Search Results: Literature: Latin America from The Owl at the Bridge

Livraria Francisco Alves, Rio de Janeiro, 1942. '22.a edição'. Anthology of Brazilian writing. Contents: Prosa: Descrições e narrações, Contos, Humorismo, Teatro, Retratos / Caracteres, Dissertações / Questões sociais, História e Geografia, Tradições / Lendas, Contos populares, Sermões e discursos, Cartas, Máximas e pensamentos; Poesia: Sonetos, Lirica, Cánticos / Hinos, Elégias, Odes / Poesia patriótica, Poesia descritiva / Narrações, Apólogos / Fábulas, Poesia épica, Poesia dramática, Sátiras / epigramas. Hard Cover. 460 pages, index; 19 cm. Paper-covered boards, green cloth spine; no dj; ink owner name; VG. stock#45946.

Austin, Texas UP [1985]. Soft Cover. 95 p., 23 cm. Translated from El Hacedor (The Maker) by Mildred Boyer and Harold Morland. Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. Introduction by Miguel Enguídanos. Stock# 38,098. Vg/ paper. First paperback edition. Argentina, South America, literature.

Austin, University of Texas, 1995.. Hard Cover. xxii, 936 p. index, 24 cm. 5539 annotated entries. ”A selective and annotated guide to recent publications in Art, History, Literature, Music, Philosophy, and Electronic Resources. Sheehy DB157. Stock #28, 191. Vg/no dj. This is the copyright copy with an LC release stamp. Latin America South Hispanic

Rio de Janeiro, W. M. Jackson [1957]. Obras completas de Machado de Assís, volume 13. "Advertencia da Ia edição", page [5]. Soft Cover. 306 pages; 21 cm.; VG. Stock#46168.

Bloomington (Indiana), Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Indiana University, 1993. Periodical. 183 p., 6 figs.; 24.5 cm. Ten articles. Previous owner Alan Trueblood has made numerous pencil editorial corrections. Stock#47267. Vg / journal.

São Paulo, Instituto de Divulgação Cultural [1963]. Novel, first published 1878. Hard Cover. 161, [1] pages; 21.5 cm. Vg / no dj as issued. Stock#46170.

Instituto Nacional do Livro, Rio de Janeiro, 1963. Enciclopédia Brasileira. Biblioteca de Obras Subsidiárias. Série A. Assuntos Brasileiros 8. Arte e Literatura. Síntese Crítico-Histórica, Brito Broca; Bibliografia, Galante de Sousa. Text discusses Pré-Romantismo e Romantismo, Fase Realista e Naturalista e Simbolista, Pre-Modernismo e Modernismo, Modernismo e Pós-Modernismo, História Literária e Bibliografia, Biografia. The bibliography section is similarly divided. Soft Cover. 241 pages, 24 cm. Printed wraps, as issued; minor soiling; good+. Stock#31265.

Amherst: The Massachusetts Review, 1986. Periodical. [xii], 401-740 p., 8 leaves of color illus.; 23 cm. Poetry, stories, etc. translated into English. An article "When Republics Go Bananas" by Penny Lernoux, opens, "'The Colossus of the North' as Latin Americans once called the United States, no longer seems quite so awesome in its southern neighbors... the giant is increasingly perceived as a crippled nation-- in hock to Europe and Japan, living beyond its means and incapable of forming an intelligent foreign policy" (p. 473). That was with Ronald Reagan. Dubya made him look good. Stock#46603. Vg / heavy stock wrappers.

NY, Knopf, 1946. 'First American Edition.'. Hard Cover. Translated from the Portuguese of the Fourth and Definitive Brazilian Edition by Samuel Putnam. lxxi, 537, xliv, [1] p., folding plan; 25 cm.; dj clipped, edges chipped, spine darkened; VG. Includes bibliographical references (p. 501-537) and index. 'With astonishing erudition, with a sense of style, and with a towering gift for gripping narrative, Senhor Freyre has applied all the modern techniques of social study to the remarkably successful melting-pot culture of 'medieval' Brazil. He deals with race, climate, agronomy, sexual habits, architecture, art, religion, sorcery, literature, history, food, economics, and a thousand other factors that made the Brazil of today. In doing so, he throws blinding light into the color problem, the meaning of 'civilization' and 'culture,' the political and economic situation in Latin America, the significance of ethnological and anthropological judgments, etc. And… Read More

Rio de Janeiro [etc.]: W. M. Jackson Inc. [1957]. Soft Cover. 425 pages; 20.5 cm. Series: His Obras completas. First published 1880 in Revista Brasileira, this contains the author's Prólogo da Tercera Edição. Stock#46167. Good+ / soft cover.

Albuquerque, NM, West End Press, 1988. English and Spanish on facing pages. 22 poets. Solentiname is an island chain in Lago de Nicaragua. Soft Cover. Signed. 209 pages, map, 21.5 cm. Stock#30670. Vg/ wrappers.

[Mexico DF, 1968], Siglo XXI Editores. Soft Cover. vii, 226 p., 18.5 cm. His poetry and prose. Good+, paper covers lightly soiled. Stock#38097.

NY, Grossman, 1968. Hard Cover. [59] p., 2 illus.; 26 cm. Parallel Spanish text and English translation. Translated by Edward Dorn and Gordon Brotherston. ISBN (10): 0206615582. Very Good in good+ dust jacket. Stock#47496.

Torino, Attualità Culturale Penisola Iberica e America Latina. Periodical. [8], 329-432, [8] p., adverts; 24 cm. Contents incl. Emilio Carilla, Carrió de la Vandera y Quevedo; Oreste Macrí, Valori della poesia ispanoamericana (Sul filo dell' antologia di Tentori); Coplas sobre el año de quinientos y veynte y uno de Juan del Enzina (Inediti e rari a cura di Cándido de Dalmases); Manuel Sito Alba, Claves francesas de Antonio Machado; L.B. Klein, Ficción y Magisterio de la narrativa de José Martí: "La Muñeca Negra"; Guadalupe García-Barragán, Federico Gamboa; Giuliano Bonfante, Il valore fonosimbòlico di C (CH) in Costaricano; In Memoriam: Richard Kinkade,… Read More

Philadelphia, Lippincott [1951]. Edgar Mittelhölzer (1909-1965), a Guyanese novelist, was the first professional writer to come out of the English-speaking Caribbean. This novel is set in British Guyana. Sensuality and mysticism dominate "the local conditions" and nothing is quite as it appears to be; shadows take independent form. Hard Cover. 334 pages; 19 cm. Good+, an old Book Club card has discolored the front flyleaf / no dj. Stock#44415.

London/New York, Readers International, 1986. Soft Cover. 4 p.l., 253 p. 'A panoramic novel of Nicaragua in the Somoza era.' Stock #100,176. Vg/paperback Latin American literature Liberation

San Juan, P.R.: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña : Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico [1999, c1993]. Hard Cover. 226 p., illus.; 21 cm. Series: Colección puertorriqueña 4. Includes bibliographical references (p. [61]-68). Poetry with strong African connections by a poet of Puerto Rico. With a gift inscription. Stock#46131. Vg / laminated covers.

Rio de Janeiro: Ministério da Educação e Cultura, Serviço de Documentação, 1956. Soft Cover. 275 pages, [19] pages of plates, illus.; 25 cm. Series: Colecção "Letras e artes" [5]. José Brito Broca describes literary life in Rio de Janeiro in 1900. Vg / soft cover. Stock#45876.