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The Posthumous Memoirs of Br s Cubas by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
RRP: $25.71$18.30A revelatory new translation of the playful, incomparable masterpiece of one of the greatest Black authors in the AmericasMachado de Assis is not only Brazil's most celebrated writer but also a writer of world stature. In his masterpiece, the 1881... -
Aleph by Paulo Coelho
RRP: $17.14$11.39Another stunning novel by the author of The Alchemist. Aleph marks a return to Paulo Coelho's beginnings. In a frank and surprising personal story, one of the world's most beloved authors embarks on a remarkable and transformative journey of... -
The Sonnets: A Dual-Language Edition With Parallel Text by Jorge Luis Borges
RRP: $27.31$21.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143106012Author Jorge Luis BorgesFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 196mm... -
The Tide Between us by Olive Collins
RRP: $24.00$22.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838530563Author Olive CollinsFormat PaperbackImprint Independent Publishing NetworkPublisher Independent Publishing Network -
Caribbean Critique: Antillean Critical Theory from Toussaint to Glissant by Nick Nesbitt 9781786940384
RRP: $51.44$46.96Caribbean Critique seeks to define and analyze the distinctive contribution of francophone Caribbean thinkers to perimetric Critical Theory. The book argues that their singular project has been to forge a brand of critique that, while borrowing from... -
The Ecuador Reader: History, Culture, Politics by Carlos de la Torre
RRP: $46.30$39.88Encompassing Amazonian rainforests, Andean peaks, coastal lowlands, and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador's geography is notably diverse. So too are its history, culture, and politics, all of which are examined from many perspectives in The Ecuador Reader... -
Dark Echoes of the Past by Ramon Diaz Eterovic 9781542046916
$17.72The first novel by multiple-award-winning Chilean author Ramon Diaz Eterovic to be translated into English-a landmark event for fans of crime fiction. Private investigator Heredia spends his days reading detective novels; commiserating with his cat,... -
On Argentina by Jorge Luis Borges
RRP: $24.58$19.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143105732Author Jorge Luis BorgesFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 153gDimensions(mm) 197mm... -
Nothing Sacred: Selected Writings by Angela Carter
RRP: $17.14$11.66In the pursuit of magnificence, nothing is sacred,' says Angela Carter, and magnificence is indeed her own achievement. One of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation, her work as a journalist and critic was no less original. Long... -
Outlaw: The Collected Works of Miguel Pinero by Miguel Pinero 9781558856066
RRP: $34.22$24.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558856066Author Miguel PineroFormat PaperbackPage Count 381Imprint Arte Publico PressPublisher Arte Publico Press -
Minty Alley: Black Britain: Writing Back by C.L.R. James
RRP: $15.42$11.06The only novel from the world-renowned writer C.L.R. James - this extraordinary, big-hearted exploration of class was the first novel by a black West Indian to be published in the UK'A novel written nearly a hundred years ago that brings the past alive... -
Palace of the Peacock (Faber Editions) by Wilson Harris
RRP: $15.42$10.43The visionary masterpiece, tracing a riverboat crew's dreamlike jungle voyage ...'My new all time favourite book ... A magnificent, breathtaking and terrifying novel.' Tsitsi Dangarembga'An exhilarating experience ... Makes visions real and reality... -
The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray by Jorge Amado
RRP: $22.28$14.80A Penguin ClassicWidely considered the greatest work by the foremost Brazilian author of the twentieth century, The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray comes to Penguin Classics in a new translation by the dean of Portuguese-language translators, Gregory... -
We Must Learn to Sit Down Together and Talk About a Little Culture: Decolonizing Essays, 1967-1984 by Sylvia Wynter
RRP: $68.59$48.53The beginnings of the anti-colonial struggle in Jamaica coincided with the childhood and early adolescence of Sylvia Wynter, providing the motivation for this, the first phase of her important body of work. The essays and articles collected here go... -
Mouthful of Birds: LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE, 2019 by Samanta Schweblin 9781786076694
RRP: $15.42$11.06A SPELLBINDINGLY CREEPY COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, FROM AN ARGENTINIAN LITERARY STAR 'The Grimm brothers and Franz Kafka pay a visit to Argentina in Samanta Schweblin's darkly humorous tales.' J.M. Coetzee Spine-tingling and unexpected,... -
The Tribe: Portraits of Cuba by Carlos Manuel Alvarez
RRP: $22.28$14.68Teeming with life and compulsively readable, the pieces gathered together in The Tribe aggregate into an extraordinary mosaic of Cuba today. Carlos Manuel Alvarez, one of the most exciting young writers in Latin America, employs the cronica form - a... -
Black Voices on Britain by Hakim Adi
RRP: $18.85$12.01A compelling anthology of Black voices from England, America, Africa and the Caribbean, from people who lived, worked, campaigned and travelled in Britain from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a... -
The Speed of Dreams: Selected Writings 2001-2007 by Subcomandante Marcos
$22.71Since the publication of Our Word Is Our Weapon-which Publishers Weekly described as "strong as dignity and as subtle as love"-Mexico's enigmatic Zapatista leader has written some of his most brilliant and complex works. From a retelling of indigenous... -
Zapatista Stories for Dreaming An-Other World by Subcomandante Marcos
RRP: $27.43$18.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629639703Author Subcomandante Insurgente MarcosFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press -
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair: Dual-Language Edition by Pablo Neruda
RRP: $24.01$13.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143039969Author Pablo NerudaFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 74gDimensions(mm) 198mm *... -
Sidewalks by Valeria Luiselli 9781847085191
