The Cervantes Institute is a non-profit cultural organization that universally promotes the teaching, study and use of Spanish, as well as the spread of the Spanish language and Spanish and Hispanic-American culture. It collaborates with museums, galleries, theatres, publishing houses and other cultural institutions.
Their Library “Jorge Luis Borges” in New York City collaborates this month with America Reads Spanish recommending the following selection of books for American readers:
For adults:
- Los senderos del mar : un viaje a pie
María Belmonte (Acantilado, ISBN 9788416748471)
- Patria
Fernando Aramburu (Tusquets, ISBN 9788490663196)
- Eva: una aventura de Lorenzo Falcó
Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Alfaguara, ISBN 9788420419572)
- Rendición
Ray Loriga (Alfaguara, ISBN 9788408154167)
- América
Manuel Vilas (Círculo de Tiza, ISBN 9788494571992)
For children:
- Breve historia de una pompa de jabón
Germán Machado and Iratxe Lopez de Munáin (Kireei, ISBN 9788494530876)
- La increíblemente alucinante historia de Marcial, el niño normal
José Fragoso (Narval Editores, ISBN 9788494464270)
Spanish Learning:
- ¿Cristobal Colón usaba GPS?
Carmen García del Río and Fco. Xabier San Isidro Agrelo (Difusión, ISBN 9788416657414)
For more information about Instituto Cervantes in New York, please visit their website:
