Caribbean & Latin American

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374508609Author Derek WalcottFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

Available to readers for the first time, Aimé Césaire’s three-act drama . . . . . . And the Dogs Were Silent—written during the Vichy regime in Martinique in 1943 and lost until 2008—dramatizes the Haitian Revolution and the rise and fall of Toussaint...

In love and happy, with a marriage that back home in Colombia people would kill for, Tom and Naomi Barnes, pursue their dream of prosperity and the perfect family in a London brimming with opportunity.While Tom works long hours for a super-hedge fund,...

In this acclaimed one-woman play, the true story of Mary Seacole is brought vibrantly to life, revealing how this fearless medical practitioner used traditional remedies to treat the sick and wounded, challenged racism in high places and won the hearts...

"You would be taxed to find a show with a sweeter temper."-The New York Times Based on three decades of letters Maria Irene Fornes received from her brother in Havana, Letters from Cuba moves back and forth in time and place and spirit, linking a young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905068609Author Osita OkagbueFormat HardbackPage Count 278Imprint Adonis & Abbey Publishers LtdPublisher Adonis & Abbey Publishers LtdWeight(grams)...

Compiled together for the first time, here are three plays by Argentine novelist and playwright Manual Puig: the well-known Kiss of the Spider Woman, a sharply provocative tale of love, victimization, and fantasy, and of the friendship that develops...

In love and happy, with a marriage that back home in Colombia people would kill for, Tom and Naomi Barnes, pursue their dream of prosperity and the perfect family in a London brimming with opportunity. While Tom works long hours for a super-hedge fund,...

Griselda Gambaro is arguably Argentina's foremost dramatists and a playwright of international standing whose poetics not only interpret Argentine reality but transcend cultural and geographical borders. Popular across Latin America and also Europe, her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559364713Author Guillermo CalderonFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc...

The Tragedy of King Christophe (1963, revised 1970) is recognized as the Martiniquan writer and activist Aime Cesaire's greatest play. Set in the period of upheaval in Haiti after the assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines in 1806, it follows the...

The rich and varied 21st-century playwriting scene of Uruguay is showcased in this eclectic and fascinating collection, bringing together the work of established figures with that of provocative emerging artists, all published in English for the first...

To the U.S.-owned factories in Ciudad Jurez Mexico La Ruta is just a bus. But to the hundreds of women who live work and often disappear along the route it's so much more than that. Inspired by real testimonies and using live music to evoke factory...

In this absurd and forceful play, two brothers, one weak, one strong, play out a primal scene of envy, cruelty and torture as the strong exerts his power and aggression over the weak. Involuntarily, the audience finds itself complicit in the brutality...

This collection of plays comes from one of Chile's finest voices of the voiceless: Juan Radrigan. A history marked by personal and political hardship has equipped Radrigan to tell the stories of those his nation left behind. Seven years old when his...

Drawn from the first ten years of the Goodman Theatre's renowned biennial festival of Latino plays, the works in this collection expand the definition of Latino theatre, resisting the confines of a particular language, locale, or assumed audience...

The best-known dramatic works of Paula in its first English translation. This volume brings together the best-known dramatic works of Argentine playwright Romina Paula for the first time in English translation. As a playwright, novelist, actor, and...

London will do for you for now... And I will do for London. London, 1956. Newly arrived from Trinidad, Henry 'Sir Galahad' Oliver is impatient to start his new life. Carrying just pyjamas and a toothbrush, he bursts through Moses Aloetta's door only...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781882641Author Julia PrestFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Modern Humanities Research AssociationPublisher Modern Humanities Research...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909762459Author Rasheda MalcolmFormat PaperbackImprint Jacaranda Books Art Music LtdPublisher Jacaranda Books Art Music LtdWeight(grams) 290g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374227074Author Derek WalcottFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

Nelson Falcao Rodrigues (August 23, 1912 - December 21, 1980) was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. In 1943, he helped usher in a new era in Brazilian theater with his play Vestido de Noiva (Wedding Dress), considered revolutionary for the...

In 2012 Jamaica celebrates the 50th anniversary of Independence. Mixed Company is a collection of three of the finest early Jamaican theatrical works, written for the most part before the dawn of Independence.Written in 1954 (The Creatures by Cicely...

From Ushuaia, the southernmost town in the world to the edges of the great Parana river, and from the city of Buenos Aires to its fertile plains and the estuaries of northern Argentina, The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary Argentinian Plays provides a...

The first comprehensive treatment in English of the rich and varied afterlife of classical drama across Latin America, this volume explores the myriad ways in which ancient Greek and Roman texts have been adapted, invoked and re-worked in notable modern...

In this lyrical new work, the poet and playwright Derek Walcott returns to the island of St. Lucia for a lush and vivid tale of spirituality and the supernatural. In "Moon-Child", the crafty Planter (who may or may not be the Devil in disguise) schemes...

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Despite Eduardo Manet's impressive accomplishments extending over half a century, this extraordinarily talented Cuban-French author remains relatively unknown in the United States. Phyllis Zatlin's book is the first to examine the multifaceted career of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781374923836Author Jose ZorrillaFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Pinnacle PressPublisher Pinnacle PressWeight(grams) 163g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985250690Author Tony TameFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Savant Books & Publications LLCPublisher Savant Books & Publications...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937306373Author Kazadi Wa MukunaFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Diasporic Africa PressPublisher Diasporic Africa PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426963308Author Pedro E. AcevedoFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798330264063Author Lazaro Felipe GarciaFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Editorial GaleonPublisher Editorial GaleonWeight(grams) 363g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426939600Author Frank Alvarado MadrigalFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 207g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426939624Author Frank Alvarado MadrigalFormat HardbackPage Count 172Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 356g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786526608357Author Tony de CamposFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Clube de AutoresPublisher Clube de AutoresWeight(grams) 163g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798330269020Author Lazaro Felipe GarciaFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Editorial GaleonPublisher Editorial GaleonWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955848299Author Betty ViamontesFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Zapote Street Books LLCPublisher Zapote Street Books LLCWeight(grams) 286g

The Story of the Mexican Screenplay: A Study of the Invisible Art Form and Interviews with Women Screenwriters contributes to the international development of screenplay studies. While the debate on the ontology of the screenplay continues, a fact...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426963315Author Pedro E. AcevedoFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 216g