El sicario en la novela colombiana

El autor resalta en la novela "Estaba la pájara pinta sentada en el verde limón", como una, si no es la mejor novela sobre la violencia en Colombia hasta el momento; es un trabajo de investigación, interpretación y crítica de la Literatura Colombiana

are downright heart-breaking, and some others are happy events, which they must undergo before setting roots in this country. As in real life, not every immigrant coming to the United States makes it, in this novel; Rosario did, but not her sister, Berta. Some characters in this novel are truly loveable, others quite detestable; all nevertheless are quite human. The reader weeps at times, is angry at times, rejoices at times, but at the close you will find a new meaning for what is meant for a Latina Mistress.

A romance between a priest and a nun-in-training leads to her pregnancy and his suicide. She is Gabriella Harrison, daughter of parents who abandoned her to a convent. The affair leads to her expulsion and she becomes a writer.

I am Sausal Creek/Soy el Arroyo Sausal is a bilingual children's book about the environmental and cultural history of Oakland told through the voice of a local waterway, Sausal Creek.

"La vida nos cambió brutalmente cuando dejamos el norte para irnos a vivir al sur, a la Casa del Alto. Todo se torció entonces, nuestras padres tuvieron que marcharse y nos dejaron solos a los tres. Mi hermana, la mayor, tenía varios nombres: Julia, Mamelai, Shirley..., aunque solo uno era el verdadero. Era una buena cuentista mi hermana, te lo aseguro, la mejor que he conocido. Me llamo Daniel Federico y no soy escritor, pero no voy a callarme nada porque nada de lo que pasó aquel verano merece ser olvidado."--Page [4] of cover.