Versos, 1978-1994

Published to coincide with the Anchor Books edition of Peel My Love Like an Onion, this Spanish translation is a major addition to the Vintage Español list. Equal parts soap opera, tragicomedy, and rhapsody, Carmen la coja is Ana Castillo's imaginative variation on the themes of Bizet's Carmen, set in the Latin community of Chicago and the seductive world of flamenco. Carmen "La Coja" Santos is a renowned local dancer who has long maintained an affair with the great Agustín, the married director of her troupe. An angry rivalry is sparked when she begins a passionate new liaison with...

Decirte adiós es una novela epistolar en la que Besson se destaca por su increíble descripción de la psicología femenina. Su fluida manera de narrar nos lleva con extrema sutileza por las reacciones y sensaciones de una mujer ante el amor y el desamor, la nostalgia del pasado feliz y los recuerdos de los momentos vividos. Decirte adiós es también una excelente crónica de viaje que trasciende el marco del periplo con las evocaciones literarias que cada lugar le sugieren a Louise.

In the tradition of the modern classics The Remains of the Day and A Gentleman in Moscow comes The Waiter, in which the finely tuned balance of a timeworn European restaurant is irrevocably upset by an unexpected guest... The Hills dates from a time when pigs were pigs and swine were swine, the Maître D' likes to say--in other words from the mid-1800s. Every day begins with the head waiter putting on his jacket. In with one arm, then the other. Shrugged onto his shoulders. Horn buttons done up. Always the same. There is clinking. Cutlery is moved around porcelain and up to mouths. But in...

Winston Logan, um engenheiro eletrico, inventou uma maquina holograma que ira revolucionar a industria do entretenimento para a visualizacao de TV, DVDs, videogames e filmes nos cinemas. Ao mesmo tempo demonstrando a maquina para sua esposa, Amber, filho, Dallas, e sua filha, Katie, e vizinhos de porta, Derek Curtis, sua esposa, Kimberly, e sua filha, Kayla, um evento fora deste mundo ocorre que faz com que a maquina mau funcionamento. Como o video Oeste Volatile estava jogando, que foi criado na decada de 1880, Winston, Amber, Dallas, sua namorada, Naomi, e Kayla estavam dancando no...