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• One Hundred Years of Solitude

  García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014

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  The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Signs Preceding the End of the World

  Herrera, Yuri, 1970-

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  Herrera explores the crossings and translations people make in their minds and language as they move from one country to another, especially when there's no going back. Traversing this lonely territory is Makina, a young woman who knows…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fever Dream

  a Novel

  Schweblin, Samanta, 1978-

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  A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She's not his mother. He's not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Remainder

  Trabucco Zerán, Alia

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  Santiago, Chile. The city is covered in ash. Three children of ex-militants are facing a past they can neither remember nor forget. Felipe sees dead bodies on every corner in the city, counting them up in an obsessive quest to square these…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sound of Things Falling

  Vasquez, Juan Gabriel

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  Around 1996, when murder and bloody mayhem fueled by the drug trade were commonplace in Bogota, the young law professor Antonio Yammara befriends enigmatic stranger Ricardo Laverde. One night, assassins on motorbikes open fire on the two,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Story of My Teeth

  Luiselli, Valeria, 1983-

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  Bon vivant, world traveler, auctioneer - the story of Gustavo "Highway" Sánchez and his teeth.

• On Lighthouses

  Barrera, Jazmina

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  In trying to "collect" lighthouses by obsessively describing them, Barrera begins to question the nature of writing, collecting, and how, by staring so intently at one thing we are only trying to avoid others. Equal parts personal memoir…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hurricane Season

  Melchor, Fernanda, 1982-

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  The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse - by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals - propels the whole village into an investigation of how and why this murder occurred.

• Optic Nerve

  Gainza, María, 1975-

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  The narrator of Optic Nerve is an Argentinian woman whose obsession is art. The story of her life is the story of the paintings, and painters, who matter to her. These fascinating episodes in art history interact with the narrator's life…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When Women Kill

  Four Crimes Retold

  Trabucco Zerán, Alia

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  A Chilean author reconstructs the details of four significant 20th-century murders orchestrated by Chilean women. Rather than further sensationalizing these crimes, the author uses these women's action - and, perhaps more importantly, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jawbone

  Ojeda, Mónica, 1988-

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  Fernanda and Annelise are so close they are practically sisters: a double image, inseparable. So how does Fernanda end up bound on the floor of a deserted cabin, held hostage by one of her teachers and estranged from Annelise?

• Family Album

  Stories

  Alemán, Gabriela

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  Alemán is known for her spirited and sardonic take on the fatefully interconnected - and often highly compromised- forces at work in present-day South America, and particularly in Ecuador. In this collection of eight hugely entertaining…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wonders

  Medel, Elena, 1985-

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  On March 8, 2018, when the International Women's Strike takes place in Spain, Maria and Alicia are both living in Madrid. Nearing 70, Maria has retired from her job as an office cleaner and has been politically involved for decades.…Read moreRead more of this annotation