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La
Casa Verde (The
Green House)
Mario Vargas Llosa
An
exemplary novel in the history of the boom in Latin American
literature, La casa verde is a must for every reader who wants an
in-depth knowledge of the narrative work of Mario Vargas Llosa. The
novel takes place in two very distant points: Piura, in the desert of
coastal Peru, and Santa María de Nieva, a factory/mission
compound lost in the heart of the Amazonia.
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Itinerario
De Una Pasión
(Itinerary
of Great Passions)
Rosa
Helia Villa
Historians
have documented the military deeds of Francisco Villa, one of
Mexico’s preeminent revolutionary figures. But what about his
personal life? In this novel by Rosa Helia Villa, Villa’s
granddaughter, we are offered a detailed account of the guerrilla
warfare, bodily encounters, fearless battles, and sieges that took
place between the hero and his nearly 18 wives.
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 Cantar
De Ciegos
(The
Blind´s Songs)Carlos Fuentes
The
characters in these seven short stories find themselves facing unusual
situations: incest, alien encounters, secret and unforeseen affairs,
and adultery. Includes Muñeca reina and Una alma pura, which
have been adapted to the big screen.
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 El
Mayor Secreto De La Humanidad (The Biggest Secret Of
Humanity)
Joaquím Ruiz/Moisés de
Pablo
A scientist and a private eye
investigate a strange chain of robberies taking place in museums
throughout the world. Among the items are Galileo’s finger
and Einstein’s brain. Could the secret society behind the
robberies have known that Newton’s mathematical calculations
set the year 2060 as the end of the world?
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Madrid Book
Fair highlights diversity of Latin American literature
Latin America's
youngest authors made an appearance at the Madrid Book Fair, which will
continue until June 15, so readers can get to know their work,
characterized by a wide diversity of categories and subject matter but
having in common the hard time the authors have in getting their books
distributed, a group of writers agreed.
A score of
fledgling authors took part in the cultural activities that since May
30 have engulfed the Spanish capital and where Latin America has been
the star of the show as the region being honored at this year's book
fair.
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Great success of ARS seminar
about how more Spanish-language books can be sold in U.S
The seminar titled
“Up For Debate: How to Sell More Spanish-Language Books at
U.S. Bookstores” organized by ARS (America Reads Spanish) in
Madrid and Barcelona was a great success. The session held in Madrid on
May 14 was attended by 90 publishing houses and 65 concentrated in
Barcelona. The seminar’s agenda was designed to provide an
in-depth look at the retail distribution of Spanish-language books in
the United States and included analysis of three practical cases:
bookstore chains, independent bookstores and publishers.
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Vargas
Llosa announces new book dedicated to work of Uruguayan author
Peruvian writer
Mario Vargas Llosa said he has finished the bulk of a new book
dedicated to the work of Uruguayan author Juan Carlos Onetti.
The writer said
in an interview from Manhattan that the idea for the book came after he
gave a course on Onetti's works at Georgetown University in Washington
D.C. "to a very enthusiastic group and it was a magnificent experience."
In the book,
according to the interview, readers can share his view of novels by
Onetti, a writer born in Montevideo in 1909 and who died in Madrid in
1994.
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Exposition
tracing history of Spanish now online
The
exposition entitled "The Pathway of the Spanish Language," which
between December 2000 and January 2007 toured cities in Spain, Belgium,
Mexico and Brazil, can now be visited on the Internet.
The
general director of culture in the regional Spanish government of La
Rioja, Javier Garcia Turza, and the coordinator of the Pathway of the
Spanish Language Foundation, Laura Malo, presented Friday in
Logroño the online tour of the exposition.
The
Pathway takes the visitor to key sites in San Millan de la Cogolla in
La Rioja, Santo Domingo de Silos in Burgos, Valladolid, Salamanca,
Avila and Alcala de Henares, near Madrid.
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New releases of
books in Spanish in the US.
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 Nestor CarbonellActor
On screen Nestor
Carbonell has the world at his feet. Star of the series
“Cane” and part of the cast of
“Lost,” this New Yorker of Cuban descent also will
be taking on the role of mayor of Gotham City in “The Dark
Knight,” an upcoming film based on the fictional character
Batman. In person, Carbonell, who recently turned 40, is shy when
talking in Spanish because it’s easier for him in English.
But he’s more than up for the challenge.
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ABC
(Association of Booksellers for Children)
The
ABC (Association of Booksellers for Children) is a national membership
association that offers a support network for professional independent
children's booksellers who share the goal of encouraging quality and
service within the children's book industry.
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ARS organized meetings between US book professionals and publishers
from Spain before BEA opens
After the success of last
year’s edition, America Reads Spanish (ARS) organized for the
third consecutive year an event that took take place in Los Angeles on
May 29th, the day before the inauguration of Book Expo America. The
event consisted of short encounters between US book professionals and
the 42 publishers from Spain who participated at the show.
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FEATURED LINK
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San
Fermin TV
Live
transmissions of the running of the bulls (encierro) from Pamplona
(Spain) celebrated during the San Fermin Festivities. The Carnival
starts every year on July 7.
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| INTERVIEW
LOUNGE |
 Pablo Sanchez Diaz
Communications Director for Conocer al Autor
Pablo Sánchez Díaz is the communications director for
Conocer al Autor (Meet the Author), a Web site that allows people to
watch and listen to writers making presentations of their books.
Conocer al Autor works with publishers, authors and their agents. The
video clips available on the site are not interviews or tools used by
the publishing companies’ marketing departments, but rather
videos in which the authors themselves provide commentary on their
works.
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