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Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes: This classic
book depicts the well-known windmill-chasing adventures of Quixote
and his squire, Sancho Panza
Christina Garcia writes engaging books about her native country
of Cuba: Dreaming in Cuban, The Aguerro
Sisters, and Monkey Hunting.
Sandra Cisneros writes moving novels, short stories, and poetry.
Her fiction focuses on the immigrant experience of mostly women:
The House on Mango Street, Woman Hollering
Creek, and Caramelo.
Isabel Allende is a well-known writer from Chile. Her book, The
House of the Spirits, is stunning. She has also written
a poignant non-fiction book about her dying daughter.
Dominican, Julia Alvarez, writes beautiful books that focus on the
immigration experience and the political turmoil of the Dominican
Republic: In the Time of the Butterflies, How
the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, and !Yo!.
Drown, Junot Diaz: Diaz is from the Dominican Republic
and writes searing stories that capture immigrant life in New Jersey.
Bless Me Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya: This award-winning
book is a Hispanic coming-of-age story set in New Mexico in the
1940's.
Hopscotch, Julio Cortazar: This is a challenging
but highly satisfying novel by an Argentinean writer.
Brownsville Stories, Oscar Casares: A book of
short stories that take place in Brownsville, Texas. The stories
humorously capture the particularities of the Tex-Mex culture in
this American border town.
Oscar Hijuelos has written many books that draw on his Cuban heritage.
One of his books, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love,
was also made into a movie.
The Mixquiahuala Letters, Ana Castillo: Castillo,
a Mexican-American, has written a epistolary novel. The reader is
invited to read the 40 letters that make up the book in one of three
orders—one for the cynic, one for the conformist, and one
for the dreamer. A different story emerges in each reading.
Carlos Fuentes is a well-known Mexican who writes novels that are
intimately informed by past and present Mexican history and politics.
Terra Nostra, A Change of Skin,
and The Death of Artemio Cruz are just a few examples.
Mario Vargas Llosa, the eminent Peruvian author, has written many
books. One of our favorites is Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter.
Bernardo and the Virgin, Silvio Sirias: Nicaraguan
author Silvias has written a magical book about a young man's experience
with Catholic mysticism. The story is set during the stormy Somoza
years and on up to the Sandinista revolution.
Twenty Love Songs and a Song of Despair, Pablo
Neruda: Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, has written a lot of beautiful
poetry. However, this sensuous book of love and longing (written
when Neruda was 22 years old) has always been a favorite.
Columbian and Nobel Laureate, Gabriel Garcia Marquez has deservedly
received many accolades over the years. One could argue that the
publication of 100 Years of Solitude first introduced
Americans to "magical realism" and maybe even Latin American
literature. His books include 100 Years of Solitude,
Love in the Time of Cholera, and, most recently,
the well-received Memories of My Melancholy Whores.
The News from Paraguay, Lily Tuck: A historical
novel set in 19th century Paraguay. Tuck's book won a 2005 National
Book Award.
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