regresar por sus propios medios a su Tierra del Fuego natal.

En Reencuentro de personajes, Elena Garro convoca a sus espectros literarios—ciertos protagonistas de las obras de Scott Fitzgerald y Evelyn Waugh—con el misterioso designio de retornarlos a la vida dentro del espacio real de la novela. Así, mediante una operación que tiene mucho de acto mágico, desarrolla una inquietante experiencia de literatura en la literatura.

Joaquina Sanchez lives in total obscurity on a bull ranch in Mexico at the end of WWII. Joaquina's father, Salvador, is the foreman of the ranch and a trainer of matadors. He's been training Joaquina all of her life and now, at 17, she's as good a matador as any man living. But it's not acceptable for a woman to be a matador.

A TODAY Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick! A powerful novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored there It is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. For...

A former military dog, a Venezuelan street mutt, and a cannibalistic Shih Tzu, who have lost their owners, escape rescue cages. Now they have to learn to survive together in a colonial Ecuadorian mountain town, bisected by winding rivers that descend to the Amazon.

Activated is a collection of poems exploding with rhythmic language that explores an underlying theme of allegory where Anadel Montero walks her listeners through a journey of reflection and free verse conversations she has within herself. What began as journal entries in therapy sessions and a tool for self-healing has whole-heartedly manifested into an empowering first compilation of poetry. The inspiring collection of poetry is beautifully relatable as it reminds listeners to fill up with love, acceptance, family, and community.

“Gripping and passionate . . . keenly recounted . . . full of poetry.”—New York Times Now in a beautiful new edition, the spellbinding classic tale of man and nature, honor, and adventure, in which the peaceful life of an aging, book-loving widower in the Ecuadorean jungle is upended when...

A “mesmerizing...wildly entertaining” (The Boston Globe) magical realism western in the vein of Cormac McCarthy meets Gabriel García Márquez, The Bullet Swallower follows a Mexican bandido as he sets off for Texas to rob a train, only to encounter a mysterious figure who has come, finally...

Las Ramírez de Stanten Islan orbitan alrededor de la ausencia. Cuando Ruthy, a los trece años, desapareció sin dejar rastro después de un entrenamiento de atletismo, su familia quedó marcada y deshecha. Una noche, doce años después, Jessica, la hermana mayor, ve en la pantalla de su...

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Winner of the Joyce Carol Oates Prize | Finalist for the Kirkus Prize “A blistering, hilarious, tragic novel that is simultaneously absurd and painfully real.” —The Miami Herald Scarface meets Moby Dick in Say Hello to My Little Friend following...

De la galardonada autora bestseller de Cuando era puertorriqueña, nos llega una poderosa novela sobre la familia, la raza, la fe, el sexo y el desastre que transita entre Puerto Rico y el Bronx, revelando las vidas y los amores de cinco mujeres, y el secreto que las une. Se hacen llamar “Las...

A Best Book of 2024: NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, ELLE, and Them Longlisted for the Crook's Corner Book Prize, An Indie Next Pick A searing debut about the complexities of gender, power, and fame, told through the story of a young woman’s destructive relationship with a legendary writer...

Driven and recklessly daring, Martin Sabater follows his lifelong dream of owning a cacao plantation in Valle del Cauca. But on the night of a spectacular gala, he disappears—and is never seen again. Now his hacienda is a budding Catholic hospital saving lives during an emerging epidemic. And novice nun “Sor Puri” is there to uncover the truth behind Martin’s disappearance. But her real identity—and her past with the heartbreakingly charismatic Martin—will put far more than her perilous search at risk.

In this mesmerizing sequel to a Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, the "heart-stealing heroine" (Amy Tan) and muse of Cuban musician Nestor Castillo takes readers on the journey of a lifetime with this story of reinvention, romance, and revolution. In Beautiful...

La inigualable Julia Alvarez, autora de En el tiempo de las mariposas y De cómo las muchachas García perdieron el acento, regresa con una extraordinaria e íntima novela que nos recuerda que las historias de vida jamás están realmente acabadas. Ni siquiera cuando llega el final. **Uno de los...

Whether intended as historical fiction or not, this tale of a California bandit in the early years of the Gold Rush by America's first Native American novelist was based on real occurrences. By early 1853, a certain "Joaquin" was being blamed for seemingly every murder and robbery in the young Golden State—a Robin Hood-like figure originally from Mexico said to be an inspiration a half a century later for the character of Zorro (who in turn was an influence on masked vigilante and avenger characters like Batman).

Cometierra ha elegido dos cosas: un barrio nuevo y no volver a usar su poder adivinatorio nunca más. Rodeada de desconocidos, va saliendo poco a poco de su encierro y aprende a manejarse en su nuevo entorno, al tiempo que aguarda el nacimiento de su sobrino, hijo de su hermano Walter y de la novia de este, Miseria.

A pesar de que en treinta años de vida no lo conoció, Trinidad Ríos necesita encontrar a su padre. Tiene miedo de ser rechazada, aunque el miedo no le es inusual: toda su vida, desde la madrugada que quedó huérfana en la salvaje jungla de Madre de Dios, en la selva sur del Perú, hasta que tuvo que escapar a la ciudad de Lima, ha tenido que luchar contra tratantes de mujeres, mineros ilegales, trabas machistas y una sociedad extremadamente racista.