DescriptionCold-blooded crime seems more spine-tingling when it takes place in an unknown, exotic locale. These 8 mystery stories set in foreign lands provide the perfect setting for unease, taking you to mysterious corners of Liberia, Nigeria, Peru, and Puerto Rico. Visit "The Smoke People" in the slums of Nigeria, where a death due to heart attack takes on sinister, tribal implications. Search for "The Treasure of Pachacamac" in Lima, Peru, where a professor of archaeology realizes his relative has been led astray. And don't forget that some of the strangest, most desolate lands are very close to home. In "Night Crawlers" a girl is held prisoner in her remote, eerie house by her tyrannical paralyzed father. Take a deep breath and begin the journey into these uncharted terrain - you're sure to get lost in the suspense.
DescriptionIn this charming and multilayered 1992 interview, Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa talks with great clarity about his work, which includes such titles as The War of the End of the World, The Storyteller, and Conversation in the Cathedral . He explains the role of personal experience in the creation of his novels, and offers sobering commentary on politics and literature, including his unsuccessful run for the presidency of Peru. Llosa talks about the difficulties of blending fiction with politics, and discusses his belief that the novel is the ideal vehicle for creating order and understanding out of the chaos of experience.
DescriptionTradiciones Peruanaa, una serie de relatos cortos y satiricos en los que se mexcian fantasia y realidad, son las obras mas conocidas del escritor limeno Ricardo Palma. Publicados entre 1870 y 1919, las Tradiciones nos envuelven en la historia peruana desde los Incas hasta el Peru republicano. Como obra literara, representa una de las mas ricas contribuciones a la lengua espanola. The short narratives that comprise Tradiciones Peruanas (Peruvian Traditions) have placed Ricardo Palma among his country's most renowned writers since the 19th century. They are amusing and satirical, mixing fantasy and reality to depict Peru's history uniquely, as a work of literature, from the Incas through the Spanish conquest and colony, to the early years of the republic.
DescriptionThe Bridge of San Luis Rey, first published in 1927, was Thornton Wilder's first major work and won him instant international recognition. The story concerns the lives of five people who fall to their deaths on July 20, 1714, when a rope bridge breaks on a road near Lima, Peru. A humble Franciscan, Brother Juniper, witnesses the accident and determines to learn about the lives of the victims in order to find out whether this accident happened by chance or by plan. Again and again, the novelist and playwright Thornton Wilder explores in his works the connections between the commonplace and cosmic dimensions of human experience, always returning to fundamental questions about the meaning of life. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of the true great American classics, has been translated into more than 30 languages. The book won Wilder the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes.
DescriptionA compelling story of intrigue, suspense, and revelation, The Celestine Prophecy begins when an ancient manuscript is found amid ruins deep in the Peruvian jungle. Revealing nine key insights that are critical to the evolution of the human race, it contains secrets that are changing the world, and reveals how to make connections to events happening in listeners' lives right now. The Celestine Prophecy comes to light at a time when the world deeply needs to hear its words. A gripping story of adventure and discovery, it is also a guide that has the power to crystallize perceptions of why one is where they are in life, and to provide a new energy and optimism to head toward a brighter tomorrow.
