The essays in The Real Thing analyze the testimonio, its history, and its place in contemporary consciousness.

Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright by turns, this memoir is a brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in Antigua, by the author of "Annie John."

A major work by this prominent Caribbean author and philosopher, available for the first time in English

Focusing on writing about South America and Africa in relation to the political and economic expansion of Europe, Mary Louise Pratt uses readings of particular genres of travel writing to show how they connect with the forms of knowledge ...

By turns flippant and profound, The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas is the story of an unheroic man with half-hearted political ambitions, a harebrained idea for curing the world of melancholy, and a thousand quixotic theories unleashed ...

Written in a lyrical and introspective style, the novel reflects the Sturm und Drang movement of German literature, characterized by heightened emotional expression and a rejection of societal norms.

"--Gregory Rabassa "The editors and translators know how to extract gold from a lifetime of prolific writing. If you want a handy Neruda companion and don't know where to begin, this is it."--The Bloomsbury Review

Set in sixteenth-century Brazil, this prose-poem is "a passionate tale of doomed love between a beautiful young Tabajara Indian woman, Iracema, and a Portuguese soldier, Martim."--Jacket.

Tolstoy's masterful storytelling and profound insights make this novel a must-read for anyone interested in exploring the complexities of human nature and society.

Vivir para contarla es, sin lugar a dudas, el libro mas esperado de la decada.