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Eva Luna
Isabel Allende
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2005
Allende Rocks
+ enchanting eva luna
+ Interesting Novel
I love Allende's characters and her writing. Zorro was my first read of hers and I have purchased everything. I get very involved in the story and characters. Her trilogy for kids is in my library and is checked out all of the time. Good writing is good writing.
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De Amor y de Sombra
Isabel Allende
Rayo, 1995
One of Allende's Best
+ Como un documental
+ Dificult for a non native speaker
This is the story of a reporter and a photographer investigating a terrible crime. Isabel Allende is a wonderful writer and this book proves it. Spellbinding and moving, this book is one of Allende's best. The language she uses is rich and the trama extremely interesting.
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No mires debajo de la cama
Juan Jose Millas
Santillana USA Publishing Company, 1999
A wonderful fantasy for those who can read Spanish
+ Shoes come to life
As a gringo residing in Mexico and travelling often to other parts of Latin America I find myself reading lots of newspapers and magazines in Spanish, but novels can prove a bit challenging. This book, however, is an easy read for anyone with a basic understanding of Spanish. The author is a ...
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Del Amor Y Otros Demonios
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Plaza y Janes, 2006
Pequeños grandes personajes.
+ excelent book
+ Uno de mis favoritos.
+ tenia que ser el gabo.....
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vintage, 2003
Creative, Brilliant Novella - Absolutely Fascinating, Even After Repeated Readings Through the Years
+ Death foretold; character revealed
+ Marquez & magic realism---start here
Chronicle of a Death Foretold was published in 1981, the year before Gabriel Garcia Marquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The story begins with sentence: "On the day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boat that the bishop ...
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Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Knopf, 2005
Minotaur-mania: Garcia Marquez Explores the Myth of Love
+ "It is a triumph of life that old people lose their memories of inessential things"
+ The desires of an older man
+ That obscure object of imaginary desire...
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Garcia Marquez is great!
+ Excellent, but not typical of Marquez.
+ Well-written but very graphic
+ I saw a man with four hands on the street
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La casa de los espíritus
Isabel Allende
Rayo, 1995
Better than 100 Years of Solitude
+ Wonderful historical fiction
+ review of house of the spirits
+ wow
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Cuentos De Eva Luna/ Eva Luna Stories (Contemporanea / Contemporary)
Isabel Allende
European Schoolbooks, 2004
She Writes With Magic Ink
+ Amazing read...
+ Compralo!! buy it!!
+ Uneven but with mythic dimensions
+ Wonderful Writer--Allende
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The Youngest Doll (Latin American Women Writers)
University of Nebraska Press, 1991
I loved this story
+ good book and reading very interesting
I read this story in Spanish while in college, and I absolutely loved it. I believe there is a great deal of symbolism and everything is not what it seems. I think it's a strong commentary on Puerto Rican culture. (How a woman with a slight imperfection is destined to be alone; How the doctor ...
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The Stories of Eva Luna
Isabel Allende
Scribner, 2001
A Masterpiece
+ Read Eva Luna First
+ And of Clay are we Created
+ Love and Death Allende Style
+ The Stories of Eva Luna
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Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vintage Books, 2007
books for deep thinkers
If you are a deep thinker, you might want to try Rumi & Self Psychology (Psychology of Tranquility.
In addition, you might want to try Sara's Therapy: The Way to Purity. A session by session dialogue of a client who went through the self actualization and self growth processes.
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Papeles de Pandora
Rosario Ferre
Vintage, 2000
The many sides of women
+ Ya no está durmiendo, eh?
+ Ya no está durmiendo, eh?
+ No es un tipico cuento de hada
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Garcia Marquez is great!
+ Excellent, but not typical of Marquez.
+ Well-written but very graphic
+ I saw a man with four hands on the street
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De Amor y de Sombra
Isabel Allende
Rayo, 1995
One of Allende's Best
+ Como un documental
+ Dificult for a non native speaker
This is the story of a reporter and a photographer investigating a terrible crime. Isabel Allende is a wonderful writer and this book proves it. Spellbinding and moving, this book is one of Allende's best. The language she uses is rich and the trama extremely interesting.
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