RRP: $22.28$14.68Evocative, erudite and consistently surprising, these narrative essays explore the places - real and imagined - that shape our lives. Whether wandering the familiar streets of her neighbourhood, revisiting the landmarks of her past, or getting lost in a... -
The Diary of Anais Nin: Vol 4 by Anais Nin 9780156260282
RRP: $36.00$26.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156260282Author Anais NinFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Mariner Books ClassicsPublisher Mariner Books Classics -
Maria Sabina: Selections by Maria Sabina 9780520239531
RRP: $51.46$39.14A shaman and visionary - not a poet in any ordinary sense - Maria Sabina lived out her life in the Oaxacan mountain village of Huautla de Jimenez, and yet her words, always sung or spoken, have carried far and wide, a principal instance and a powerful... -
Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges 9780811216999
RRP: $22.28$17.43The groundbreaking trans-genre work of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) has been insinuating itself into the structure, stance, and very breath of world literature for well over half a century. Multi-layered, self-referential, elusive,... -
Refusal of the Shadow: Surrealism and the Caribbean by Michael Richardson 9781859840184
RRP: $36.00$30.34In 1932, at the peak of French colonialism, a group of Martiniquan students at the Sorbonne established a Caribbean Surrealist Group, and published a single issue of a journal called Legitime defense. Immediately banned by the authorities, it passed... -
French Guiana: Memory Traces of the Penal Colony by Patrick Chamoiseau 9780819579300
RRP: $20.50$16.60Hailed by Milan Kundera as "an heir of Joyce and Kafka," Prix Goncourt winner Patrick Chamoiseau is among the leading Francophone writers today. With most of his novels having appeared in English, this book opens a new window on his oeuvre. A moving... -
On Mysticism by Jorge Luis Borges
RRP: $21.85$16.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143105695Author Jorge Luis BorgesFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 196mm... -
On Writing by Jorge Luis Borges
RRP: $27.44$17.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143105725Author Jorge Luis BorgesFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 153gDimensions(mm) 196mm *... -
Crossfire: A Litany for Survival by Staceyann Chin 9781642590258
RRP: $29.14$20.02WINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD Powerhouse, world-renowned LGBTQ poet and spoken-word artist Staceyann Chin curates the first full-length collection of her poems. Crossfire collects Staceyann Chin's empowering, feminist-LGBTQ-Caribbean,... -
Chango, a New World Novel: Decolonizing the African Diaspora by Manuel Zapata Olivella
RRP: $63.45$56.48The crowning achievement of Afro-Colombian author Manuel Zapata Olivella, Chango, Decolonizing the African Diaspora depicts the African American experience from a perspective of gods who stand over the world and watch.The centennial anniversary release... -
Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat
RRP: $29.16$18.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Hurston/Wright Legacy Award 2008 and National Book Critics Circle Awards 2007. Short-listed for National Book Awards 2007.Book InformationISBN 9781400034307Author... -
The Complete Memoirs: Expanded Edition by Hardie St Martin
RRP: $37.74$24.01Southern Chile was an open frontier when the beloved poet Pablo Neruda was born there in 1904. A motherless, pensive child in the wild, he began writing poems long before quitting the countryside for Santiago, where he spent his bohemian student years... -
The Discovery of America by the Turks by Jorge Amado 9780143106982
RRP: $22.28$18.22A Penguin ClassicPublished here for the first time in English in a brilliant translation by the peerless Gregory Rabassa, The Discovery of America by the Turks is a whimsical Brazilian take on The Taming of the Shrew that will remind readers why Jorge... -
A Critic's Journey by Ilan Stavans 9780472033829
RRP: $39.37$29.76Ilan Stavans has been described by the ""Washington Post"" as 'Latin America's liveliest and boldest critic and most innovative cultural enthusiast'. ""The New York Times"" has called him 'one of the most influential figures in Latino literature in the... -
Ángel Rama y los estudios latinoamericanos by Mabel Moraña 9781930744271
$61.87"Ángel Rama efectuó una doble revisión de la crítica latinoamericana: primero con su idea de transculturación narrativa, segundo con su genealogía de la «ciudad letrada», uno de los textos fundacionales de los estudios culturales en América Latina. La... -
This is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor 9780811228053
RRP: $22.28$17.29Set in and around the Mexican city of Veracruz, This Is Not Miami delivers a series of devastating stories—spiraling from real events—that bleed together reportage and the author’s rich and rigorous imagination. These narrative nonfiction pieces probe... -
Amy Jacques Garvey: Selected Writings from the Negro World, 1923-1928 by Louis J. Parascandola 9781621902065
RRP: $92.63$75.95Amy Jacques Garvey was one of the most prolific women within any Black nationalist group, yet she has largely only been discussed in relationship to her husband, Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, and as the editor of the Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus... -
New Letters to a Young Poet by Joan Margarit 9780974888194
RRP: $30.88$26.42In these intimate pages, award-winning Catalan poet Joan Margarit offers a passionate defense of poetry and of the intelligible poem - the well-made text that can provide refuge, wisdom, and consolation. Inspired by Rilke's classic "Letters to a Young... -
In Spite of the Dark Silence by Jorge Volpi 9780974888187
RRP: $36.02$30.89'He was named Jorge, like me, and for this his life hurts me twice.' So writes Jorge Volpi in this highly original novel that presents a biographical perspective on the tragic life of the poet and chemist Jorge Cuesta. Cuesta was one of the founders of... -
A Critic's Journey by Ilan Stavans 9780472117062
RRP: $118.36$95.68Ilan Stavans has been described by the ""Washington Post"" as 'Latin America's liveliest and boldest critic and most innovative cultural enthusiast'. ""The New York Times"" has called him 'one of the most...