A journalist - the autobiographical features are quite deliberate - is trying to find out what happened to Lidia, who disappeared in Luanda in 1992, a point in time when the civil war flared up again
This vital collection is as eclectic and electric as Brazil itself. These stories — ranging from vignettes, sketches, and prose poems to traditional narratives — cover a wide geography, p
Contemporary Jewish Writing in Brazil showcases a diverse range of modern Jewish writers from one of South America's most vibrant, multicultural communities. Brazil's population is largely Catholic; i
Paulo Coelho: A Warrior's Life is the first-ever biography of the man whose books have sold an astounding 100 million copies worldwide, making him one of the bestselling authors of all time. Paulo C
Todo formamos parte de la chispa divina.Todos tenemos un proposito en la creacion, llamado Amor.Despierta, acepta ese amor. Lo pasado no debe volver.Lo que venga habra que reconocerlo.El Vencedor esta
One morning late in May, between three and six A.M., a group of lonely men and women wait to be brought together, like the elements in an equation. Ernst Spengler is about to throw himself out his wi
Paulo Coelho: A Warrior's Life is the first-ever biography of the man whose books have sold an astounding 100 million copies worldwide, making him one of the bestselling authors of all time. Paulo C
Eca de Queiroz (1845-1900) is considered to be Portugal's greatest nineteenth-century novelist and one of its finest prose writers. In The Mandarin he turns his satirical eye on the sin of avarice an
While Death sits in her apartment wondering what would happen if she became human and fell in love, no one dies, raising concerns among a population confronting the harsh realities of eternal life.
"Extraordinary vision . . . his prose is suffused with striking images."—The Washington Post"To read Mia Couto is to encounter a peculiarly African sensibility, a writer of fluid, fragmentary narrativ
El Éxito, un veneno irresistible. Ambientada en el atractivo entorno del festival de Cannes, El vencedor estÁ solo va mucho mÁs allÁ del lujo y el glamour, y nos aboca a una pro
An international journalist, a war-weary Portuguese veteran, a Muslim with visions of the Virgin Mary, a rogue priest, and members of the world's most powerful - and secretive - organizations come to
What if a man were so shallow that he couldn't believe his life had meaning unless he was loved and desired by millions of people? What if everything he learned from his television, from the movies, f
"That rare person who looked like Marlene Dietrich and wrote like Virginia Woolf," Clarice Lispector is one of the most popular but least understood of Latin American writers. Now, after years of re
From one of Brazil's most beloved writers, a magical tale of lust, power, betrayal, and forgiveness set in the royal court of thirteenth-century Baghdad: a sumptuous retelling of the legend of Schehe
Nonfiction. Literary Criticism. Portuguese Studies. Translated from the Portuguese by Anna Klobucka, Kenneth Krabbenhoft, K. David Jackson, and Richard Zenith. The idea for THE TRAVELING EYE came as a
Who was the enigma the world knows as Christopher Columbus . . . and why has his true identity been covered up for centuries? When an aged scholar is found mysteriously dead in his hotel room, Thom
