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Like Water For Chocolate
Laura Esquivel

$19.95 – Paperback book / Black Swan

The number one bestseller in Mexico for almost two years, and subsequently a bestseller around the world, Like Water For Chocolate is a romantic, poignant tale, touched with moments of magic, graphic earthiness and bitte... Buy or find out more 


The Feast Of The Goat
Mario Vargas Llosa

$23.95 – Paperback book / Faber

Urania Cabral, a New York lawyer, returns to the Dominican Republic after a lifelong self-imposed exile. Urania's own story alternates with the powerful climax of dictator Rafael Trujillo's reign. In 1961, Trujillo's dec... Buy or find out more 



Delirium
Laura Restrepo

$24.95 – Paperback book / Vintage

Aguliar returns home after a three-day business trip to discover that his beloved wife has gone mad. Desperate to rescue Agustina from her sudden, devastating insanity, Aguliar delves back into her shadowy past. Two othe... Buy or find out more 


The Day I Killed My Father
Mario Sabino

$10.00 – Paperback book / Scribe Publications

    

Blending suspense, tragedy, and profound reflection on the human soul, Sabino's debut novel provides an unusual twist on a mystery story. We know he did it, but we don't know why. From the simple... Buy or find out more 



The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho

$19.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins

"My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer." the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky.

"Tell your heart that the far of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no hea... Buy or find out more 


American Visa
Juan De Recacoechea

$10.00 – Paperback book / Akashic Books

Armed with fake papers, a handful of gold nuggets and a snazzy custom-made suit, an unemployed schoolteacher with a singular passion for detective fiction sets out from small-town Bolivia on a desperate quest for an Amer... Buy or find out more 



Hopscotch
Julio Cortazar

$25.95 – Paperback book / Pantheon

Cortazar's postmodern masterpiece is about Horacio Oliveira's search for La Maga, a group of bohemians and artists in Paris. Buy or find out more 


The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz

$23.95 – Paperback book / Faber

Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.

Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, he's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J.... Buy or find out more 



By Night In Chile
Roberto Bolaño

$19.95 – Paperback book / New Directions

In a deathbed confession a Jesuit priest pours out self-justifying dark memories of Opus Dei and Pinochet. Buy or find out more 


The Book Of Imaginary Beings
Jorge Luis Borges

$12.95 – Trade paperback / Vintage

Few readers will want, or be able to resist this modern bestiary. Here, you will find the familiar - Gryphons, Minotaurs and Unicorns - as well as the Monkey of the inkpot and other undeniably curious beasts. Borges' cun... Buy or find out more 



One Hundred Years Of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buenedia family and of Mocondo, the town they have built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Mocondo has its ... Buy or find out more 


Stories Of Eva Luna
Isabel Allende

$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin

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