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Goodbye, Ramona

A Novel

by Montserrat Roig ...

Translated by Megan Berkobian, María Cristina Hall ...

Series series Modern Library Torchbearers
A vivid, enchanting novel, spanning over sixty years, chronicling the lives, loves, and secrets of three generations of women in 20th-century Barcelona—a rediscovered classic by “the shining light of Catalan literature” (Colm Tóibín), with an introduction from Catherine Lacey“That Roig’s work has lost none of its immediacy over the years speaks to the urgency of her prose and the timelessness of ... Read more

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A vivid, enchanting novel, spanning over sixty years, chronicling the lives, loves, and secrets of three generations of women in 20th-century Barcelona—a rediscovered classic by “the shining light of Catalan literature” (Colm Tóibín), with an introduction from Catherine Lacey“That Roig’s work has lost none of its immediacy over the years speaks to the urgency of her prose and the timelessness of
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Goodbye, Ramona

A Novel

by Montserrat Roig ...

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A vivid, enchanting novel, spanning over sixty years, chronicling the lives, loves, and secrets of three generations of women in 20th-century Barcelona—a rediscovered classic by “the shining light of Catalan literature” (Colm Tóibín), with an introduction from Catherine Lacey“That Roig’s work has lost none of its immediacy over the years speaks to the urgency of her prose and the timelessness of ... Read more

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A vivid, enchanting novel, spanning over sixty years, chronicling the lives, loves, and secrets of three generations of women in 20th-century Barcelona—a rediscovered classic by “the shining light of Catalan literature” (Colm Tóibín), with an introduction from Catherine Lacey“That Roig’s work has lost none of its immediacy over the years speaks to the urgency of her prose and the timelessness of
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The Time In Between

A Novel

by Maria Duenas ...

The inspiring international bestseller of a seemingly ordinary woman who uses her talent and courage to transform herself first into a prestigious couturier and then into an undercover agent for the Allies during World War II.Between youth and adulthood...At age twelve, Sira Quiroga sweeps the atelier floors where her single mother works as a seamstress. At fourteen, she quietly begins her own ... Read more

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The inspiring international bestseller of a seemingly ordinary woman who uses her talent and courage to transform herself first into a prestigious couturier and then into an undercover agent for the Allies during World War II.Between youth and adulthood...At age twelve, Sira Quiroga sweeps the atelier floors where her single mother works as a seamstress. At fourteen, she quietly begins her own
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The Spanish Daughter

A Gripping Historical Novel Perfect for Book Clubs

by Lorena Hughes ...

Series Book 1 - Puri’s Travels
“An engrossing, suspenseful family saga filled with unpredictable twists and turns.” —Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of Next Year in Havana“With an equal mix of historical fiction, dramatic family conflict, and mystery, this tale should please fans of Christina Baker Kline, Lisa Wingate, and Kate Quinn.” —BooklistThe Washington Post Books to Read Now | Ms. M... ... Read more

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“An engrossing, suspenseful family saga filled with unpredictable twists and turns.” —Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of Next Year in Havana“With an equal mix of historical fiction, dramatic family conflict, and mystery, this tale should please fans of Christina Baker Kline, Lisa Wingate, and Kate Quinn.” —BooklistThe Washington Post Books to Read Now | Ms. M...
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Until August

A novel

by Gabriel García Márquez ...

Translated by Anne McLean ...

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • The extraordinary lost novel from the Nobel Prize–winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera.Sitting alone, overlooking the still and blue lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar. She is happily married and has no reason to escape the world she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she ... Read more

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AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • The extraordinary lost novel from the Nobel Prize–winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera.Sitting alone, overlooking the still and blue lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar. She is happily married and has no reason to escape the world she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she
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Hopscotch

A Novel

by Julio Cortázar ...

"Cortazar's masterpiece ... The first great novel of Spanish America" (The Times Literary Supplement) • Winner of the National Book Award for Translation in 1967, translated by Gregory RabassaHoracio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded by a loose-knit circle of bohemian friends who call themselves "the Club." A child's death and La Maga's ... Read more

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"Cortazar's masterpiece ... The first great novel of Spanish America" (The Times Literary Supplement) • Winner of the National Book Award for Translation in 1967, translated by Gregory RabassaHoracio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded by a loose-knit circle of bohemian friends who call themselves "the Club." A child's death and La Maga's
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All Men Are Liars

by Alberto Manguel ...

