BOOKS FOR Children and Young Adults in SPANISH 2021

Federico García Lorca Bodas de sangre Blood Wedding AUTHOR’S NATIONALITY Spain Love and Romance / Death 9789580469919 5½" x 8¼" / 186 pp $19.99 / PB Literature Drama / Plays / Classics Deeply rooted in Spain’s classic repertory theater, this play is a vivid portrait of Andalusian society in the time of Lorca. In this work, the author steps away from the festive and picaresque spirit and fuses the brilliance of lyrical poetry with a very personal drama. This tragedy presents the tensions within a family, revealing with energetic prose the secret desires and forbidden ideas that haunted people in the 1930s. Jorge Isaacs María María Various Authors Cuento hispano- americano siglo XIX Spanish-American Short Stories: 19th Century AUTHOR’S NATIONALITY Colombia Love and Romance / Country Life / Slavery 9789580471073 5½" x 8¼" / 405 pp $19.99 / PB Literature Narrative / Novel / Romance / Classics AUTHOR’S NATIONALITY Various Classics / Cultural Heritage / Literature and Writing 9789580471356 5½" x 8¼" / 350 pp $19.99 / PB Literature Stories / Anthology / Classics A Colombian classic and, undoubtedly, the greatest Latin American romance novel ever written, María is an authentic testimony of true love. It is a pure, simple love story that has survived the test of time despite its many critics and detractors. The book describes its characters and setting in intricate, loving detail as it spins a tale of a romance that is tragically cut short by illness. This anthology includes some of the best short stories written during the nineteenth century in Spanish America. Some of these stories are tied to the land and its folklore, others are realistic and rich in detail, and others are rooted in the Modernist movement. Various Authors El nuevo cuento latinoamericano The New Latin American Short Story AUTHOR’S NATIONALITY Various Social Class / Poverty / Ethics 9789584517616 5½" x 8¼" / 249 pp $19.99 / PB Literature Narrative / Stories / Anthology This collection of contemporary short stories showcases the most relevant writers in Latin America today. It takes a step forward from the Latin American Boom authors and presents a series of new and young narrators. Fluently written, these stories are a gateway to the current literary reality in Latin America and they expose universes that young readers can identify with. These authors are part of the new Latin American Literary Boom. Federico García Lorca / Jorge Isaacs / Various Authors 76 Classics CLASSICS 9-12