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In Divine Punishment, sex and love, political intrigue and economic power take central stage to give birth to one of the most complex and fascinating novels abound Central American society to-date. A series of murders by poisoning take place in the city of Leon, Nicaragua, during the 30s. The presumed murderer, a brilliant lawyer and poet, will be one more victim, when his personal history takes on collective dimensions, and the ethical sense... - Read more

If one sticks to the experience of this novel's absurd narrator, to pretend to tame a divine heron, the result is an enterprise as hard as it is inevitably destined to failure. A few episodes of the obscure struggle that involves the unforeseeable Marietta Karapetiz and the silly Dante C, dela Estrellamake up the main bulk of this unusual and delightful story. The conflict that ensues the very moment the two characters meet, even before... - Read more

  Prix France-Culture (France) & Premio Sor Juana (Mexico) “Sharply resonant.” -- New York Times Book Review   In the poorest of barrios on the outskirts of Bogota, an angel has alighted. Or so the gullible, superstitious locals believe. The angel has already developed quite a following when Mona, a tabloid journalist who once aspired to higher things, arrives to investigate. This sets the stage for Laura... - Read more

Rulo is always dropping everything, or everything he tries to carry is always falling out of his grasp. He doesn’t know why this always happens to him. And neither do his parents who have invented a list of punishments for all sorts of occasions to try to make Rulo more responsible for his actions. In in reaction to his parents treatment, and to justify his behavior, Rulo has invented the Ley Rompitud (The Law Breaker, of sorts). Worried,... - Read more

From his hut at the skirts of the Himalaya, the sherpa Pasang Nuru witnesses how, year after year, expeditions of alpinists arrive to try the conquest of the Mountains. All expeditions end up paying a price for fighting against cold weather and high altitudes. Many alpinists come back mutilated by gangrene, blinded by the snow, or simply delirious. But none of these perils dissuades them from insisting in their desire to be the first ones to... - Read more