This is going to be my last post until after my exam…see ya’ll in March! Oh yeah, and wish…
“De Sobremesa,” José Asunción Silva The author and his friends have a conversation after dinner at the table–de sobremesa–about…
“Don Catrín de la Fachenda,” José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi "Don Catrín de la Fachenda,“ by José Joaquín Fernández…
“Martín Rivas,” Alberto Blest Gana "Martín Rivas" by Chilean author Alberto Blest Gana, is considered Chile’s first novel, as…
“The Moths and Other Stories,” Helena María Viramontes "The Moths and Other Stories" is a collection of vignettes about…
“Los soles truncos,” René Marques "Los soles truncos" is a play about three aging sisters, one of whom has…
“A Puerto Rican in New York and Other Sketches,” Jesús Colón Immigrating from Puerto Rico as a stowaway on…
“La muerte de Artemio Cruz,” Carlos Fuentes Artemio Cruz is on his deathbed, reliving his life through past memories…
“El gesticulador,” Rodolfo Usigli "El gesticulador" or “The Impostor” is a play about a failed history professor named Caesar…
“El laberinto de la soledad,” Octavio Paz In “The Labyrinth of Solitude,” Octavio Paz offers his own personal insight…