Lotería And Other Stories

Author : Rubén Mendoza
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Mexico
ISBN : OCLC:875005679

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Lotería and Other Stories by Rubén Mendoza Pdf

Author : Mario Alberto Zambrano
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062268563

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Lotería by Mario Alberto Zambrano Pdf

“A taut, fraught, look at tragedy, its aftermath, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive. With suspense, dread, and always the possibility for redemption, we watch as Zambrano flips the cards of chance and fate.” — Justin Torres, author of We The Animals In Lotería, the spellbinding literary debut by Mario Alberto Zambrano, a young girl tells the story of her family’s tragic demise using a deck of cards of the eponymous Latin American game of chance. With her older sister Estrella in the ICU and her father in jail, eleven-year-old Luz Castillo has been taken into the custody of the state. Alone in her room, she retreats behind a wall of silence, writing in her journal and shuffling through a deck of lotería cards. Each of the cards’ colorful images—mermaids, bottles, spiders, death, and stars—sparks a random memory. Pieced together, these snapshots bring into focus the joy and pain of the young girl’s life, and the events that led to her present situation. But just as the story becomes clear, a breathtaking twist changes everything. By turns affecting and inspiring, Lotería is a powerful novel that reminds us of the importance of remembering, even when we are trying to forget. Beautiful images of lotería cards are featured throughout this intricate and haunting novel.

Author : Ruben Mendoza
Publisher : Saint Martin's Griffin
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0312181299

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Lotería and Other Stories by Ruben Mendoza Pdf

A fresh collection of intertwined stories using Mexico's popular Loteria game as a fundamental interconnecting theme offers glimpses into the passionate, heartbreaking, and often chaotic lives of characters that help reveal the truth in all of us. Original.

Author : Karla Arenas Valenti
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593176962

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Lotería by Karla Arenas Valenti Pdf

The turn of a card could change your destiny in this captivating middle grade adventure based on the Lotería card game and perfect for fans of Coco. While searching for her missing cousin, a young girl is transported to a mythical kingdom, becoming entangled in a perilous game of chance. “A magical, philosophical tale rooted in Mexican lore.” —School Library Journal, starred review In the hottest hour of the hottest day of the year, a fateful wind blows into Oaxaca City. It whistles down cobbled streets and rustles the jacaranda trees before slipping into the window of an eleven-year-old girl named Clara. Unbeknownst to her, Clara has been marked for la Lotería. Life and Death deal the Lotería cards but once a year, and the stakes could not be higher. Every card reveals a new twist in Clara’s fate—a scorpion, an arrow, a blood-red rose. If Life wins, Clara will live to a ripe old age. If Death prevails, she’ll flicker out like a candle. But Clara knows none of this. All she knows is that her young cousin Esteban has vanished, and she’ll do whatever it takes to save him, traveling to the mythical Kingdom of Las Pozas, where every action has a price, and every choice has consequences. And though it seems her fate is sealed, Clara just might have what it takes to shatter the game and choose a new path. Karla Arenas Valenti weaves an adventure steeped in magic and mythology—gorgeously illustrated by Dana Sanmar—exploring the notion of free will in a world where fate holds all the cards.

Author : Mike Alfaro
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781944515812

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Millennial Loteria: El Expansion Pack by Mike Alfaro Pdf

Expansion Pack Compatibility: This expansion pack is not compatible with Millennial Lotería: Family Fiesta Edition. This expansion pack only works when combined with the original Millennial Lotería game, sold separately. Millennial Lotería took the world by storm with its hilarious and extremely relatable parody of Lotería, the classic "Mexican Bingo" game. Now you can take your obsession to the next level and play with up to 20 of your fave followers with this new expansion pack, which includes: • 10 new Millennial Lotería cards (Including 1 special "Shiny AF" card) • 10 extra playing boards • 80 extra bitcoin tokens

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Short stories
ISBN : UOM:49015003032829

