Falmouth World Languages

"Author's third novel and a long-awaited sequel to her first autobiographical novel, Cuando era puertorriqueña. She continues to chronicle her life as she leaves her childhood behind and enters adult life where her American values increasingly clash with those of her Puerto Rican parents. Most of all, this novel helps understand how Esmeralda Santiago, the writer, was formed and became a writer"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

The heroine of Julia Alvarez's Yo! is an author who writes what she knows--much to the chagrin of her close-knit immigrant family. Yo's friends and family members, many of whom appeared in Alvarez's earlier novel, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, take turns narrating this book. They draw a vivid portrait of the writer, describing her big mouth and high-strung nature as well as the details of her youth in the Dominican Republic.

The teenager Alexander Cold, his best friend Nadia and his grandmother Kate, a specialist in travel journalism, have survived their adventure in the Amazon regions. Now they are setting out for another remote area of the world with some National Geographic photographers. Their mission is to enter a forbidden kingdom, hidden in the icy peaks of the Himalayas, to find the legendary sacred statue and oracle, the Golden Dragon.

A collection of short stories about Mexican Americans and life on the Mexican-American border.

Un brutal asesino siembra el pánico en Richmond, Virginia, al amparo de la noche. Tres mujeres han aparecido salvajamente asesinadas en sus propios dormitorios. El responsable de estos crímenes deja muy pocas pistas y actúa siempre los sábados de madrugada. De manera que cuando la doctora Kay Scarpetta, jefa del Departamento de Medicina Legal, recibe una llamada a las dos y media de la mañana, supone que algo grave ha sucedido: hay una cuarta...

En Barkley Cove, un tranquilo pueblo de pescadores, circulan extraños rumores sobre la "chica de la marisma". Desde los seis años, Kya deambula completamente sola entre canales y canaverales, apenas cubierta y descalza. Aunque solo asiste un día a la escuela, la marisma y sus criaturas no tienen secretos para ella: la alimentan, la acunan, la protegen, son sus maestros y compañeros de juego. Kya aprende a descifrar los signos de la naturaleza...

A city is struck by an epidemic of "white blindness." The first man to succumb sits in his car, waiting for the light to change. He is taken to an eye doctor, who does not know what to make of the phenomenon - and soon goes blind himself. The blindness spreads, sparing no one...exploration of loss and disorientation in the modern world, and of man's will to survive against all odds. Un hombre parado ante un semáforo en rojo se queda ciego súbitamente....