Cuando el alma escribe

Gustavo Perez examines relationships, sex, and Cuban American life in this collection of accessible poems. He handles both Spanish and English with seamless assurance. Gustavo Perez Firmat was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Miami, Floria.

Los diez personajes femeninos de esta colección muestran una discordancia de la figura de la diva; aquella que con su imagen, presencia o puesta en escena es notablemente destacable o impactante y, en ocasiones, calificada como soberbia. Cada personaje presentado en estos cuentos se mueve en una situación única y se enfrasca en rebatir el orden de su vida ya sea alucinando, actuando frente a lo desconocido, sumergiéndose en lo misterioso, tomando decisiones drásticas, o luchando frente a la adversidad de su destino. Con estos cuentos el lector entrará en un viaje por el mundo de unas...

This is a Spanish-language edition of The Latin Deli, Judith Ortiz Cofer's prizewinning collection of short stories, personal essays, and poems. A work rich in longing, love, and remembrance, El deli latino opens a door into the lives of the Puerto Rican immigrants who live in or near an urban New Jersey tenement known as "El Building." The book was selected by Rita Dove, Ashley Montague, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. to receive the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, which recognizes work that has made "important contributions to our understanding of racism or our appreciation of the rich diversity of...

Excerpt from Nieve Versos, Comentario Crítico de Carlos Alberto Leumann Y todavía la fecha de la composición en que este pasaje figura, nos revela que la escribió dos años hace. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such ...