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Short Story Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jeff Herman
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781608684052

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Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors and Literary Agents 2017 by Jeff Herman Pdf

Still the Best Guide for Getting Published If you want to get published, read this book! Comprehensive index lists dozens of subjects and categories to help you find the perfect publisher or agent. Jeff Herman’s Guide unmasks nonsense, clears confusion, and unlocks secret doorways to success for new and veteran writers! This highly respected resource is used by publishing insiders everywhere and has been read by millions all over the world. Jeff Herman’s Guide is the writer’s best friend. It reveals the names, interests, and contact information of thousands of agents and editors. It presents invaluable information about more than 350 publishers and imprints (including Canadian and university presses), lists independent book editors who can help you make your work more publisher-friendly, and helps you spot scams. Jeff Herman’s Guide unseals the truth about how to outsmart the gatekeepers, break through the barriers, and decipher the hidden codes to getting your book published. Countless writers have achieved their highest aspirations by following Herman’s outside-the-box strategies. If you want to reach the top of your game and transform rejections into contracts, you need this book!

Author : René Colato Laínez
Publisher : Luna Rising, a bilingual
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 087358919X

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Juego de la lotería by René Colato Laínez Pdf

A boy has a good time attending a fair with his grandmother in San Luis de La Paz, Mexico, as she teaches him Spanish words and phrases and he teaches her English.

Author : Alec Dempster
Publisher : The Porcupine's Quill
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780889843622

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Lotería Jarocha by Alec Dempster Pdf

In the mid-1990s, artist and musician Alec Dempster returned to Mexico, the place of his birth, and discovered son jarocho. A genre of folk music from the Veracruz region of Mexico, son jarocho originated in the 17th century with the confluence of Indigenous, African and European peoples. In Veracruz today, musicians can still be heard singing these traditional sones, passed down orally through the generations as themes or tropes, rather than songs with set lyrics. As Dempster immersed himself in the tradition, speaking and playing with rural musicians, his exploration of the culture resulted in a series of linoleum prints, each depicting a traditional son. Dempster's imagery, playful and enigmatic, provides a window into a culture virtually unknown outside Mexico. In this stunning collection, Dempster lends his own voice to the prints for the first time, illustrating their genesis and origin in clear, unassuming prose. With Dempster as guide, Lotería Jarocha draws its reader into an infectious culture of music, laughter and dance.

Author : Ilan Stavans
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780810124608

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The One-Handed Pianist and Other Stories by Ilan Stavans Pdf

The One-Handed Pianist was published to acclaim in the early 1990’s, with the two-part Spanish edition winning the Latino Literature Prize in 1989 and the Gamma Literature Prize in 1992. Its tales look at what it means to be Jewish in the Hispanic world—a world in which spirituality is often exercised outside the realm of orthodoxy. Stavans constructs fables that raise questions about ethnicity and community; even Stavans’ person raises questions about ethnicity and community: what does it mean that a Jew of Eastern European lineage can call himself Latino and speak for that group?

Author : Suzanne Oboler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Hispanic Americans
ISBN : UOM:49015003043412

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States by Suzanne Oboler Pdf

Provides access to "information about the fastest growing minority population in the United States. With an unprecedented scope and cutting-edge scholarship, the Encyclopedia draws together the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Over 900 A-to-Z articles written by academics, scholars, writers, artists, and journalists, address such broad topics as identity, art, politics, religion, education, health, and history".--From publisher description.

