Results for "Enrigue, Alvaro"

"Enrigue’s genius lies in his ability to bring readers close to its tangled knot of priests, mercenaries, warriors and princesses while adding a pinch of biting humor." --Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Los Angeles Times“Riotously entertaining... A triumph of solemnity-busting erudition and mischiev... Read More about You Dreamed of Empires: A Novel

“Gripping and passionate . . . keenly recounted . . . full of poetry.”—New York Times Now in a beautiful new edition, the spellbinding classic tale of man and nature, honor, and adventure, in which the peaceful life of an aging, book-loving widower in the Ecuadorean jungle is upended when an ignoran... Read More about The Old Man Who Read Love Stories: A Novel

"Splendid" —New York Times"Mind-bending." —Wall Street Journal"Brilliantly original. The best new novel I've read this year." —Salman RushdieA daring, kaleidoscopic novel about the clash of empires and ideas, told through a tennis match in the sixteenth century between the radical Ita... Read More about Sudden Death: A Novel

Masterful storyteller and Cervantes Prize winner reflects on the power of literature and travel to change our lives.... Read More about The Journey

Hypothermia explores the perilous limits of love, language, and personality, the brutal gravity of cultural misunderstandings, and the coldly smirking will to self-destruction hiding within our irredeemably carnal lives. Shocking, erudite, and affecting, these twenty-odd short stories, "micro-novels... Read More about Hypothermia

A classic of Mexican literature in the twentieth century, The Hole is a dazzlingly devastating novella Set in a Mexican prison in the late 1960s, The Hole follows three inmates as they plot to sneak in drugs under the noses of their ape-like guards. The inmates desperately need to secure their next ... Read More about The Hole