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The Clasicos Chicanos/Chicano Classics series is intended to ensure the long-term accessibility of deserving works of Chicano literature and culture that have become unavailable over the years or that are in imminent danger of becoming inaccessible. Each of the volumes includes an introduction contextualizing the work within Chicano literature and a bibliography of works by and about the author. The series is designed to be a vehicle that will help in the recuperation of Raza literary history and permit the continued experience and enjoyment of our literature by both present and future...

La muerte oscura de un negociante, el romance difícil entre un pintor insolvente y la chica frívola, y la misión sangrienta de un poderoso vampiro en La Habana, son los afluentes narrativos que corren por tres historias de géneros diferentes y convergen en una noveleta-artefacto, unificada por la capital cubana como escenario común, el entrecruzamiento de personajes y una misma estructura, en la cual las letras del Abecedario van trazando la ruta del lector. Libro sui generis, de original entramado y abundante intertextualidad, pero de amena lectura por las sorprendentes peripecias de la ...

Mi vestido verde esmeralda by Alister Ramirez Marquez recounts the life story of Clara, born poor in isolated, rural Colombia in 1900, who makes her way, after a mythic journey through forests, mountains and swamps to the western region of the Quindio, to the city of Armenia, now the heart of coffee and banana production. This remarkable novel, first published in 2003, is the tale of Clara's adventurous journey and subsequent rise to prosperity as the owner of a farm and restaurant and mother of six, ending with years of political strife and the dissolution of her family. The novel provides...

Ambientada en El Cairo durante los años noventa, este libro nos muestra la vida moderna de Egipto a través de los diversos habitantes del edificio Yacobián. El autor aborda temas candentes como la corrupción política, el idealismo de los jóvenes, la discriminación de la mujer, el fundamentalismo religioso y las diferencias entre las clases sociales, en un país lleno de contrastes.