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Tirana memoria.
(Tyrannical Memory)
Bruce Jensen, Rohrbach Lib., Kutztown, PA - 01/15/2009
Castellanos Moya, Horacio.
Spain: Tusquets, dist. by Urano Pub. 2008. 358p. ISBN 978-84-8383-089-5. pap. $23.95. HISTORICAL FICTION More
El amante imperfecto.
(The Imperfect Lover).
Catherine Rendón, Savannah, GA - 01/15/2009
Chernov, Carlos.
Argentina: La Otra Orilla: Norma.2008. 229p. ISBN 978-958-45-1356-4. pap. $20.95. FICTION More
Calamarí.
by Mar&#237a Elena Cruz, Dedham, MA - 01/15/2009
Ruiz Barrachina, Emilio.
Spain: Zeta: Ediciones B, dist. By Urano Pub. 2008. 417p. ISBN 978-84-98720-23-5. pap. $13.95. HISTORICAL NOVEL More
La lámpara de Aladino.
(Aladdin’s Lamp)
Liliana Wendorff, Univ. of North Carolina at Pembroke - 01/15/2009
Sepúlveda, Luis.
Spain: Tusquets, dist. by Urano Pub. 2008. 174p. ISBN: 978-84-8383-111-3. pap. $18.95. FICTION More
No me alcanzará la vida. (A Lifetime Is Not Enough)
Carolyn Kost, Stevenson Sch. Lib., Pebble Beach, CA - 12/15/2008
Del Palacio, Celia.
Mexico/U.S.: Suma de Letras: Santillana. 2008. 499p. ISBN 978-970-58-0313-0. $19.99. HISTORICAL FICTION More
La sumisa insumisa. (The Undocile Docile)
Rafael Ocasio, Agnes Scott Coll., Decatur, GA - 12/15/2008
Peñasco, Rosa.
Mexico/U.S.: Suma de Letras: Santillana. 2008. $19.99. ISBN 978-970-58-0395-6. pap. $19.99. FICTION More
El día del opríchnik. (The Oprichnik’s Day).
Catherine Rendón, Savannah, GA - 12/15/2008
Sorokin, Vladimir.
tr. by Yulia Dobrovolskaia & José María Muñoz Rovira. Argentina/U.S.: Alfaguarra: Santillana. 2008. 237p. ISBN 978-987-04-1053-9. pap. $19.99. HISTORICAL FICTION More
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