Instituto Cervantes is a not for profit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. Its mission is to promote the Spanish language and to contribute to the advancement of the cultures of all Spanish speaking countries and communities.

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:

• Shakespeare Palace: mosaicos de mi vida en México (1974-1984) 

           Ida Vitale (Lumen, ISBN 9788426407115)

• Espartero, el pacificador 

           Adrián Shubert (translation by de Eva Rodríguez Halffter), ( Galaxia Gutenberg, ISBN 9788417355470)

• La manipulación del lenguaje: breve diccionario de los engaños

           Nicolás Sartorius (Espasa, ISBN 9788467052886) 

• The age of disenchantments: the epic story of Spain's most notorious literary family and the long shadow of the Spanish Civil War 

           Aaron Shulman (Harper Collins, ISBN 9780062484192)

• El Norte : the epic and forgotten story of Hispanic North America 

           Carrie Gibson (Atlantic Monthly Press, ISBN 9780802127020 )

• Feminismo ilustrado : ideas para combatir el machismo 

           María Murnau y Helen Sotillo (Montena, ISBN 9788490438404)

• Chester: el oso extraterrestre

           Raquel Garrido (Apìla, ISBN 9788417028121)

• Inventoras y sus inventos 

           Aitziber Lopez; Luciano Lozano (Flamboyant, ISBN 9788494743238)

For more information about Instituto Cervantes in New York, please visit their website: http://nyork.cervantes.es