From a new literary star comes a beautifully crafted story about a group of women in a Colombian village who find their lives changed while their husbands and sons are away fighting a deadly civil war. The women of Mariquita - made widows when their men are swept away by the army or rebel forces - learn hard lessons about love and survival. Forced to grow in extraordinary ways, they challenge the tenets of male-dominated society, discover power with all its pitfalls and strive to create an entirely new social order, an all-female utopia. Their narrative is punctuated by short vignettes of the ... continue
One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad, and alive with unforgettable men and women -- brimming with truth, compassion, and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul -- this novel is a masterpiece in the art of fiction.
Irra o Israel, el protagonista de este clásico recobrado, publicado por primera vez en la Colombia del año 49, después del Bogotazo, sueña con matar al intendente de una Quibdó que es la de los años cuarenta. Una ciudad cosmopolita y pequeña; una ciudad con casaquintas coloniales y miseria. Y un río: el río que ve Irra desde su casa en la orilla de la desembocadura del Quito, tal como lo nombra en la novela y que es el mismo Atrato. Esta es una novela ambiciosa desde su concepción: en día y medio un hombre da cuenta de un mundo desconocido hasta hoy por propios extraños. Una ciudad construida ... continue