Las jaurías

As Nazis advance on Paris in 1940, French Jews, in particular, flee to all parts of the world, including Spain and Mexico.

"La primera vez que leí un cuento suyo lo hice por curiosidad y no pude dejarlo hasta el final. El suspenso te engancha desde el principio en sus relatos. Hace tiempo que no leía cuentos tan bien narrados por un escritor chileno." Roberto Bolaño

It may well be the sheer virtuosity of its writing that has deprived English audiences hitherto of an opportunity to appreciate Los cuernos de Don Friolera . This comic masterpiece by Spain's most innovative modern dramatist provides a provocatively sardonic treatment of marital infidelity and honourable revenge.

Jovel, serenata a la gente menuda is an essential novel in the literary canon of Chiapas, Mexico; not only for belonging to the historic novel genre, but also by bringing out important identity traits for the Chiapas population. The strategies for the composition of this fictional world follow very closely historical documents to relate the circumstances at the departure from the Iberian Peninsula in the XVI century of the Spanish group that colonized, founded and established itself in Ciudad Real de Chiapas (current San Cristobal de las Casas), as well as diverse circumstances of the...