Author : Clarissa Dickson Wright
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781848941212

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Spilling the Beans by Clarissa Dickson Wright Pdf

Clarissa was born into wealth and privilege, as a child, shooting and hunting were the norm and pigeons were flown in from Cairo for supper. Her mother was an Australian heiress, her father was a brilliant surgeon to the Royal family. But he was also a tyrannical and violent drunk who used to beat her and force her to eat carrots with slugs still clinging to them. Clarissa was determined and clever, though, and her ambition led her to a career in the law. At the age of 21, she was the youngest ever woman to be called to the Bar. Disaster struck when her adored mother died suddenly. It was to lead to a mind-numbing decade of wild over-indulgence. Rich from her inheritance, in the end Clarissa partied away her entire fortune. It was a long, hard road to recovery along which Clarissa finally faced her demons and turned to the one thing that had always brought her joy - cooking. Now at last she has found success, sobriety and peace. With the stark honesty and the brilliant wit we love her for, Clarissa recounts the tale of a life lived to extremes. A vivid and funny story, it is as moving as it is a cracking good read.

Author : Francisco A. Lomelí,Karin Ikas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015060049924

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U.S. Latino Literatures and Cultures by Francisco A. Lomelí,Karin Ikas Pdf

Author : Antonio José Ponte
Publisher : City Lights Books
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0872863743

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In the Cold of the Malecon and Other Stories by Antonio José Ponte Pdf

Departing from both the utopian-political and the romantic-baroque styles of past Cuban literature, Ponte deftly sketches a picture of a contemporary Cuba that is very different from the stereotype of Caribbean life, full of music and dance and colorful celebration. An old man and a six-year-old prodigy have a rendezvous to play chess at a forlorn railroad station. Randomly riding trains, a woman keeps company with a strange assembly of men. An unemployed historian falls in love with an enigmatic astrologer, and the two live out their tragedy in the streets of Havana as homeless vagrants. A father and son take an aimless stroll after lunch to see the whores along the Malecon, Havana's seaside promenade. A young man, one of the last Cuban students to go to the Soviet Union on a foreign-study program, returns to Havana, where he explores his identity-looking at childhood photos with his grandfather, spending time with old friends, and obsessively seeking news of a woman he had known and loved in Russia. In a style both lucid and translucent, Ponte shapes intricate stories of self-discovery and metaphysical revelation in spare and allusive prose. About the Authors Antonio Jose Ponte was born in 1964 in Matanzas, Cuba, and studied at the University of Havana. He worked for some years as an engineer, and then as a screenwriter. In addition to writing short stories and fiction, Ponte has published prize-winning collections of poetry and essays. His work has been published in France, Germany, and Spain. This is his first book to be published in the United States. Cola Franzen is the translator of over twenty books, including Poems of Arab Andalusia, Dreams of the Abandoned Seducer by Alicia Borinsky, and Horses in the Air by Jorge Guillen (recipient of the Academy of American Poets Harold Morton Landon Translation Award 2000). Review "In his first book to be published in the U.S., Ponte gives readers a short collection of six elliptical stories from inside the Cuban revolutionary experience, closer in spirit to the fiction of Eastern European dissidents than to that of Caribbean fabulists, unlike exiled writers who see the island as either a mythical homeland or a political cause.

Author : Toni Mirosevich
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781640095168

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Spell Heaven by Toni Mirosevich Pdf

After moving to a coastal town a gay couple is drawn to a group of outsiders living on the edge of the sea In Spell Heaven, a linked story collection, a lesbian couple moves to a coast town and unexpectedly finds a sense of belonging with a group of outsiders. Stories include the tale of an undocumented boy's drowning when a wave pulls him out to sea, an ex–FBI agent’s surveillance of a man who leaves chocolate bars at a tree in a weekly ritual, a mother on meth who teaches a lesson on mercy, and Kite Man, who flies kites from a fishing pole and sells drugs on the side. His motto: When the kites fly, you can buy. The narrator of these stories, raised in a working-class Croatian American fishing family and immigrant community, chooses an early career in labor-oriented jobs. Years later, she finds herself in an academic position in a white-collar world “where the clothes are clean but the politics are dirty.” She questions her own stereotypes about her neighbors and gradually begins to question her life path. Spell Heaven celebrates those who are looking for a human connection in an increasingly isolated world.