Libros para el Mes de la Herencia Latine

Updated September 19, 2023
Jessamine County Public Library
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The house on Mango Street
Cisneros, Sandra
Paper Book
A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A coming-of-age classic about a young girl growing up in Chicago * Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world-...
Lost children archive
Luiselli, Valeria
Paper Book
"Impossibly smart, full of beauty, heart and insight . . . Everyone should read this book."--Tommy OrangeFrom the two-time NBCC Finalist, an emotionally resonant, fiercely imaginative new novel about a family whose road trip across America collides with an immigration crisis at the...
Where We Come from
Casares, Oscar.
Paper Book
A stunning and timely novel about a Mexican-American family in Brownsville, Texas, that reluctantly becomes involved in smuggling immigrants into the United States. From a distance, the towns along the U.S.-Mexican border have dangerous reputations--on one side, drug cartels; on...
Collected stories
García Márquez, Gabriel
Paper Book
Sweeping through crumbling towns, travelling fairs and windswept ports, Gabriel Garcia Marquez introduces a host of extraordinary characters and communities in his mesmerising tales of everyday life- smugglers, bagpipers, the President and Pope at the funeral of Macondo's revered matriarch; a very...
The woman from Uruguay
Mairal, Pedro
Paper Book
From internationally bestselling Argentine author Pedro Mairal and Man Booker International-winning translator Jennifer Croft, the unforgettable story of two would-be lovers over the course of a single day.'A searing tale of seduction and betrayal, both wryly comic and deeply serious'...
Violeta
Allende, Isabel
Paper Book
La épica y emocionante historia de una mujer cuya vida abarca los momentos históricos más relevantes del siglo XX. Desde 1920 -con la llamada «gripe española»- hasta la pandemia de 2020, la vida de Violeta será mucho más que la historia de un siglo. Violeta...
The last cuentista
Higuera, Donna Barba
Paper Book
A multi-award winning and bestselling novel, blending science fiction and Mexican folklore to explore the power of storytelling.

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