In this gorgeously imagined novel, a journalist interviews those who knew—or thought they knew—Alejandro Bevilacqua, a brilliant, infuriatingly elusive South American writer and author of the masterpiece In Praise of Lying. But the accounts of those in his circle of friends, lovers, and enemies become increasingly contradictory, murky, and suspect. Is everyone lying, or just telling their own ... Read more

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In this gorgeously imagined novel, a journalist interviews those who knew—or thought they knew—Alejandro Bevilacqua, a brilliant, infuriatingly elusive South American writer and author of the masterpiece In Praise of Lying. But the accounts of those in his circle of friends, lovers, and enemies become increasingly contradictory, murky, and suspect. Is everyone lying, or just telling their own
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Complete Stories

by Clarice Lispector ...

Translated by Katrina Dodson ...

One of the most phenomenally acclaimed and successful books of recent years is now available as a paperback—with three just-discovered storiesHere, gathered in one volume, are the stories that made Clarice a Brazilian legend. Originally a cloth edition of eighty-six stories, now we have eighty- nine in all, covering her whole amazing career, from her teenage years to her deathbed. In these pages, ... Read more

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One of the most phenomenally acclaimed and successful books of recent years is now available as a paperback—with three just-discovered storiesHere, gathered in one volume, are the stories that made Clarice a Brazilian legend. Originally a cloth edition of eighty-six stories, now we have eighty- nine in all, covering her whole amazing career, from her teenage years to her deathbed. In these pages,
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This Too Shall Pass

A Novel

by Milena Busquets ...

Translated by Valerie Miles ...

An irresistible, vivid, and wise story of one woman's reckoning with loss and loveBlanca is forty years old and motherless. Shaken by the unexpected death of the most important person in her life, she suddenly realizes that she has no idea what her future will look like.To ease her dizzying grief and confusion, Blanca turns to her dearest friends, her closest family, and a change of scenery. ... Read more

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An irresistible, vivid, and wise story of one woman's reckoning with loss and loveBlanca is forty years old and motherless. Shaken by the unexpected death of the most important person in her life, she suddenly realizes that she has no idea what her future will look like.To ease her dizzying grief and confusion, Blanca turns to her dearest friends, her closest family, and a change of scenery.
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Aura

by Carlos Fuentes ...

The classic—and controversial—Mexican novella: "A beautiful horror story, a horrifying story of beauty, a combination of Poe, Baudelaire, and Isak Dinesen." — NewsweekFelipe Montero is employed in the house of an aged widow to edit her deceased husband's memoirs. There Felipe meets her beautiful green-eyed niece, Aura. His passion for Aura and his gradual discovery of the true relationship between ... Read more

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The classic—and controversial—Mexican novella: "A beautiful horror story, a horrifying story of beauty, a combination of Poe, Baudelaire, and Isak Dinesen." — NewsweekFelipe Montero is employed in the house of an aged widow to edit her deceased husband's memoirs. There Felipe meets her beautiful green-eyed niece, Aura. His passion for Aura and his gradual discovery of the true relationship between
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Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much

Introduction by Ilan Stavans

by Julio Cortázar ...

Series series Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series
These three groundbreaking works by Julio Cortázar—a major figure of world literature and one of the founders of the Latin American Boom—are published together in one volume for the first time, in honor of the centenary of his birth.With his influential “counternovel” HOPSCOTCH and his unforgettable short stories, Cortázar earned a place among the most innovative authors of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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These three groundbreaking works by Julio Cortázar—a major figure of world literature and one of the founders of the Latin American Boom—are published together in one volume for the first time, in honor of the centenary of his birth.With his influential “counternovel” HOPSCOTCH and his unforgettable short stories, Cortázar earned a place among the most innovative authors of the twentieth century.
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The Time of Cherries

A Novel

by Montserrat Roig ...

Translated by Julia Sanches ...

Series series Modern Library Torchbearers
**Translated for the first time into English, this richly textured novel by "the shining light of Catalan literature" (Colm Tóibín), follows one young woman's homecoming, as she navigates love, friendship, ambition and betrayal in a Barcelona on the brink of revolution—with an introduction by Colm Tóibín."An exquisite portrait of old Catalonia meeting its newer version, now nimbly translated by ... Read more

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**Translated for the first time into English, this richly textured novel by "the shining light of Catalan literature" (Colm Tóibín), follows one young woman's homecoming, as she navigates love, friendship, ambition and betrayal in a Barcelona on the brink of revolution—with an introduction by Colm Tóibín."An exquisite portrait of old Catalonia meeting its newer version, now nimbly translated by
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