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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “sergio waisman”
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  • The Regal Lemon Tree

    by Juan José Saer ...
    Translated by Sergio Waisman ...
    A haunting novel of grief from one of Argentina's greatest modernist writers. ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Target in the Night

    by Ricardo Piglia ...
    Translated by Sergio Waisman ...
    "Ricardo Piglia may be the best Latin American writer to have appeared since the heyday of Gabriel García Márquez."—Kirkus ReviewsA passionate political and psychological thriller set in a remote Argentinean Pampas town, Target in the Night is an intense and tragic family history reminiscent of King Lear, in which the madness of the detective is integral to solving crimes. Target in the Night, a ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Underdogs

    A Novel of the Mexican Revolution

    by Mariano Azuela, Sergio Waisman ...
    Translated by Sergio Waisman ...
    Hailed as the greatest novel of the Mexican Revolution,The Underdogsrecounts the story of an illiterate but charismatic Indian peasant farmer’s part in the rebellion against Porfirio Díaz, and his subsequent loss of belief in the cause when the revolutionary alliance becomes factionalized. Azuela’s masterpiece is a timeless, authentic portrayal of peasant life, revolutionary zeal, and political ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Absent City

    by Ricardo Piglia ...
    Translated by Sergio Waisman ...
    Widely acclaimed throughout Latin America after its 1992 release in Argentina, The Absent City takes the form of a futuristic detective novel. In the end, however, it is a meditation on the nature of totalitarian regimes, on the transition to democracy after the end of such regimes, and on the power of language to create and define reality. Ricardo Piglia combines his trademark avant-garde ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Dreams and Realities

    Selected Fiction of Juana Manuela Gorriti

    by Juana Manuela Gorriti, Sergio Waisman ...
    Series series Library of Latin America
    One of the most dramatic figures among Latin America's romantic writers and the distinguished woman writer of her century, Juana Manuela Gorriti brings passion and intrigue to the scene of writing. An exile from her native Argentina who sought refuge first in Bolivia and then in Peru, her lifetime of travel and displacement is echoed in her fictions. Her short stories tell of homelessness and ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

  • Dreams and Realities

    Selected Fiction of Juana Manuela Gorriti

    by Juana Manuela Gorriti, Sergio Waisman ...
    Series series Library of Latin America
    One of the most dramatic figures among Latin America's romantic writers and the distinguished woman writer of her century, Juana Manuela Gorriti brings passion and intrigue to the scene of writing. An exile from her native Argentina who sought refuge first in Bolivia and then in Peru, her lifetime of travel and displacement is echoed in her fictions. Her short stories tell of homelessness and ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

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    by Lauren Groff ...
    **From the award-winning, *New York Times-*bestselling author of Matrix and Brawler: an exhilarating novel about marriage, creativity, art, and perception.NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * ONE OF THE ATLANTIC’S GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS OF THE PAST 100 YEARS * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, TIME, THE SEATTLE TIMES, MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE, SLATE, ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Raised from the Ground

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    by José Saramago ...
    A family of Portuguese farmers struggle to survive as world events pass them by in "a novel that resounds with relevance for our own time" ( New York Times Book Review).Winner of the City of Lisbon PrizeCelebrated author Jose Saramago has delighted readers around the world with his imaginative tales and evocative depictions of life in his native Portugal. His novel Raised from the Ground follows ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Days and Nights of Love and War

    by Eduardo Galeano ...
    Days and Nights of Love and War is the personal testimony of one of Latin America's foremost contemporary political writers. In this fascinating journal and eloquent history, Eduardo Galeano movingly records the lives of struggles of the Latin American people, under two decades of unimaginable violence and extreme repression. Alternating between reportage, personal vignettes, interviews, ... Read more

    $15.39 CAD

  • The Devil on Her Tongue

    by Linda Holeman ...
    A spellbinding story of loss, romance and betrayal set in 18th-century Portugal, from internationally bestselling Canadian historical fiction author Linda Holeman.Diamantina is 13 when her father, a Dutch sailor who washed up on the Portuguese island of Porto Santo, abandons her and her African-born mother and sets off for the New World. Unbaptized, tainted by her mother's witchcraft and her ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Mexico

    A Novel

    by James A. Michener ...
    Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener, whose novels hurtle from the far reaches of history to the dark corners of the world, paints an intoxicating portrait of a land whose past and present are as turbulent, fascinating, and colorful as any other on Earth. When an American journalist travels to report on the upcoming duel between two great matadors, he is ultimately swept up in the ... Read more

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  • 2666

    A Novel

    by Roberto Bolaño ...
    Translated by Natasha Wimmer ...
    A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNERTHE POSTHUMOUS MASTERWORK FROM "ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL MODERN WRITERS" (JAMES WOOD, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW)Composed in the last years of Roberto Bolaño's life, 2666 was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his highest achievement, surpassing even his previous work in its strangeness, beauty, and scope. Its throng of ... Read more

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