José De la Cuadra Budoka (ilustraciones) El Conejo Ecuador Comics 85 years ago, in 1932, was published Horno, a book that consecrates José De la Cuadra as the greatest writer of his generation in Ecuador and a canonical reference of our literature. There it is Town Band, a prose narrative that Read more about Banda de pueblo[…]
Julieta Ramos-Elorduy Trilce Ediciones Mexico Art book Exploring the millenary costume of eating chapulines –dead or alive, fresh or dried, cooked in the most various forms– not only implied the gathering of an exquisite recipe book, but the full incursion into entomopha- gy in Mexico, its origins, its cultural imprint on ancient civilizations and Read more about Acridofagia y otros insectos[…]
Miraceti Jiménez Ugalde El errante editor Mexico Children poetry This book has been written for children between 5 and 10 years, who already know how to read, and youngest as well, through illustrations and reading by parents, in order to approach poetry in a pleasant and fun way. The poetess María Baranda tells us: Read more about A la mar[…]
Collective Mecánica Giratoria Ecuador Politics The manifesto wanders between art and politics. Art by the word in its aesthetic sense and function, political because its ideology is public and collective proclamation. A manifesto is combat literature and in this book, with which the publishing house Mecánica Giratoria inaugurates its non-fiction line, we gather Read more about Palabras de combate: manifiestos literarios latinoamericanos[…]
Santiago Acosta Libros del fuego Venezuela Poetry The story of “Cuaderno de otra parte” (A Notebook From Another Place) explores the migration reality, how it is to go away. The book does not only focus on the physical point of view, but also on the psychic migrations a person must go through during the passing Read more about Cuaderno de otra parte[…]
Abel Iglesias Cortina Santa Maria Argentina Essay The act of promote death sooner than one would expect, and in face of a of painful and unbearable suffering has always been a cause to reflects on the part of the society. This book has a serious and engaged reflection with life in the face of Read more about El derecho de morir[…]
Humberto Costantini Assisi Argentina Children book Patoruzú made his first appearance on Friday October 19, 1928. He was a secondary character in the strip of Las Aventuras de Don Gil Contento, that was published by the Crítica newspaper from the previous year. His author, Dante Raúl Quinterno was only 18 years old and Read more about Patoruzú: volume I and II[…]