El lado aspero de la ternura

Morena Ponce Editorial Peces de Ciudad Argentina   Poetry                 El lado áspero de la ternura invites us, through its thirty poems, to meet a universe of love, losts and experiences of the author in a trip from Bariloche to Buenos Aires. Her binnacles may be yours, ours. Morena Ponce debut sold out Read more about El lado aspero de la ternura[…]

Marta y Hortensia

Enrique Gómez Carrillo Invertido Ediciones Chile   Novel                 First published in the book Almas y cerebros in 1900, the short story Marta and Hortensia follows the story of a young man in love. He reflects upon his decisions and the reasons that led to his and Marta’s Read more about Marta y Hortensia[…]

Movimiento Moderno olvidado : 50 viviendas en Santiago de Chile 1940-1970

Pablo Altikes Pinilla   Sa Cabana Chile Art book Through interviews with architects and constituents, scale drawings, photographs and graphics, the book Modern Forgotten Movement rescues 50 valuable homes built between 1940 and 1970 in Santiago, Chile, many of them already demolished. This book makes public a valuable graphic material of the Chilean Modern Heritage Read more about Movimiento Moderno olvidado : 50 viviendas en Santiago de Chile 1940-1970[…]

La marcha del silencio

John Henry Flórez   Taller de edición Rocca Colombia   Novel This book tells the love story between Aristobulo and Federico, a young man he meets in a bar, but also the disappointment of the playwright’s life, which leads him to enter the mysterious Suicide Club directed by a guy called Ryunosuke. This book’s context is the end Read more about La marcha del silencio[…]

Crónica de San Gabriel

Julio Ramón Ribeyro Editorial Pesopluma Peru   Novela Saint Grabriel’s Chronicle represents Julio Ramón Ribeyro’s (1929-1994) first approach to the novel. Although he was already relatively well-known for his first book of stories (Los gallinazos sin plumas—Featherless Vultures) it was his first novel what ended up consecrating him nationally and placed him in the major leagues of literature when he received the 1960 National Novel Prize. Written in a creative whirlwind of just Read more about Crónica de San Gabriel[…]

Las preocupaciones

Miguel Ángel Manrique   Taller de edición Rocca Colombia   Novel The stories that make up this book can be read independently, but between them there are subtle, not always evident but suggestive connections, that reveal the care for structure and the obsession with the literary use of language in Miguel Ángel Manrique’s work. He Read more about Las preocupaciones[…]

Martín Gris

Zuriñe Aguirre   Caligrafix Chile Child book Martín is a child who lives scared to death. He is not afraid of spiders or earthquakes, but of something much worse: he is afraid that others will not like him. To face this fear, his mother, with great affection, teaches him what is really important in life. Read more about Martín Gris[…]

Vox horrísona

Luis Hernández Editorial Pesopluma Peru   Poetry   Luis Hernández launched three poetry pamphlets before moving away from conventional publishing circuit and developing his work in notebooks that he gave away to friends and strangers. In them, the author unleashed a poetic impulse unprecedented in the Hispanic American literary tradition, fusing poetry with visual arts, music, astronomy, medicine, and much more. The extent of his work is unknown, Read more about Vox horrísona[…]

Yo digital

Lucha Sotomayor La Bonita Ediciones Chile   Child Book   Everything you need to know to be your best self online ! Conscious Citizen collection  How do we teach and empower our youth? To be conscient citizens, who can value and be respectful about diversity, and protect the environment where they live at? “Conscious Citizens” Read more about Yo digital[…]

Escritores desobedientes. Historias de hijas, hijos y familiares de genocidas por la memoria, la verdad y la justicia

Colectivo Historias Desobedientes  Editorial Marea Argentina Biography                 In 2017 a new voice, perhaps the most unexpected one, started to be heard in the fight for memory, trust, and justice.  They are daughters, sons, and other relatives of genocidal, their parents were armed forces personnel, high generals, intermediate or plane Read more about Escritores desobedientes. Historias de hijas, hijos y familiares de genocidas por la memoria, la verdad y la justicia[…]