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La última hora del último día (The last hour of the last day)
Jordi Soler
A Catalonian family has exiled to La Portuguesa, an hacienda set in the deepest recesses of the Mexican jungle. During the years the family awaits with naïve energy for the fall of Franco and the advent of the republic, each becomes more deeply rooted in this wild land where only the creatures endemic to the region are able to survive.
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 Háblame en español
(Talk to me in spanish)
Eulalio Ferrer
Ferrer weaves an allegorical masterpiece of the Spanish exile in which he follows his main characters, a young republican Catalan lady, Ita, and a little Catalan orphan, Líber. They travel from the bloody civil war bombing of Barcelona, Gerona and Figueras, into exile through Paris, Hong Kong, and Boston for the next forty years.
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 Cuentos (Stories)Alfonso Reyes
For the first time ever, 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.
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 Parejas(Couples)
Guadalupe Loaeza
This is an entertaining journey to the center of passions, devotions, friendships, and affections. It follows the plot of stories that take us to the discovery of attractions and early, young and belated attachments, within numerous environments and various scenes. | |
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Gloria Guardia wrapping up Panama trilogy, planning historical novel on WWII
Panamanian writer Gloria Guardia said she has made substantial progress with her latest novel, “El jardín de las cenizas” (The Garden of Ashes), the last installment in her trilogy about the history of contemporary Panama.
She added that she next plans to write a historical novel about World War II that will feature Panamanian and Basque historical figures.
Guardia, 67, said she has written 250 pages of “El jardín,” which, like the second book in the trilogy, “Lobos al anochecer” (Wolves at Nightfall), will be published by Editorial Alfaguara. | |
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Writer Antonio Orlando Rodriguez receives the Alfaguara Novel Prize
Cuban expatriate writer Antonio Orlando Rodriguez on Monday was awarded the Alfaguara Novel Prize for his work "Chiquita." The Alfaguara - a Spanish literary award that was in its 11th edition this year - features a cash prize of $175,000 and is considered one of the most prestigious given out each year to an unpublished Spanish-language work. The prize jury, headed by Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ramirez, said "Chiquita" is "a novel that is at once elegant and full of life, with notable narrative grace and an unflagging imagination that, like an immense, precisely executed score, illustrates that period and the life of an extraordinary person." | |
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Cervantes Institute presents first “practical guide” to proper use of Spanish
The Cervantes Institute has presented in Madrid a work titled “Gramática práctica del español” (Practical Spanish Grammar), the first in a series of reference books intended to help increase understanding of Spanish at a time “of expansion” when, according to the organization’s director, Carmen Caffarel, 14 million students are learning the language worldwide.
To address the many doubts that learners have, the institute decided to jointly publish this collection of “practical guides” with the Espasa Calpe publishing house, marking the beginning of a collaboration that will bear more fruit in the future, Espasa’s director, Ana Rosa Semprún, said | |
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Nicaragua's Belli wins Biblioteca Breve prize
Nicaraguan writer Gioconda Belli was honored with the Biblioteca Breve Prize for "El Infinito en la Palma de la Mano" (The Infinite in the Palm of My Hand), a work that fuses poetry and mystery to create a fable about the origins of Adam and Eve.
The jury brought together by Spanish publisher Seix Barral was unanimous in awarding the prize to a volume outstanding for its "singular approach, its ability to evoke" an imaginary world "and its anthropological recreation of the myth of our origin."
The jury for this 50th edition of the prize included writers Jose Caballero Bonald, Luis Mateo Diez, Pere Gimferrer, Rosa Montero and Elena Ramirez. | |
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 Francis Ford Coppola Director
An American by birth and Italian at heart, Francis Ford Coppola now has his sights set on Latin America and is learning Spanish. This cinematic giant, best known for directing “The Godfather” trilogy and “Apocalypse Now,” will find that the language comes in handy now that he has a production firm in Argentina and hotels in Guatemala and Belize and is preparing to start shooting “Tetro,” a film about an Argentine family in which Spaniards Javier Bardem and Maribel Verdú have starring roles.
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El boomeran
Spain´ literary blog. Interviews with authors, audio and video and very interesting literary news. Among the bloggers are writers like Felix de Azua, Jorge Volpi,Vicente Verdú, Sergio Ramirez, Clara Sanchez and many more.
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ARS in the 33rd Annual Conference of CABE
America Reads Spanish will participate in CABE 2008 33rd Annual Conference "Bilingual Education: Connecting Cultures, Reclaiming our Future" to be celebrated in the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, California from March 6-8.
America Reads Spanish will sponsor an information pavilion during the Conference, distributing copies of the “Essential Guide to Spanish Reading” to participants who seek information about the campaign. As at previous events, industry professionals will appreciate the ARS campaign’s pioneering work to promote the reading of Spanish-language books in the United States.
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Red Iberoamericana de Animación Sociocultural (RIA)
The Red Iberoamericana de Animación Sociocultural (RIA) was born as a result of the restlessness of people of very different nature and origin, but who feel the necessity to combine efforts in a common way.
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 Claudio Iván Remeseira
Director of the Hispanic New York Project (HNYP) at Columbia University Claudio Ivan Remeseira, born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 1960 is the Founder and Director of the Hispanic New York Project (HNYP) hosted by the American Studies Program of Columbia University since 2006. Mr. Remeseira holds a Filosophy degree by the University of Buenos Aires, 1990 and a M.S. in Journalism by Columbia University, 2002. The mission of the HNYP is to develop an academic and cultural center to promote the Latino and Latin American cultural heritage of New York City.
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