Spanish: Literature, History, Culture & Film

Research guide to databases, websites, and reference works for information on Spanish language literature, history, culture and film

Canto Fúnebre
José Antonio Maitín
(1804 - 1874 -- Venezolano)
Mournful and moving poem to his deceased wife. In Spanish.

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezL Grossman, Edith, 1936-
Call Number: PQ8180.17.A73 A813 2007

Also available as DVD.
El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera by Gabriel García Márquez
Call Number: PQ8180.17.A73 A813 2007

Publication Date: 2003-10-14

Set in a country on the Caribbean coast of South America, this is a story about a woman and two men and their entwined lives.
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa; Helen Lane (Translator)
Call Number: PQ8498.32 .A65 T513

Funniest book ever written in Spanish.
El Amigo Manso by Pérez Galdós, Benito; Robert Russell (Translator)
Call Number: PQ6555 .A745 2001

Wonderful book by the Spanish master. Also available in English as "Our Friend Manso"
Max and the Cats by Moacyr Scliar; Giacomelli, Eloah F. (Translator)
Call Number: PQ9698.29 .C54 M3313

Did you love "Life of Pi"? This short book was its inspiration, only more political.
The Crime of Father Amaro: Scenes from the Religious Life by Jose Maria de Eça de Queirós; Margaret Jull Costa (Translator)
Call Number: PQ9261.E3 C713

Did you like the movie Crime of Padre Amaro? You'll love the book.