MultiMAC Booklist
SPANISH ADULT FICTION
NO. 29, Summer 2001

Allende, Isabel
El plan infinito
Buenos Aires: Editora Sudamericana, 1995.
863 AL5pl
This novel follows the life of the son of an itinerant preacher who grows up in the Mexican barrios of Los Angeles.

--Retrato en sepia
Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, 2000.
863 AL5re
A woman returns to 19th century Chile from San Francisco to revisit her past and becomes a defender of women's rights and passions.
Women's rights -- Chile -- Fiction. Chile -- History -- 1824-1920 -- Fiction.* Mujeres -- Derechos -- Chile -- Novela. Chile -- Historia -- 1824-1920 -- Novela.

Borges, Jorge Luis
Artificios
Madrid: Alianza, 1993.
863 B641ar
Short stories by the Argentine author.

Cavero Jara, Julio
El Inca: novela histórica
Lima, Peru: Hatun, 2000.
863 C3158in
Historical novel about the Incas of South America. Explores the many enigmas of their civilization and culture.
Incas -- Fiction. Indians of South America -- Peru -- Fiction.* Incas -- Novela. Indios de la América del Sur -- Perú -- Novela.

Collazo, Miguel
Estación central
La Habana, Cuba: Editorial Letras Cubanas, Instituto Cubano del Libro; Cali, Colombia: Prensa Moderna Impresores, 1993.
863 C685es
A novel by the Cuban author.

Cortazar, Julio
El perseguidor
Madrid: Alianza Editorial,1993.
863 C816pe
A story by the Argentine author.

García del Toro, Antonio
Te quiero aunque seas--
Rio Piedras, P.R.: Editorial Plaza Mayor, 1999.
863 G1623te
A novel by the Puerto Rican author in which a mother tries to prevent the suicide of her gay son.
Suicide -- Fiction. Gay men -- Puerto Rico -- Fiction. Mothers and sons -- Fiction. Puerto Rico -- Fiction. * Suicidio -- Novela. Homosexuales varones -- Novela. Madres e hijos -- Novela. Puerto Rico -- Novela.

Walker, Alice
El templo de mis amigos
Barcelona: Plaza & Janes Editores, 1992.
813 W145te
Translation of "The temple of my familiar." Transcending the conventions of time and place, Walker's novel moves from contemporary America, England, and Africa to unfamiliar primal worlds, where women, men, and animals socialize in surprising ways.
African Americans -- Fiction. Marriage -- Fiction. * Africano-norteamericanos -- Novela. Matrimonio -- Novela.

Rivera, Ignacio
El presidente se viste de blanco
Puerto Rico: Ignacio Rivera, 2000
863 R5244pr
A novel by the Puerto Rican author.

Rivera Letelier, Hernan
Himno del angel parado en una pata
Barcelona: Planeta, 1997.
863 R52463hi
A novel by the Chilean author exploring the world of adolescence.
Adolescence -- Chile -- Fiction.* Adolescencia -- Chile -- Novela.

Rivera Letelier, Hernan
La Reina Isabel cantaba rancheras
Barcelona: Planeta, 1998.
863 R52463re
Colleagues and customers gather to remember La Reina Isabel, a recently deceased prostitute who practiced her profession around the saltpeter flats in the Chilean Pampas.
Prostitutes -- Chile -- Fiction. Prostitution -- Chile -- Fiction. Chile saltpeter -- Fiction. Chile -- Economic conditions -- Fiction. Chile -- Social conditions -- Fiction.* Prostitutas -- Chile -- Novela. Prostitucion -- Chile -- Novela. Chile -- Condiciones económicas.

Vargas Llosa, Mario
Lituma en los Andes
Barcelona: Planeta, 1993.
863 V4264Li
Two policemen investigate the disappearance of highway construction workers in the mountains of Peru. A political act by the Shining Path guerrillas or an Indian witch appeasing ancient gods with a sacrifice? The story is told against the background of the Sendero Luminoso.
Sendero Luminoso (Guerrilla group) -- Fiction. Peru -- Fiction. Peru -- Politics and government -- 1980- -- Fiction.* Sendero Luminoso (Grupo guerrillero) -- Novela. Peru -- Novela. Peru -- Politica y Gobierno -- 1980- -- Novela.