Achy Obejas
1) Memory mambo
Author
Publisher
Cleis Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Memory Mambo describes the life of Juani Casas, a 25-year-old Cuban-born American lesbian who manages her family's laundromat in Chicago while trying to cope with family, work, love, sex, and the weirdness of North American culture. Achy Obejas's writing is sharp and mordantly funny. She understands perfectly how the romance of exile—from a homeland as well as from heterosexuality—and the mundane reality of everyday life balance...
Author
Publisher
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"A lush, sensuous, and original tale of family, love, and history, set against the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution and its aftermath. Nadia Guerra's mother, Albis Torres, left when Nadia was just ten years old. Growing up, the proponents of revolution promised a better future. Now that she's an adult, Nadia finds that life in Havana hasn't quite matched its promise; instead it has stifled her rebellious and artistic desires. Each night she DJs a...
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Series
Language
Español
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Description
Una crónica familiar que abarca tres generaciones y dos países, La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao cuenta la historia del gordiflón y solitario Oscar de León en su intento de convertirse en el J.R.R. Tolkien Dominicano y su desafortunada búsqueda del amor. Pero Oscar sólo es la última víctima del fukú--una maldición que durante generaciones ha perseguido a su familia, condenándoles a vidas de tortura, sufrimiento y amor desdichado....
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
Description
"Así es como la pierdes es un libro sobre mujeres que quitan el sentido y sobre el amor y el ardor. Y sobre la traición porque a veces traicionamos lo que más queremos, y también es un libro sobre el suplicio que pasamos después--los ruegos, las lágrimas, la sensación de estar atravesado un campo de minas--para intentar recuperar lo que perdimos. Aquello que creíamos que no queríamos, que no nos importaba. Estos cuentos nos enseñan las leyes...
Author
Publisher
Cleis Press
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
"We came all the way from Cuba so you could dress like this? my father will ask over my mother's shoulder. And for the first time in my life, I'll say, Look, you didn't come for me, you came for you; you came because all your rich clients were leaving and you were going to wind up a cashier in your father's hardware store if you didn't leave, okay?" A collection of stories on uprooted people.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"An inspiring, timely, and conversation-starting memoir from the barrier-breaking and Emmy Award-winning journalist Ilia Calderón-the first Afro-Latina to anchor a high-profile newscast for a major Hispanic broadcast network in the United States-about following your dreams, overcoming prejudice, and embracing your identity"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"There are riders willing to die just to win a single leg of the Tour, careening downhill at a suicidal ninety kilometers per hour; now I know there are also riders ready to kill for it. Marc, a French-Colombian professional cyclist with a military past, is on an elite Tour de France team led by his best friend, Steve, an American star and a favorite to win this year's Tour. But the competition takes a dark turn when someone begins eliminating racers...
Author
Publisher
NorteSur Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
"Semillas de aguacate y el crecimiento lento! La impaciencia de una niña se convierte en asombro mientras su árbol de aguacate y ella misma cambian y crecen paulatinamente en esta historia inspirado en la infancia propia de la artista israelí Taltal Levi."--Amazon.com.
"Muriel is sulking--she celebrated her birthday yesterday under the old avocado tree, but today she's not even a little bit taller! Dad tells Muriel a secret: She is like the pit...
Author
Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The Cubans in Achy Obejas's story collection are haunted by islands: the island they fled, the island they've created, the island they were taken to or forced from, the island they long for, the island they return to, and the island that can never be home again" --
13) Mexico City noir
Series
Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Description
Mexico City enters the Akashic Noir series arena, edited by one of Mexico's most revered novelists.
Author
Publisher
Restless Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A mix of such otherworldly scenarios, pop culture references and linguistic inventiveness comes remarkably together for a brazen social and political commentary on modern Mexican reality." -NPR Books
The English-language debut of "one of the most original and entertaining voices in contemporary Mexican literature" (Revista Gatopardo): a collection of surreal, ironic, and madcap stories about the comedy and brutality of life in Mexico.
The provocateur...
Author
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Introduces English-language readers to Kahlo's life, from her childhood and the accident that would mark her personality and her artwork, to her complicated love for Diego Rivera and the fierce determination that drove her to become a major artist in her own right."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
AmazonCrossing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Getting stuck in an elevator with a flirtatious and charismatic stranger leaves Jude Flores flustered enough--even before she realizes that he's Eric Zimmerman, the billionaire CEO... and her powerfully sexy new boss. Having arrived in Spain to take over his company's office, Eric is clearly interested in more than business. He notices Jude for her brilliance and talent, but it's her humility that excites him the most. Seduced by Eric's attention,...
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A collection of letters--to ancestors, to children five generations from now, to strangers in grocery lines, to any and all who feel weary and discouraged--written by award-winning novelists, poets, political thinkers, and activists.
20) Papi
Author
Language
English
Description
Papi tells a story in the voice of an eight year old girl waiting in Santo Domingo for her father to return from New York to lavish her with gifts and the glory of his fame. Things don't go according to plan.