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Under the Bridge: Stories from the Border/ Bajo el puente. Relatos desde la frontera.
Reviewed by Ana Katherine Bonfante, Berwyn, IL - 04/15/2008
Sanmiguel, Rosario.
tr. from the Spanish by John Pluecker. U.S.: Arte Público Press. 2008. 232p. ISBN 978-1-55885-514-4. pap. $14.95. FICTION More
Quattrocento.
Reviewed by Leda Schiavo, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 04/15/2008
Fortes, Susana.
U.S.: Rayo: HarperCollins & Planeta. 2007. 351p. ISBN 978-0-06-156548-9. pap. $14.95. FICTION
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Road Story.

Reviewed by Bruce Jensen, South Texas Coll. Lib., McAllen, TX - 04/01/2008
Fuguet, Alberto & Gonzalo Martínez (illus).
Chile/ U.S.: Alfaguara. 2007. 127p. illus. ISBN 978-956-239-538-0. pap. $16.99. GRAPHIC NOVEL More
Los hombres invisibles. (Invisible Men)
Reviewed by Catherine Rendón, Savannah, GA - 04/01/2008
Mendoza, Mario.
Colombia: Planeta. 2007. 303p. ISBN: 978-958-42-1650-2. pap. $19.95. FICTION More
Círculos de Dante. Barcelona. (The Circles of Dante)
Reviewed by Carolyn Kost, Stevenson Library, Pebble Beach, CA - 03/15/2008
Arribas, Javier.
Spain: Roca, dist. by Urano Pub. 2007. 348p. ISBN 978-84-96544-82-6. $23.45. HISTORICAL FICTION More
Ley garrote. (Club Law)
Reviewed Ruth Sánchez Imizcoz, Univ. of the South, Sewanee, TN - 03/15/2008
Guerrero–Casasola, Joaquín.
Spain: Roca, dist. by Urano Pub. 2007. 205p. ISBN 978-84-96544-95-6. hc. $20.95. NOVEL More
Yo nunca te prometí la eternidad. (I Never Promised You Eternity)
Reviewed by Carmen Güiraldes, Brooklyn, NY - 03/15/2008
Mercado, Tununa.
Argentina: Planeta. 2005. 360p. ISBN 950-49-1335-0. pap. $19.95. HISTORICAL FICTION More
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