Guillermo Arriaga Jordán
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"Marina, una mujer casada, con tres hijos, con una vida familiar resuelta, coreógrafa de cierto prestigio, se ve involucrada en un amorío improbable con un hombre impensable. Salvar el fuego retrata dos Méxicos completamente escondidos uno del otro, en los que Marina, que pertenece a la clase social más alta, se vincula con un hombre al extremo de la sociedad. Esta es una novela que retrata las contradicciones de un país y las contradicciones...
2) Extrañas
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Inglaterra, 1781. William Burton, un joven noble, afronta un encuentro cuya intensidad marcará y cambiará su vida. Resuelto, se embarca en una aventura donde conocerá a los genios de la época, de quienes absorberá cuantos conocimientos y experiencias ponen a su alcance para encarar situaciones extremas. La amistad, el amor y la determinación serán sus aliados para enfrentarse a un mundo bizarro y cruel, en el cual se pondrá a prueba su carácter...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Español
Description
Un abogado perfecciona el famoso invento de la guillotina y se la va a vender a Pancho Villa, el conocido general insurgente de la Revolución mexicana. A Pancho Villa no solo la idea le parece bien, sino que, en un gesto de humor, decide pagarle al abogado de una manera sorprendente: obligándole a alistarse en su ejército de insurgentes. A partir de aquí, el abogado nos va contando sus experiencias con la tropa de Villa y cómo poco a poco se...
4) Retorno 201
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"En el Retorno 201 de la Ciudad de México, el autor pasó su infancia, adolescencia y parte de su juventud. Ahí su narrativa se topó con historias que hienden como cuchillos, en donde afloran la violencia y el amor, la ternura y la brutalidad, la paz y la furia. Con agudo instinto callejero, Arriaga presenta personajes llenos de intensidad y de contradicciones, al límite del caos y enfrentados a complejos dilemas morales. En sus historias, desnuda...
6) El salvaje
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
Two years after Catholic fanatics murdered his older bother, Carlos, an act which also led to the deaths of his grandmother and his parents, Juan Guillermo seeks revenge, becoming as savage as the wolf whose life parallels his own.
Series
Publisher
Lion's Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
Español
Description
Three different people are catapulted into dramatic and unforseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer pooch disappears into the apartment's floorboards; and an ex-radical turned hit man rescues a Rotweiler with a gunshot wound.
Author
Publisher
Playaway Digital Audio
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
"Tras el suicidio de su mejor amigo, Manuel se ve acosado por la sombra de la enfermedad mental de aquel, por su mundo de violencia y por la tortuosa relación sentimental con su novia, que fue inicialmente pareja de Gregorio, el amigo muerto; citas no cumplidas, extraños mensajes y la sombra de un policía que aparece como vengador de una infidelidad que lo llevé a la locura"--Container.
"The night buffalo" is set in Mexico City, revolving around...
11) 21 grams
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fate brought them together, now vengeance will tear them apart. A violent car accident unexpectedly throws together the lives of a college professor, an ex-con and a young mother with a reckless past. The crossing of their paths takes them through the heights of love, the depths of revenge and the promise of redemption.
12) Babel
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A wealthy American is touring Morocco with his wife when the two become the focus of an international incident also involving a poor Moroccan farmer who is struggling to keep his two young sons in line and his family together. A San Diego nanny, with her employers absent, makes the disastrous decision to take her charges with her to a wedding in Mexico. A deaf-mute Japanese teen tries to deal with a relationship with her father and the world in general...
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Sylvia is a beautiful restaurant manager whose cool, professional demeanor masks the sexually charged storm within. When a stranger from Mexico confronts her with her mysterious past, Sylvia is launched into a journey through space and time that inextricably connects her to these disparate characters, all of whom are grappling with their own romantic destinies. Gina is a housewife trapped in a loveless marriage who finds solace and passion in an illicit...
Publisher
Lion's Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
Español
Description
Three different people are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer pooch disappears into the apartment's floorboards; and an ex-radical turned hit man rescues a Rotweiler with a gunshot wound.
15) Amores perros
Series
Criterion collection volume 1060
Language
Español
Formats
Description
In Mexico City, the lives of three strangers, a young man mixed up in the gritty underworld of dogfighting, a glamorous woman who seems to have it all, and a mysterious assassin who is desperate to reconnect with his estranged daughter, collide in a tragic twist of fate that forever alters their personal journeys. A tour de force of violence and emotion captured in a rush of kinetic handheld camera work, an unforgettable plunge into a world of brutality...
16) Babel
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A wealthy American is touring Morocco with his wife. The two become the focus of an international incident also involving a poor Moroccan farmer who is struggling to keep his two young sons in line and his family together. A San Diego nanny, with her employers absent, makes the disastrous decision to take her charges with her to a wedding in Mexico. A deaf-mute Japanese teen tries to deal with a relationship with her father and the world in general...
17) Babel
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
From acclaimed Director Alejandro González Iñárritu comes the third film in his trilogy, BABEL, a critically celebrated and emotionally gripping film about the barriers that separate humankind. Nominated for seven **Academy Awards** including Best Picture. Winner of the Best Motion Picture - Drama at the **Golden Globes.** Winner of Best Director, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Technical Grand Prize Award at the **Cannes Film Festival.**...
Publisher
Lion's Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
Español
Description
Three lives become inextricably linked in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's pooch disappears into the apartment's floorboards; and an ex-radical turned hit man rescues a gun-shot Rotweiler.
Publisher
Distributed by Studio Latino
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Español
Description
Marcelino, a bitter old man, tells Ramon he must avenge the murder of his girlfriend. In this desolate place, where machismo and brute force rule, Jistino, Ramon, Gabriela and others will have life-changing decisions to make.
Author
Publisher
Aperture
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
La Calle brings together more than thirty years of photography from the streets of Mexico by Alex Webb, spanning 1975 to 2007. Whether in black and white or color, Webb's richly layered and complex compositions touch on multiple genres. As Geoff Dyer writes, "Wherever he goes, Webb always ends up in a Bermuda-shaped triangle where the distinctions between photojournalism, documentary, and art blur and disappear." Webb's ability to distill gesture,...