SPANISH LANGUAGE MATERIALS
ADULT FICTION NO. 26

Spellman, Cathy Cash
Pintado en el viento 
Buenos Aires: Emece, 1991. ISBN 9500410648
813 Sp32
Epic novel about a young woman who survived the sacking of her parents' plantation and
went on to live a phenomenal life in the mining country of Colorado and the glittering world
of the theatre in New York.

Steel, Danielle
Malicia 
Barcelona: Plaza & Janes,1996. ISBN 0553060554 
813 St36ma
Translation of "Malice." A politician's wife becomes the victim of malicious accusations.
Sexual abuse victims -- Fiction. Politicians' spouses -- Fiction. Malicious accusation --
Fiction.* Víctimas del abuso sexual -- Novela. Esposos y esposas de politicos -- Novela.
Acusación maliciosa -- Novela.

James, P. D.
Sabor a muerte 
Buenos Aires: Javier Vergara, 1990. ISBN 9501510085
823 J23t
When Sir Paul Berowne and a vagrant are found with their throats cut an investigator looks
for connections in their past in order to solve the mystery of their deaths.

Clark, Mary Higgins
No salgas sola 
Buenos Aires: Emece Editores, 1993. ISBN 9500402543 
813 C544aL 1993
Translation of "All around the town." Psychological thriller about multiple personalities.
Multiple personality -- Fiction.

Fielding, Joy
La ultima pieza 
Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, 1997. ISBN 0553060864 
813 F46mi
Translation of "Missing pieces." A family therapist sees her ideal family life falling to pieces
when her half-sister decides to marry an accused serial killer.
Family therapists -- Fiction. Serial murderers -- Fiction.* Psicoterapeutas familiares --
Novela. Asesinos en serie -- Novela.

Guibert, Hervé
Al amigo que no me salvó la vida 
Barcelona: Tusquets Editores, 1991. ISBN 8472233669
843 G943
The author's personal struggle with AIDS thinly disguised as fiction; full of made-up names,
characters who are easily identifiable as some of the luminaries of European society.
AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- France -- Biography.* SIDA (Enfermedad) -- Pacientes --
Francia -- Biografia.

Laclos, Choderlos de
Las amistades peligrosas 
Barcelona: Ediciones B,1996. ISBN 8440668120 
843 L118 
Translation of "Les liaisons dangereuses." An epistolar novel originally published in 1782.
Set in 18th century France, this is the story of two bored aristocrats, and the havoc they
wreak when they decide to play sexual games with people's lives.
Aristocracy (Social class) -- France -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships -- France -- 18th
century -- Fiction. France -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction.* Aristocrácia
(Clase social) -- Francia -- Novela. Francia -- Vida social y costumbres.

Moix, Terenci
No digas que fue un sueño 
Mexico, D.F.: Planeta,1988. ISBN 9684061161
863 M72
Fictional story about the on-again-off-again, fatal attraction between Mark Anthony and
Cleopatra.
Antonius, Marcus, -- 83?-30 B.C. -- Fiction. Cleopatra, -- Queen of Egypt, -- d. 30 B.C. --
Fiction.* Antonio, Marco, -- 83?-30 a.C. -- Novela. Cleopatra, -- Reina de Egipto, -- m. 30
a.C. -- Novela.

Gage, Elizabeth
La caja de Pandora 
Buenos Aires: Emece, 1991. ISBN 9500410710
813 G122
Two exceptional women by a strange turn of fate end up dating the same man. A dangerous
game ends in passion, scandal and death when they open the Padora's box of their
circumstances.

Graves, Ralph
Orion: historia de una violacion 
Barcelona: Serres, 1994. ISBN 8488061234
813 G787or
Translation of "Orion." The story of a young woman's rape. A novel based on real events in
the life of the author's daughter.
Rape -- Fiction.* Violación -- Novela.

Heffernan, William
Tolteca 
Buenos Aires: Javier Vergara Editor, 1989. ISBN 9501509397
813 H3682
A young woman is decapitated in a way reminiscent of ancient Toltec ritual sacrifice and a
police detective tries to track down the disturbed fanatic.