Sentado En Una Bita

Armando Hoyos' Unauthorized Biography is result of many years of research in the fields of linguistics and humor.

A principios del siglo XX la familia Urbáez Cano llegó de España a Venezuela huyendo de la debacle europea y atraída por las noticias fabulosas que recorrían en el mundo acerca de Venezuela, pero en su huida, no tomaron en cuenta el otro lado de la moneda. Tanto aquí como del otro lado del mar tuvieron que tomar decisiones difíciles de las cuales era imposible salir indemne, ¿pero es que acaso existen las decisiones inocuas? "Los latinoamericanos no estamos aquí en esta tierra por azar. Estamos aquí porque nuestros ancestros unos antes, otros después, tomaron la decisión de venir...

The conclusion to one of the most extraordinary and original literary projects in recent years, Summer once again intersperses short vividly descriptive essays with emotionally-raw diary entries addressed directly to Knausgaard's newborn daughter. Writing more expansively and, if it is possible, even more intimately and unguardedly than in the previous three volumes, he mines with new depth his difficult memories of his childhood and fraught relationship with his own father. Documenting his family's life in rural Sweden and reflecting on a characteristically eclectic array of...

Years ago beauty queen Peach Rondell left Mississippi and vowed never to return. Now she's back, divorced and heartbroken, trying to figure out how her life went so wrong. She spends her days at the Heartbreak Cafe to find the unexpected friendship of a group of folks who show Peach that finding out where you're going usually means embracing where you're from.