Los libros que he leído sobre Colombia & Latinoamerica

Ficción Angel of Galilea, The. Restropo, Laura. Softcover, 1999, 193 pages, purchased January 2005. Originally published in Spanish in 1995 as Dulce compañia. Brazil. Updike, John. Hardcover, 1994, first edition, 260 pages, purchased 1998. Chronicle of a Death Foretold. García Márquez, Gabriel. Hardcover, 1982, 120 pages, library loan May 2002. Originally published in Colombia (1981) as Crónica de una muerte anunciada. Dark Bride, The.  Restropo, Laura. Softcover, 2003, 356 pages, purchased November 2005. Originally published in Spanish in 1999 as La Novia Oscura. Death in the Andes. Vargas Llosa, Mario. Hardcover, 1996, 276 pages, library loan April 2003. Originally published in Spanish (1993) as Lituma en los Andes. Feast of the Goat. Vargas Llosa, Mario. Hardcover, 2000, 404 pages, purchased March 2004. Originally published in Spain (2000) as La Fiesta del Chivo. First American edition. General in His Labyrinth, The. García Márquez, Gabriel. Hardcover, 1990, 285 pages, library loan June 2002. Originally published in Spain (1989) as El general en su laberinto. Guerrilla Beach. Ross, Oakland. Softcover, 1994, 280 pages, purchased February 2003. Short stories based on the war dispatches of a Canadian reporter in Latin America. In Praise of the Stepmother. Vargas Llosa, Mario. Hardcover, 1990, 149 pages, library loan April 2003. Originally published in Spanish (1988) as Elogio de la madrastra. Like Water for Chocolate. Esquivel, Laura. Hardcover, 245 pages, purchased October 1994. Leopard in the Sun. Restropo, Laura. Softcover, 2000, 242 pages, purchased February 2005. Originally published in Spanish in 1993 as Leopardo al sol. Love in the Time of Cholera. García Márquez, Gabriel. Hardcover, 1988, 348 pages, purchased January 2002. Originally published in Colombia (1985) as El amor en los tiempos del cólera. Maqroll: Three Novelas. Mutis, Alvaro. Softcover, 1992, 289 pages, purchased April 2005. Includes La nieve del almirante, Ilona llega con la lluvia and Un bel morir. No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories. García Márquez, Gabriel. Softcover, 1979, 170 pages, purchased February 2003. Originally published in Colombia (1962) as El coronel no tiene quien le escriba. Of Love and Other Demons. García Márquez, Gabriel. Hardcover, 1995, 147 pages, library loan June 2002. Originally published in Spain (1994) as Del amor y otros demonios. One Hundred Years of Solitude. García Márquez, Gabriel. Softcover, 1991, 422 pages, purchased February 2002. Originally published in Argentina (1967) as Cien años de Soledad, first English translation 1970. Márquez was awarded the Nobel prize in 1982. Real Life of Alejandro Mayta, The. Vargas Llosa, Mario. Softcover, 1986, 310 pages, purchased October 2003. Originally published in Spain (1984) as La historia de Mayta. Shepherds of the Night. Amado, Jorge. Softcover, 1966, 372 pages, purchased August 2003. Originally published in Brazil (1964) as Os Pastores Da Noite (Portuguese language). Storyteller, The. Vargas Llosa, Mario. Softcover, 1989, 246 pages, purchased July 2003. Originally published as El Hablador. Strange Pilgrims: 12 Stories. García Márquez, Gabriel. Softcover, 1993, 188 pages, purchased July 2002. Originally published in Spain (1992) as Doce cuentos peregrinos. Years with Laura Díaz, The. Fuentes, Carlos. Softcover, 2000, 514 pages, purchased November 2003. Originally published in 1999 as Los años con Laura Díaz. Who Killed Palomino Molero? Vargas Llosa, Mario. Softcover, 1987, 151 pages, purchased February 2003. Originally published (1986) as ¿Quién mató a Palomino Molero? No ficción Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America. Rosenburg, Tina. Softcover, 1991, 387 pages, purchased July 2002. Days and Nights of Love and War. Galeano, Eduardo. Softcover, 1983, 194 pages, purchased August 2002. The author also wrote Open Veins of Latin America. Heart that Bleeds, The: Latin America Now. Guillermoprieto, Alma. Hardcover, 1994, 345 pages, library loan June 2002. Essays by a writer for the New Yorker. Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw. Bowden, Mark. Hardcover, 2001, 272 pages plus 15 pages of sources and notes, library loan March 2002. Looking for History: Dispatches from Latin America. Guillermoprieto, Alma. Hardcover, 2001, first edition, 303 pages, purchased March 2002. Subjects: Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Eva Peron, Che Guevara and Mario Vargas Llosa (Peruvian writer). Making of Modern Colombia, The: A Nation in Spite of Itself. Bushnell, David. Softcover, 1993, 290 pages plus 40 pages of notes/bibliography/index, purchased April 2004. The author is called the "dean of Colombian scholars in the United States." More Terrible Than Death: Violence, Drugs, and America's War in Colombia. Kirk, Robin. Softcover,  2003, 300 pages, purchased November 2005. Making Waves. Vargas Llosa, Mario.  Softcover, 1996, 330 pages, purchased February 2004. Essays from the the early 1960's until the date of publication.  Edited and translated by John King. News of a Kidnapping. García Márquez, Gabriel. Hardcover, 1997, first US edition, 291 pages, purchased May 2002. Originally published in Spain (1996) as Noticia de un secuestro. Subject: Pablo Escobar's 1990 kidnapping of 10 prominent Colombians. No Apparent Danger: The True Story of Volcanic Disaster at Galeras and Nevado del Ruiz. Bruce, Victoria. Hardcover, 2001, first edition, 231 pages, purchased September 2005. Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent. Galeano, Eduardo. Softcover, 1973, 308 pages plus 30 pages of reference/index, purchased December 2002. Originally published in Mexico (1971) as Las venas abiertas de América Latina. Palace of Justice, The: A Colombian Tragedy. Carrigan, Ana. Hardcover, 1993, first edition, 303 pages, purchased March 2004. Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World. Pendergrast, Mark. Hardcover, 1999, first edition, 425 pages plus 75 pages of appendices, notes and a bibliography, purchased December 2004. Living in Latin America and Spain Driving over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia. Stewart, Chris. Hardcover, 1999, first US edition, 247 pages, purchased November 2002. (English man - farm life - Spain). Hacienda, The: A Memoir. St. Aubin de Terán, Lisa. Hardcover,1997, first US edition, 342 pages, purchased November 2002. (English woman - sugar plantation - Venezuela). On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel. Cohan, Tony. Softcover, 2000, 289 pages, purchased May 2003. Husband and wife leave Los Angeles, renovate a home. Where the Sky is Born: Living in the Land of the Maya.  Kitchell, Jeanine Lee, 2004, 217 pages, gift June 2004.  Husband and wife leave San Francisco,  build a home on the beach near Cancun. Traveling in Latin America Beyond the Silver River: South American Encounters. Burns, Jimmy. Softcover, 1989, 172 pages, purchased September 2002. Winner of the 1988 Somerset Maugham Award. Colombia: Ulysses Travel Guide. Softcover, 1999, 296 pages, purchased March 2002. In Trouble Again: A Journey between the Orinoco and the Amazon. O'Hanlon, Redmond. Hardcover, 1988, 272 pages, purchased September 2002. Inca-Kola: A Traveler's Tale of Peru. Parris, Matthew. Softcover, 1990, 225 pages, purchased October 2002. Old Patagonian Express, The: By Train Through the Americas. Theroux, Paul. Softcover, 1979, 404 pages, purchased July 2002. Photography Alta Colombia: Splendor of the Mountain. Villegas Editores, Bogotá. Hardcover, first edition, 1996, 215 pages, purchased January 2003. Colombia: A New Vision. Introduction by Botero, Carlos; Photography by Harker, Santiago. Hardcover, 1993, American Edition, 160 pages, library loan March 2002. Casa Republicana: La bella epoca en Colombia. Villegas Editores, Bogotá. Hardcover, Signed  first edition (Benjamin Villegas), 1995, 259 pages, purchased August 2004. Casa Colombiana: Living in the Latin Style. Villegas Editores, Bogotá. Softcover, 1995, 183 pages, Christmas 2002 - un regalo de mi hermana favorita. Esta Es Colombia. Ediciones Gamma, Hardover, 2002, 359 pages, purchased August 2004