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Perseguir una definición de la novela corta a la luz de los problemas que suscitan tanto su heterogeneidad como la falta de estudio de un buen número de obras, equivale a “tropezar aquí y allá con criterios tempranos —basados casi siempre en Cervantes”. La retórica de muchas colecciones se aleja del magisterio del autor del Quijote para aproximarse al de Góngora. Un triunfo culto que no responde al capricho de un solo autor ni de una moda arbitraria, sino que se trata más bien de un hecho vital e inevitable; de una atmósfera a la cual era imposible sustraerse. Los narradores nos ...

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...

Izzy's trying to cope with life, love, and loneliness, but her fast life in Houston is rapidly spinning out of control. So when the twenty-three-year-old American takes a job at an international resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, she hopes her old life is behind her at last--and with it, all the self-doubts and insecurities that have plagued her since childhood. She's wondering if she'll be able to survive in a new job in a strange country, but for now, the city's breathtaking ocean views by day and sexy club scenes by night look like paradise. Happy and energized by the unfamiliar sights and ...

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