Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
From the author of the National Book Award-winning "Arctic Dreams" comes a masterful new collection of stories. Moving, tender, and demonstrating an extraordinary range, this major work of short fiction is by a writer at the top of his form
62) Cinco esquinas
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
©2016
Language
Portuguese
Description
A amizade de Marisa e Chabela se transforma quando, presas tarde da noite na casa de uma delas, as duas se veem sozinhas, deitam-se na mesma cama e, sem conseguir dormir, dão asas aos seus mais reprimidos desejos. Quique e Luciano, seus maridos e amigos de longa data, são empresários peruanos de sucesso e não desconfiam de nada. Na verdade, Quique não tem tempo para isso. Ao receber a visita de um jornalista que possui fotos comprometedoras,...
63) Summer days
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
You Again. A group yoga tour to Peru is the last place Meredith expects to see her workaholic ex-boyfriend, Sam. Seven years have changed everything--except Meredith's regret at abruptly running away. Yet amid the magnificent views and ancient ruins, a new chance may be waiting.
Summer Memories. There's nowhere Ellen would rather nurse her wounds after her ex's betrayal than Ogunquit, Maine--a little beach town where she spent idyllic childhood summers....
Author
Publisher
France Loisirs
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
Français
Description
"In this novel, simultaneous plot lines ranging from an investigation by Corporal Lituma of a mysterious disappearance, to his deputy's love affair with a prostitute, to an Andean community terrorized by Shining Path guerrillas, and the alternating first- and third-person narrators all obscure coherence. Grossman's lazy translation needlessly retains large doses of original Spanish lexicon. An introduction, maps, and a translator's note are badly...
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2008
Language
Español
Description
"En primera persona, Jaimito, un hombre en la cuarentena, cuenta su peculiar vida (pasada y presente). Jaimito vive solo en Miami donde graba su programa de televisión, Sofía, su ex mujer, vive con sus dos hijas en Lima, y su novio, Martín, en Buenos Aires. Jaime viaja constantemente a estas tres ciudades para atender a las diferentes facetas de su vida."--Lecturalia.com.
A first person novel about Jaimito, a television writers and presenter in...
66) Grandes miradas
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2006
Language
Español
Description
"A raíz del asesinato de un juez, Guido Pazos, que se enfrentó al mundo de corruptelas de Vladimiro Montesinos brazo derecho de Fujimori. Su novia ante la indiferencia de las autoridades por el asesinato, decide tomar venganza por su propia cuenta. Camino difícil y wue tiene que buscar a los asesinos y probar la participación del propio Montesinos"--Container.
Set in Peru during the final months of President Fujimori's dictatorship, this is the...
Author
Publisher
Santillana USA
Pub. Date
2009
Language
Español
Description
Bobby's destiny turned sour the day he became a cripple. Ashamed of him, his parents send him to study abroad, and onboard the ship he's abused and mistreated by the crew. Humiliated, Bobby reaches a decision: never again to be a victim but become the one victimizing. A heartless aficionado of firearms and motorcycles who is incapable of feeling loyalty or love, he returns to Lima ready to avenge his hindered luck. Mad Pancho is a dim, unattractive,...
Didn't find it?
Didn't find it in the Minuteman Library Network? Request it from other Massachusetts library systems.
Can't find what you are looking for? Recommend it to your local library as a future purchase. Suggest a Purchase