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1	Selected Writings more books like this by Jose Marti, Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria (Introduction by), Esther Allen (Translator) add to wishlist José Martiacute (1853-1895) is the most renowned political and literary figure in the history of Cuba. A poet, essayist, orator, statesman, abolitionist, and the martyred revolutionary leader of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain, Martí lived in exile in New York for most of his adult life, earning his living as a foreign ... see all copies from $7.14! new only from $8.50! \| SVS
2	Borges: Selected Non-Fictions: Volume 3 more books like this by Jorge Luis Borges, Eliot Weinberger (Translator), Esther Allen (Translator) add to wishlist This unique volume presents a Borges almost entirely unknown to American readers: his extraordinary non-fiction prose. Borges' unlimited curiosity and almost superhuman erudition become, in his essays, reviews, lectures, and political and cultural notes. see all copies from $8.03! new only from $12.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Book of Lamentations more books like this by Rosario Castellanos, Esther Allen (Translator) add to wishlist A novel that documents events leading up to a rebellion by the Mayan Indians in Chiapas in the 1930s. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Rex more books like this by Jose Manuel Prieto, Esther Allen (Translator) add to wishlist The new novel from internationally acclaimed author Jose Manuel Prieto, Rex is a sophisticated literary game rife with allusions to Proust and Borges, set in a world of wealthy Russian expats and mafiosos who have settled in western Europe. J. is a young Cuban man who, thanks to his knowledge of Russian and Spanish, has become the tutor of the ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $14.33! \| SVS
5	In Her Absence by Antonio Munoz Molina, Esther Allen (Translator) add to wishlist "[A] translucent novel of passion, illusion and social class....slyly witty and luminous." --Francine Prose in O, The Oprah Magazine During working hours, Mario is a dutiful bureaucrat, scrupulously earning his paycheck as an employee of the provincial Spanish town where he lives. But when he walks through the door of his apartment, he is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.36! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Tale of the Rose: The Passion That Inspired the Little Prince more books like this by Consuelo De Saint-Exupery, Consuelo de Saint-Exupery, Esther Allen (Translator) add to wishlist The newly discovered memoir of the passionate romance that inspired "The Little Prince" has been a huge bestseller and international sensation translated into 17 languages. "The Tale of the Rose" is Consuelo de Saint-Exupery's love letter she could never send to her husband, written on Long Island in 1945 when the pain of his death was still fresh ... see all copies from $3.74! new only from $18.96! \| first editions
7	The Nubian Prince by Juan Bonilla, Esther Allen (Translator) add to wishlist A cutting, comic odyssey of a hapless hero ensnared by globalization, humanitarian aid, and the international sex trade, from an award-winning young Spanish writer To save lives and get handsomely paid for it--what job could be more rewarding? Moises Froissard has found the career opportunity of his dreams. After a start as a conventional ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	As You Were Saying: American Writers Respond to Their French Contemporaries more books like this by Fabrice Rozie (Editor), Esther Allen (Editor), Guy Walter (Editor) add to wishlist At a time when the dialogue between America and France is strained by political and cultural forces, As You Were Saying provides a space for an important and riveting exchange between writers from these two countries. By pairing some of America's best writers with their French contemporaries, As You Were Saying shows us the importance of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.18! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Lands of Memory more books like this by Felisberto Hernandez, Esther Allen (Translator) add to wishlist Two novellas and four stories by the Uruguayan writer (and pianist) Felisberto Hernandez. see all copies from $3.75! new only from $11.46! \| SVS
10	Women in the Nineteenth Century: Categories and Contradictions more books like this by Linda Nochlin, Joelle Bolloch, Esther Allen (Translator) add to wishlist Twenty-four full-color plates by celebrated painters such as Cassatt, Gauguin, Millet, Renoir, Whistler, and others portray 19th century women. Using these works of art, noted art critic Linda Nochlin provides context and commentary to explore the role of women one hundred years ago. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.81! \| first editions
11 view cover	Slander more books like this by Linda Le, Esther Allen (Translator) add to wishlist A semi-autobiographical novel about a Vietnamese woman who writes in French in order to distance herself from her accursed family. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.57! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Flight more books like this by Horacio Verbitsky, Esther Allen (Translator), Juan Mendez (Introduction by) add to wishlist A bestseller in Argentina, the confessions of retired Argentine Navy officer Francisco Scilingo broke the Argentine military's silence about the Dirty War. Horacio Verbitsky, a well-known investigative journalist, conducted several interviews with Scilingo at the behest of the former officer. Scilingo was incensed that certain members of the ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $16.30! \| first editions
