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The Fat Man from La Paz
A collection of twenty stories by Bolivian authors.
Affections
A haunting novel about an unusual family’s breakdown—set in South America during the time of Che Guevara and inspired by the life of Third Reich cinematographer Hans Ertl—from the literary star Jonathan Safran Foer calls, “a great writer.” Inspired by real events, Affections is the story of the eccentric, fascinating Ertl clan, headed by the egocentric and extraordinary Hans, once the cameraman for the Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl. Shortly after the end of World War II, Hans and his family flee to Bolivia to start over. There, the ever-restless Hans decides to embark on an expedition in search of the fabled lost Inca city of Paitití, enlisting two of his daughters to join hi...
In the Land of Silence
This masterful translation of a recent Bolivian novel, En el pais del silencio, transports us to a mysterious, silent, and unfamiliar land where astonishing truths are placed within our grasp. Like a parabola, this amazing story begins and ends in the same place on the same day in the life of a single persona with three interior entities: Jursafú, The Other, and The Dead Man. By portraying them as separate, Urzagasti accentuates their interrelatedness, for one character cannot grow without the others, nor can any one of them move toward an ultimate goal without the experience and knowledge of the other two. The author’s mature and thoroughly Bolivian style is marked by a synthesis of poetic and novelistic techniques which blend perfectly the indigenous and European voices of his ancestral home.
Oblivion and Stone
Editor Sandra Reyes has gathered a panoramic sampling of the work of twenty-three poets and eighteen fiction writers. Focusing predominantly on living practicing writers this anthology defines the current literary voice of Bolivia and gives us a distillation of the contemporary Bolivian consciousness.
Myths and Legends of the Bolivian Valleys
We gladly present this anthological book No 2, with reference to the region of the Valleys and part of the series "Myths and Legends in Bolivian Literature." That it was conceived in an attempt to gather the mythical and legendary stories that happened in the territory of Bolivia, written by diverse authors and preferably Bolivians. With the aim of providing a mythological reference with literary sustenance for researchers and students. Living in a region where narrative wealth is everywhere, this book was inevitable. On the one hand, there is the rich bourge of popular culture, an inexhaustible source of myths, legends and stories, as well as all those manifestations of oral tradition that ...
Fire from the Andes
South American women authors look at the female experience.
Juan de la Rosa
Long considered a classic in Bolivia, Juan de la Rosa tells the story of a young boy's coming of age during the violent and tumultuous years of Bolivia's struggle for independence. Indeed, in this remarkable novel, Juan's search for his personal identity functions as an allegory of Bolivia's search for its identity as a nation. Set in the early 1800s, the novel is narrated by one of the last surviving Bolivian rebels, octogenarian Juan de la Rosa. Juan recreates his childhood in the rebellious town of Cochabamba, and with it a large cast of full bodied, Dickensian characters both heroic and malevolent. The larger cultural dislocations brought about by Bolivia's political upheaval are echoed ...
English Translation of the Bolivian Novel, Hijo de Opa!
This Bolivian novel chronicles the degeneration of a middle-class land-owning family related to the national Revolution of 1952, agrarian reform and three decades of political repression. Gaby Vallejo intertwines public political abuse with private abuse of females.
The Bolivian Girl
When an American Special Forces unit finds a mute young woman in a remote target location in Bolivia, they are forced to fight to get her to safety, while trying to uncover her identity and her true purpose. The Bolivian Girl is the first in a new series of hard-hitting military action thrillers from the author of Seven Graves, One Winter and the Greenland Crime and Thriller series of novels and novellas. If you like your action adventure stories to hit hard and fast then you'll love The Bolivian Girl, a tense and bullet-drenched uncompromising action thriller.
The Matter of Desire
Paz Soldan--leading spokesperson for the McOndo literary movement, which embraces an urban vision of American pop culture in today's Latin America--combines elements of political thriller and family mystery with a torrid illicit love affair.
