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The Latin American novel burst onto the international literary scene with the Boom era--led by Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes, and Mario Vargas Llosa--and has influenced writers throughout the world ever since. García Márquez and Vargas Llosa each received the Nobel Prize in literature, and many of the best-known contemporary novelists are inspired by the region's fiction. Indeed, magical realism, the style associated with García Márquez, has left a profound imprint on African American, African, Asian, Anglophone Caribbean, and Latinx writers. Furthermore, post-Boom literature continues to garner interest, from the novels of Roberto Bolaño to the works of Cés...
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's Chile & Easter Island is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Strap on your pack and hike through winding forests to behold the granite mountain spires of Las Torres; watch sunset turn the Valle de la Luna intense purple, gold, pink and yellow; and puzzle over the giant statues of Easter Island. All with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Chile & Easter Island and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Chile & Easter Island: Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to yo...
"Descorchados has become the main reference for South American wines. Since 1999, this guide has been analyzing the wine scene in this part of the world, to give consumers and trade an overview of what Argentina, Chile and Uruguay produce, from the most expensive to the cheapest wines; from big wine companies to tiny artesanal producers. This year, Descorchados contains: About 3,000 South American wines tasted, from 350 wineries. A summary with maps of all wine regions of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. All new wines and producers for each valley and viticultural area. New players in the South American wine scene and the wines they produce. Detailed tasting notes. "
Descorchados is the main reference for South American wines. Since 1999, this guide has been analyzing the wine scene in this part of the world, giving consumers and trade an overview of what Argentina, Chile and Uruguay produce, from the most expensive to the cheapest wines; from big wine companies to tiny artesanal producers. In order to expand our coverage, this year we have included the sparkling wines from Brazil, an amazing journey you must taste. Descorchados 2015 contains: About 3,300 South American wines tasted, from 375 wineries. A summary with maps of all wine regions of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. All new wines and producers for each valley and viticultural area. New players in the South American wine scene and the wines they produce. Detailed tasting notes.
The best resource for getting your fiction published! Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2017 is the only resource you need to get your short stories, novellas, and novels published. As with past editions, Novel & Short Story Writer's Market offers hundreds of listings for book publishers, literary agents, fiction publications, contests, and more. Each listing includes contact information, submission guidelines, and other essential tips. Novel & Short Story Writer's Market also includes valuable advice to elevate your fiction: • Discover creative ways to conquer writer's block. • Wield exposition and summary effectively in your story. • Amplify your author brand with 8 simple ingredients. • Gain insight from best-selling and award-winning authors, including Garth Stein, Patrick Rothfuss, and more. You also receive a one-year subscription to WritersMarket.com's searchable online database of fiction publishers, as well as a free digital download of Writer's Yearbook, featuring the 100 Best Markets: WritersDigest.com/WritersDigest-Yearbook-16. Includes exclusive access to the webinar "Create Edge-of-Your-Seat Suspense" by Jane K. Cleland.
The most trusted guide to publishing poetry! Want to get your poetry published? There's no better tool for making it happen than Poet's Market 2018, which features hundreds of publishing opportunities specifically for poets, including listings for book and chapbook publishers, print and online poetry publications, contests, and more. These listings include contact information, submission preferences, insider tips on what specific editors want, and--when offered--payment information. In addition to the completely updated listings, Poet's Market offers brand-new articles devoted to the craft and business of poetry, including how to handle a book launch, delivering poetry in unusual places, sta...
La conocida escritora Virginia Vidal, señala: -“De esta creación femenina resultan verdaderas joyas destinadas a permanecer en el tiempo. Cien formas de asomarse a una realidad palpable y atroz que nuestro país necesita asumir, constituyen un paisaje poblado de historias que sublevan, entristecen, imponen una reflexión”. En la segunda edición junto a a los cuentos de Alejandra Costmagna, Andrea Jeftanovic o Lina Meruane, se compilan los textos de Carmen Berenguer, Larissa Contreras, Soledad Fariña, Nona Fernández y Eugenia Prado, entre otras, las que aceptaron el reto de escribir un mini relato acerca de la violencia de género en no más de 150 palabras. Esta iniciativa se ha replicado en numerosos países con escritores de cada nación. También en USA en “Cien Latinas contra la violencia de género” a cargo de la escritora Ema Sepúlveda, entre otros. En 2014 se publicó la versión bilingüe traducida por Martha Manier, profesora emérita de la Humbolt State University (CA), con la colaboración de la profesora Jacqueline Nanfito.
Es la primera novela de Álvaro Bley. En la lectura de este libro transitamos por 11 momentos claves y reconocibles en la vida de muchos jóvenes del Santiago de hoy, donde la desidia, la ironía y el fracaso que siente Sebastián, el protagonista, en muchas áreas de su vida, tales como el amor, el fútbol, la educación, las ciclovías, el trámite del pase escolar, el sexo, los carretes, los amigos y otras, nos llevan a conectarnos una vez más con grandes temas universales. Una novela lúcida y ágil, narrada en un lenguaje cotidiano y oral, que le toma el pulso a la vida contemporánea.
Diarios de vida, material de prensa, fotografías, recuerdos, artículos, cartas, apuntes, emails, chat y sueños componen la nueva obra de Héctor Hernández, cuyo hilo argumental se asemeja al de la novela de formación de un poeta, pero también a un monólogo o diálogo literario con amigos y detractores.