13	Fredericks Alligator more books like this by Esther Allen Peterson add to wishlist Frederick has always claimed to have wild animals in his house. Then one day he really does become the owner of a baby alligator. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Pages of Day and Night more books like this by Adonis, Samuel Hazo (Translator), Esther Allen (Translator) add to wishlist The poems in this collection explore the conditions of the poet's exile from the language in which he writes. representing life "between two hells" and giving a voice to the silence of absence. see all copies from $6.50! new only from $12.06! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Secrets of My Sex more books like this by Bella Mahaya Carter, Maxx Walske (Photographer), Esther Allen (Photographer) add to wishlist Carter's unique and memorable poems about the female sexual experience are reminders that human weakness and vulnerability are often wise and generous teachers. see all copies from $5.64! new only from $14.46! \| signed copies \| SVS
16	Penelope Gets Wheels more books like this by Esther Allen Peterson add to wishlist Penelope buys roller skates when her birthday money won't stretch to a car or bicycle, but they turn out to be the "best wheels a kid can have." see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Spy Machine more books like this by Esther Allen Peterson, Meredith Johnson (Illustrator) add to wishlist A young girl suspects her brother's new friends of stealing her prized possessions--but can she prove it? Girls and boys alike will enjoy this easy-to-read mystery. They may even discover some clues that will help them get along better with their own brothers and sisters. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Stone and the Thread: Andean Roots of Abstract Art more books like this by Cesar Paternosto, Esther Allen (Translator) add to wishlist The ancient art of the Andes achieved its most sophisticated expression in weaving and painted pottery, as well as stone sculpture. Yet these objects have long been dismissed as "craft" items by observers for whom "art" means paintings on canvas and other manifestations of the European art tradition. In this major, paradigm-shifting book, first ... see all copies from $17.50! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
19	Nostalgia for Death & Hieroglyphs of Desire more books like this by Xavier Villaurrutia, Eliot Weinberger (Translator), Esther Allen (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $6.50! new only from $70.04!
20 view cover	Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior: A Firsthand Account of Atrocity more books like this by Horacio Verbitsky, Esther Allen (Translator), Juan Mendez (Afterword by) add to wishlist Retired navy officer Adolfo Scilingo was the first man ever to break the Argentine military's pact of silence, stunning his compatriots and the world by openly confessing his participation in the hideous practice of pushing live political dissidents out of airplanes during Argentina's dirty war. Available for the first time in paperback, with a ... see all copies from $5.14! new only from $5.14!
21 view cover	The Precarious / Quipoem: The Art and Poetry of Cecilia Vicuna more books like this by Cecilia Vicuna, M Catherine De Zegher (Editor), Esther Allen (Translator) add to wishlist Two works in one. this is an exquisite art book offering the first comprehensive treatment of Vicuna's work in English. see all copies from $25.00! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Good Cripple more books like this by Rodrigo Rey Rosa, Esther Allen (Translator) add to wishlist This muscular, starkly impressive novel from Guatemala's premiere young writer fiercely addresses the seemingly endless violence of Latin America. A young man, Juan Luis Luna, is kidnapped in Guatemala City and held at the bottom of a rusty, empty underground fuel tank in an abandoned gas station. The kidnappers demand a ransom; his rich father ... see all copies from $5.50! new only from $47.87!
23 view cover	Modernities and Other Writings more books like this by Blaise Cendrars, Monique Chefdor (Editor), Esther Allen (Translator) add to wishlist Blaise Cendrars was the pseudonym of Frederic-Louis Sauser (1887-1961), a Swiss-born poet and novelist. A contemporary of Apollinaire and Max Jacob, and a friend of Chagall and Modigliani, he must be reckoned with as a prophetic voice. Of all the avant-garde writers, he was the one most attuned to our age; hence the title of this collection of his ... see all copies from $19.79! first editions
24	Spanish, book one[-two] more books like this by Rose Lovenhart Friedman, Doris King Arjona, Esther Pérez Carvajal, Philip Schuyler Allen add to wishlist see all copies from $2.99!
25	Tap dances for school and recreation more books like this by Anne Schley Duggan, Esther Allen Bremer, Sarah Tobin Dietrich add to wishlist see all copies from $4.89! SVS

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