BOOKS by Oscar Hijuelos

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1	Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love more books like this by Hijuelos add to wishlist An aging Cuban-American musician living in a flop house in East Harlem in the early 1980s recalls his youthful success: in 1949, as he and his brother played the dance halls of New York, they became known as the Mambo Kings. Postwar New York was an exciting place for Cesar and Nestor Castillo, and the lush, sensuous music they played, and the many ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	A Simple Habana Melody: From When the World Was Good more books like this by Oscar Hijuelos add to wishlist Israel Levis, born in Habana, is musically gifted both as a composer and performer. When he writes a hit for the singer Rita Valledares--the love of his life--he is internationally acclaimed but still unable to express his love for the beautiful Rita. Set in Habana and Paris, the action moves between Israel's birth in 1890 to his heartbroken ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Mr Ives' Christmas more books like this by Oscar Hijuelos add to wishlist Mr. Ives grew up an orphan, so he doesn't know his background. Suspecting that he may be Hispanic, he identifies with other Hispanics. However, he marries an Anglo woman. The novel describes his crisis of faith when his son is senselessly murdered. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Empress of the Splendid Season more books like this by Oscar Hijuelos add to wishlist When Raul Espana falls ill, his wife Lydia, who had enjoyed a life of luxury as the mayor's daughter in Cuba, finds herself cleaning the apartments of rich New Yorkers. Among her employers is Mr Osprey, a paragon of glamour and money who becomes involved in the lives of Lydia and her children. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States more books like this by Lori Marie Carlson (Editor), Oscar Hijuelos (Introduction by) add to wishlist "i think in spanish" "i write in english" "i want to go back to puerto rico, " "but i wonder if my kink could live" "in ponce, mayaguez and carolina" "tengo las venas aculturadas" "escribo en spanglish" "abraham in espanol" "--from "My Graduation Speech," by Tato Laviera" A new collection of bilingual poems from the bestselling editor of "Cool ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $4.02! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Dark Dude more books like this by Oscar Hijuelos add to wishlist A Pulitzer Prize-winning author makes his teen fiction debut with a gritty coming-of-age novel that is full of details and icons of teenage life in the 1960s: the lure of the hippie culture, the fight to fit in, and the desperate need to break away. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	A Simple Habana Melody more books like this by Oscar Hijuelos add to wishlist Israel Levis, born in Habana, is musically gifted both as a composer and performer. When he writes a hit for the singer Rita Valledares--the love of his life--he is internationally acclaimed but still unable to express his love for the beautiful Rita. Set in Habana and Paris, the action moves between Israel's birth in 1890 to his heartbroken ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Our house in the last world more books like this by Oscar Hijuelos add to wishlist Hijuelos takes the Santinios family on a long odyssey from Cuba to America in this nostalgic, powerful, saga-like novel. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Los Reyes del Mambo Tocan Canciones de Amor: Novela more books like this by Oscar Hijuelos, Alejandro Garcia Reyes (Translator) add to wishlist A Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling sensation, Hijuelos captures in vivid and elegant prose the passion and poignancy of a world where the pulsing and rhythmic beat of the mambo imbues and fulfills dreams. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00!
10	Una Sencilla Melodia Habanera more books like this by Oscar Hijuelos, Jose Lucas Badue (Translator) add to wishlist Corre el ano 1947, e Israel Levis -- un compositor cubano cuya vida habia sido un ensueno de musica, amor y tristeza -- regresa a Cuba despues de haber sido equivocadamente encarcelado durante la ocupacion nazista de Francia. Cuando Levis regresa a La Habana, su mente vuelve al pasado al recordar su amor no correspondido por la hechizante Rita ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
11 view cover	Burnt Sugar: Contemporary Cuban Poetry in English and Spanish more books like this by Lori Marie Carlson (Editor), Oscar Hijuelos (Editor) add to wishlist This bilingual showcase of luminous 20th-century and contemporary Cuban poetry is edited by bestselling translator Lori Marie Carlson and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos. Rather than an exhaustive survey, "Burnt Sugar" is filled with the editors' favorite works that most colorfully illustrate "Cuban'a"--the very essence of what it ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez more books like this by Oscar Hijuelos add to wishlist The saga of the Montez O'Brien family, the children of an enterprising Irish-American named Nelson O'Brien, and his beautiful, aristocratic Cuban-American wife, Mariela Montez. The lives of their extraordinary children span the 20th century and the globe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Cuban American Family Album more books like this by Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler, Oscar Hijuelos (Introduction by) add to wishlist The American Family Album series tells the often heroic stories of American immigrant groups, largely through their own words and pictures. Like any family album, the pages contain period photographs, memorabilia, selections from diaries, letters, memoirs, and newspapers. Each book is a pictorial and written record of the country left behind, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.57! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien more books like this by Oscar Hijuelos add to wishlist Born of Cuban/Irish parents, Emilio Montez O'Brien grows up surrounded by women, the youngest child of a family of fourteen sisters. His awareness of female charms blossoms at a very early age. As an adult he becomes a famous movie star. By the author of "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Hispanic in the United States more books like this by Lori Carlson (Editor), Oscar Hijuelos (Illustrator) add to wishlist A bilingual collection of poems celebrating all the themes and moods of teenage life, and all the mixed traditions, that come with growing up Hispanic in America. With contributing poets such as Oscar Hijuelos, Sandra Cisneros, Gary Soto, and Ed Vega, the collection includes many of the Hispanic communities in the U.S. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.16! \| first editions
16	Our House in the Last Worl (R) more books like this by Oscar Hijuelos add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
17 view cover	Selected from the Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love more books like this by Oscar Hijuelos, Literacy Volunteers of New York City Sta (Editor), Seth Margolis (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
18 view cover	The 14 Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien more books like this by Oscar Hijuelos add to wishlist The saga of the Montez O'Brien family, the children of an enterprising Irish-American named Nelson O'Brien, and his beautiful, aristocratic Cuban-American wife, Mariela Montez. The lives of their extraordinary children span the 20th century and the globe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	La Emperatriz De Mis Suenos by Oscar Hijuelos add to wishlist see all copies from $2.35! new only from $28.57!
20	Catorce Hermanas de Emilio M. O'Brien, Las by Oscar Hijuelos add to wishlist see all copies from $5.75! new only from $60.73!
21	Nuestra Casa En El Fin del Mundo by Oscar Hijuelos add to wishlist see all copies from $11.00!
22	Die Mambo Kings Spielen Songs Der Liebe. Roman by Oscar Hijuelos add to wishlist see all copies from $32.76!

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