Desde su publicacion en Bogota (1867) las ediciones de Maria se han multiplicado a lo largo del XIX y del XX. Esencialmente romantica, tiene, sin embargo, elementos realistas y costumbristas que evidencian el interes de su autor por el habla popular. Junto a claras reminiscencias literarias aparecen algunos datos biograficos que han dado lugar a frecuentes polemicas sobre su su...(展开全部)

Desde su publicacion en Bogota (1867) las ediciones de Maria se han multiplicado a lo largo del XIX y del XX. Esencialmente romantica, tiene, sin embargo, elementos realistas y costumbristas que evidencian el interes de su autor por el habla popular. Junto a claras reminiscencias literarias aparecen algunos datos biograficos que han dado lugar a frecuentes polemicas sobre su su...(展开全部)

Set in late 1980s Europe at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Black Dogs is the intimate story of the crumbling of a marriage, as witnessed by an outsider. Jeremy is the son-in-law of Bernard and June Tremaine, whose union and estrangement began almost simultaneously. Seeking to comprehend how their deep love could be defeated by ideological differences Bernard and Jun...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings deal with their mother’s death and her hidden past—a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. “At turns delightfully juicy and then stunningly wise, Black Cake is a w...(展开全部)

Kiese Laymon is a fearless writer. In his essays, personal stories combine with piercing intellect to reflect both on the state of American society and on his experiences with abuse, which conjure conflicted feelings of shame, joy, confusion and humiliation. Laymon invites us to consider the consequences of growing up in a nation wholly obsessed with progress yet wholly disinte...(展开全部)

The lands surrounding the Black Sea share a colorful past. Though in recent decades they have experienced ethnic conflict, economic collapse, and interstate rivalry, their common heritage and common interests run deep. Now, as a region at the meeting point of the Balkans, Central Asia, and the Middle East, the Black Sea is more important than ever. In this lively and entertaini...(展开全部)