Zambra, who will appear Jan. 8 at the Coral Gables Books and Books, is an ecumenical storyteller, and he remains grounded in "My Documents" even when his imagination takes a grotesque turn (as in the disturbing "Artist's Rendition") or he plays with the basic act of tale-spinning ("I Smoked Very Well" and "Artist's Rendition," in particular).
Vargas Llosa, who will celebrate his 80th birthday in March, gets joints prestigious classic literature collection "La Pléiade" (France), which is an honor that is very rarely granted to a living writer.
Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS), present the free weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US Market for week 53 of 2015-2016 (week ending 01/03/2015).
Del Árbol gets award in addition to other important literary recognitions such as France's Le Gran Prix de Littèrature Policière 2015 and the Lire award for best translated thriller.
Traffic to small publishers dropped 14, and some local news apps shut down.
The book collection at the North Kenner Branch Library, 630 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, contains almost 1,400 Spanish-language books and 35 books in Brazilian Portuguese. The collection at the Terrytown Branch Library, 680 Heritage Ave., contains more than 550 Spanish-language books. Tumble Book Library, a database of animated, talking picture books on the library’s website, includes a collection of Spanish-language books for children.
For two years, Poconos' audiences have been listening to Christina Luna on 96.7 FM as she delivers a mix of news, opinions and humor with her bubbly voice in the accent of her native Barcelona, Spain.
Children book sales increased by 85% on Amazon.es this last Christmas season compared to the same period in 2014.
The Remington Rand KMC was used by Rulfo to type his masterpiece "Pedro Paramo", perhaps the most iconic novel in Mexican literature history.
A Little Free Library now stands in front of the Robertson Road Parent Education Center in Modesto, California offering a wide selection of children’s books for borrowers to take out and trade back at will.
