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A World for Julius(1st Edition)
A Novel (THE AMERICAS)
by Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Dick Gerdes, Julio Ortega, J. A. Marzán, Irene Vilar
Paperback, 450 Pages, Published 2004 by University Of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-299-19674-5, ISBN: 0-299-19674-7

"    Julius was born in a mansion on Salaverry Avenue, directly across from the old San Felipe Hippodrome. Life-size Disney characters and cowboy movie heroes romp across the walls of his nursery. Out in the carriage house, his great-grandfather’s ornate, moldering carriage takes him on imaginary adventures. But Julius’s father is dead, and his beautiful young mother passes through her children’s lives like an ephemeral shooting star. De ..."






Un mundo para Julius / A World for Julius(5th Edition)
by Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Julio Ortega
Paperback, 635 Pages, Published 2003 by Catedra Ediciones
ISBN-13: 978-84-376-1191-4, ISBN: 84-376-1191-1

"Julius, un nino inteligente y bien tratado por la fortuna, es el hilo conductor de este retrato de un sector feliz y despreocupado de la oligarquia limena, que refleja el mundo de la oligarquia de otras muchas ciudades. El libro fue elegido como la mejor novela peruana de todos los tiempos tras una encuesta entre ochenta escritores y criticos peruanos. / Julius is an intelligent boy who has been favoured by fortune; he is what thr ..."






El hombre que hablaba de Octavia de Cadiz/ The Man Who Talked About Octavia de Cadiz
by Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Julio Ortega, Elena Del
Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2003 by Catedra
ISBN-13: 978-84-376-2050-3, ISBN: 84-376-2050-3

"«El hombre que hablaba de Octavia de Cadiz» es la segunda parte del diptico «Cuaderno de navegacion en un sillon Voltaire», cuya primera parte es «La vida exagerada de Martin Romana», publicada en esta misma coleccion. Si la primera parte (el cuaderno azul) terminaba en accion desquiciada, la segunda (el cuaderno rojo) retoma y desarrolla una idea propuesta en la primera parte del diptico, donde Martin Romana habia intuido la aparicion ..."






La vida exagerada de Martin Romana/ The Exaggerated Life of Martin Romana(3rd Edition)
by Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Julio Ortega, Maria Fernanda Lander
Paperback, 644 Pages, Published 2007 by Catedra Ediciones
ISBN-13: 978-84-376-1792-3, ISBN: 84-376-1792-8

"Bajo el influjo de Hemingway, Martin Romaña deja el Peru rumbo a Paris, pero alli nada es como en los libros del norteamericano. Martin se topa con un mundo plagado de porteras y perros perversos, se casa con una militante de extrema izquierda e intenta, sin demasiada suerte, convertirse en un revolucionario modelico, mientras con humor va escribiendo su novela sobre los latinoamericanos que sobreviven en una Ciudad Luz a la que se le h ..."






Alfredo Bryce Echenique Ante La Critica
by Julio Ortega, Rubén Bareiro Saguier, María Fernanda Lander, Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Rubâen Bareiro Saguier, Marâia Fernanda Lander
Paperback, 470 Pages, Published 2004 by Monte Avila Editores Latinoamericana
ISBN-13: 978-980-01-1194-9, ISBN: 980-01-1194-8

"menos metafórica, al ver su rostro reflejado en la cigarrera que le regaló Baby Schiaffino por su matrimonio, el momento definitivo de su renuncia y fracaso; y, finalmente, el protagonista de «La muerte más bella del 68», al recordar las películas interpretadas por Richard Widmark y entrar a una sala de proyección ( Cf. p. 90). ... Los personajes — sin marca del narrador — se entregan a unas ensoñaciones que les permiten vivir lo qu ..."






El hilo del habla(1st Edition)
La narrativa de Alfredo Bryce Echenique (Colección del Centro de Estudios Literarios) (Spanish Edition)
by Julio Ortega
Paperback, 147 Pages, Published 1994 by Universidad De Guadalajara
ISBN-13: 978-968-895-413-3, ISBN: 968-895-413-6






Como luz de río / Like River Light
by Juan Armando Rojas, Jennifer Rathbun, Julio Ortega
Paperback, 230 Pages, Published 2019 by Artepoetica Press Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-1-940075-72-3, ISBN: 1-940075-72-6

"Como luz de río / Like River Light brings together two bilingual poetry collections by one of the most accomplished trans-border poets in America, Juan Armando Rojas Joo. Light / Luz (2013), and Vertebral River / Río vertebral (2009, 2002), masterfully translated by Jennifer Rathbun, this volume also includes a commentary by Julio Ortega. En la poesía de Juan Armando Rojas Joo el desierto es cicatriz y también estuario. Dos voces lo no ..."






Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the Powers of Fiction
by Julio Ortega
104 Pages, Published 2014 by University Of Texas Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-292-78614-1, ISBN: 0-292-78614-X

"2. Julio Roca and Camilo Calderón, "García Márquez lo vió morir," Al Día (Bogotá ), no. 1, April 28, 1981, pp. 52-60, 108. 3. Ibid., p. 108. 4. Quoted by Jesús Ceberio, "Gabriel García Márquez: 1 Crónica de una muerte anunciada es mi mejor novela,'" El País (Madrid), Friday, May 1, 1981, p. 29. 5. Gabriel García Márquez, "El cuento del cuento," El País (Madrid), August 26, 1981, pp. 7—8; September 2, 1981, 9—10. The quotation is fro ..."






