 | The Collected Stories of Moacyr Scliar (Jewish Latin America Series) by Moacyr Scliar
Buy used from: $9.14 a Brazilian author who deserved a Nobel Prize - you can't go wrong with any of his works
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 | Dust on Her Tongue by Rodrigo Rey Rosa
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $3.50 a protege of Paul Bowles - two collections of short stories; the novel Pelcari Project is unforgetable
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 | The Old Man Who Read Love Stories by Luis Sepulveda
Buy new: $11.07 / Used from: $0.65 Quiet, understated writing even in his "thriller" The Name of a Bullfighter
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 | Passion according to G.H. (Exxon Lecture Series) by Clarice Lispector
Buy new: $14.04 / Used from: $15.00 somewhat an experimental author with a wonderful command of language
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 | Old Rosa by Reinaldo Arenas
Buy new: $11.70 / Used from: $2.86 Among my all-time favorite books; his El Centro is equally good
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 | Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $2.66 he's known for this novel but his short stories are also excellent
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 | The Book of Embraces (Norton Paperback) by Eduardo Galeano
Buy used from: $18.27 an author with a political bent in much of his work; he's style is the verbal equivalent of a collage
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 | Unthinkable Tenderness: Selected Poems by Juan Gelman
Buy new: $21.95 / Used from: $3.50 poetry by the father of an Argentinian "disappeared"
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 | A Russian Doll: And Other Stories by Adolfo Bioy Casares
Buy new: $10.95 / Used from: $2.00 a colleague of Borges; scour used bookstores for anything by him
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 | The Messenger by Mayra Montero
Buy used from: $0.01 quiet, simple writing that carries a great understanding of humna relationships
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 | The Monkey Grammarian by Octavio Paz
Buy new: $11.86 / Used from: $0.49 language - South Asian of course I like it; seriously Paz is a leading poet
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 | The Old Gringo: A Novel by Carlos Fuentes
Buy used from: $0.01 another classic - I pick and choose among his works, however
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 | The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell by Jorge Amado
Buy used from: $25.47 a delightful sense of humor
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 | The Angel of Galilea by Laura Restrepo
Buy new: $13.50 / Used from: $1.89 not necessarily great - but great fun
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 | The Postman by Antonio Skarmeta
Buy used from: $0.01 this made him famous - try his other works; and to the list - add the standards: Borges, Neruda, Vargas Llhosa, Garcia Marquez ...
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