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The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and her Heartless Grandmother (Spanish: La increíble y triste historia de la cándida Eréndira y de su abuela desalmada) is a 1972 novella by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez.
Mango, Abuela, and Me is a 2015 children's book written by Meg Medina and illustrated by Angela Dominguez. It was first published on August 25, 2015 through Candlewick Press and was a 2016 Belpré Honor Book. [1] While writing the book Medina drew upon her experiences growing up with her grandmother Abuela Bena. [2]
The House of the Spirits (Spanish: La casa de los espíritus, 1982) is the debut novel of Isabel Allende. The novel was rejected by several Spanish-language publishers before being published in Barcelona in 1982. [2] It became an instant best-seller, was critically acclaimed, and catapulted Allende to literary stardom.
Pablo de Santis, El enigma de París. Alonso Cueto, El susurro de la mujer ballena; 2008 Buenos Aires, Argentina. Jorge Edwards, La Casa de Dostoievsky. Fernando Quiroz, Justos por pecadores; 2009 Mexico City, Mexico. Ángela Becerra, Ella, que todo lo tuvo. Pedro Ángel Palou, El dinero del diablo; 2010 Valparaíso, Chile
In the 17th century, it belonged to the Monastery of Santa Teresa de la Orden de las Carmelas Reformadas and later, in the 18th century, it belonged to the Royal Military Order of Nuestra Señora de la Merced Redención de Cautivos de la Ciudad de México. In 1847, U.S. troops occupied the house, destroying the archives that were within.
The Book League of America, Inc. was a US book publisher and mail order book sales club.It was established in 1930, a few years after the Book of the Month Club. [1] Its founder was Lawrence Lamm, previously an editor at Macmillan Inc. [1] The company was located at 100 Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York, [2] in a 240,000-square-foot (22,000 m 2) office building that was constructed in 1906 ...
The Casa de las Américas Prize has been credited with attracting international attention to Latin American literature, and with contributing to a major literary renaissance that resulted in the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to writers such as Pablo Neruda in 1971 and Gabriel García Márquez in 1982. [1]: 111
Main building of the Casa de las Américas in Vedado/Havana. Casa de las Américas is an organization that was founded by the Cuban Government in April 1959, four months after the Cuban Revolution, for the purpose of developing and extending the socio-cultural relations with the countries of Latin America, the Caribbean and the rest of the world.