Letras De Hispanoamerica
by Julio Ortega, Gustavo Pellon, Martín Gaspar
Hardcover, 804 Pages, Published 2014 by Vhl
ISBN-13: 978-1-61857-173-1, ISBN: 1-61857-173-7

"Designed for advanced-level Spanish students, this Latin American literature survey includes a collection of essays, timelines, and biographies from pre-Hispanic to contemporary authors."






Poetics of Change
The New Spanish-American Narrative
by Julio Ortega
200 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Texas Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-292-75496-6, ISBN: 0-292-75496-5

"You told me where this was and that was, and here I am in a dead village, looking for somebody who doesn't even exist.” In Comala ... In this novel the conquest of the patriarchal paradise is also the loss of that paradise; the son will die, merging with the place that takes his life and also his death, because here the world is another world. This novel ... Giving the impression of being somehow more real than mere ghosts or appar ..."






A quien pueda interesar
(Spanish Edition)
by Editor-Jose Carvajal, Julio Ortega, Editor-Maritza Henriquez, Editor-Federico Andahazi
Paperback, 178 Pages, Published 2010 by Isla Publishing Group, Incorporated
ISBN-13: 978-1-929285-10-5, ISBN: 1-929285-10-8

"Nueva York, Miami, y una profunda pasión por la literatura y el periodismo se dan la mano en este libro de José Carvajal. Por primera vez un autor de la diáspora se atreve a poner el dedo en la llaga y analiza una parte esencial del quehacer cultural de los dominicanos en el alto Manhattan."






The Art of Reading Stories and Poems(1st Edition)
by Julio Ortega
Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2007 by Wings Press
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ISBN-13: 978-0-916727-36-9, ISBN: 0-916727-36-X

"A collection of evocative stories, poems, and essays, this compendium combines subtle intellect with charming playfulness to present a fresh perspective on such universal themes as language, duality, and the origins of creativity. Evocative and enriching, these pieces—through topics such as a library map of time and a poet who never managed to write a word—offer a thoughtful and witty take on the Hispanic cultural experience of middle-c ..."






Transatlantic Translations
Dialogues in Latin American Literature
by Julio Ortega
Published 2006 by Reaktion Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-00-012088-5, ISBN: 0-00-012088-X






Transatlantic Translations(1st Edition)
Dialogues in Latin American Literature
by Julio Ortega, Philip Derbyshire
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2006 by Reaktion Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-86189-287-4, ISBN: 1-86189-287-X

"Conceived of as the 'New World', Latin America represented a new beginning for its discoverers, yet, in fact, the colonials were only continuing their search for what they knew all along they wanted to find: fertile land with an abundance of spices, precious metals and labour. This idea of Latin America's invention has long been a preoccupation of intellectuals and historians, leading to the dominant postcolonial interpretation of the n ..."






The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories
by Carlos Fuentes, Julio Ortega
Published 2000 by Topeka Bindery
ISBN-13: 978-1-4177-1945-7, ISBN: 1-4177-1945-1

"In The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories, Julio Ortega and Carlos Fuentes present the most compelling short fiction from Mexico to Chile."






Zamrznuji zagrljaji
pesme
by Julio Ortega, Biljana D. Obradović
204 Pages, Published 1999 by Cross-Cultural Communications
ISBN-13: 978-0-89304-451-0, ISBN: 0-89304-451-2






The Picador Book of Latin American Stories(Updated)
by Carlos Fuentes, Julio Ortega
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1999 by Picador
ISBN-13: 978-0-330-33955-1, ISBN: 0-330-33955-9

"This book has the huge merit of introducing a wealth of talented writers unknown in English; well over a third of the stories appear in English for the first time . . . by bombarding the reader with unfamiliar names speaking in a babel of ..."






Emotions
by Julio Ortega, Biljana Dragoslav Obradović
Hardcover, 204 Pages, Published 1999 by Cross-Cultural Communications
ISBN-13: 978-0-89304-450-3, ISBN: 0-89304-450-4






Guia del Nuevo Siglo
Literatura (Spanish Edition)
by Julio Ortega
Paperback, 438 Pages, Published 1998 by Universidad De Puerto Rico
ISBN-13: 978-0-8477-0280-0, ISBN: 0-8477-0280-4

"... Epitafio del Siglo XX 142 Tulio Mora, Albures 145 Alejandro Krawietz, Insulata 149 Horacio Costa, The Way to be 158 ... 199 Pedro Granados, Cartagena de Indias 202 Javier Marías, Lo que no sucede y sucede 204 Edgardo Rodríguez ..."






Ayacucho, Goodbye
Moscow's Gold : Two Novellas on Peruvian Politics and Violence (Series Discoveries) (Spanish Edition)
by Julio Ortega, Edith Grossman, Alita Kelley
Paperback, 104 Pages, Published 1994 by Latin American Literary Review Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-935480-66-5, ISBN: 0-935480-66-8

"In the first of two allegorical novellas, Peruvian peasant leader Alfonso Cánepa is murdered and mutilated by the police, but feeling unsatisfied with his death, the dead man sets out to recover his missing bones and seek Christian burial. During the pilgrimage from his mountain village to the capital he relates an epic satire of a Peru torn apart by a decade of terrorism and government repression. Stuck between life and death, the inco ..."



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