Juan Villoro
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Juan's summer is off to a terrible start. Frist, his parents separate. Then, almost as bad, Juan is sent away to his strange Uncle Tito's house for the entire break! Who wants to live with an oddball recluse who has zigzag eyebrows, drinks fifteen cups of smoky tea a day, and lives inside a huge, mysterious library? As Juan adjusts to hs new life among teetering, dusty shelves, he notices something odd: the books move on their own!...
2) The reef
Author
Publisher
George Braziller, Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The ex Rock Star Mario Müller discovers a visionary possibility in the Caribbean: the pleasures of fear. On the banks of an enormous coral reef The Pyramid is built, a resort that offers controlled dangers until a diver dies outside of the water. Reflecting upon the damages we choose to inflict upon ourselves in order to intensify life, this passionate novel describes a new ecology: climate change empties hotels and money laundering regenerates...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 346 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Horizontal Vertigo: the title refers to the fear of ever-impending earthquakes, which led Mexicans to build their capital city outward rather than upward. With the perspicacity of a keenly observant flâneur, Villoro wanders through the city seemingly without a plan, describing people, places, and things, while brilliantly drawing connections among them, the better to reveal, in all its multitudinous glory, the vicissitudes and triumphs of Mexico...
Author
Publisher
Phaidon
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
279 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"Olvera rethinks how to use traditional, authentic local ingredients using unusual flavor combinations to create a reinvented way of cooking and eating. Mexico from the Inside Out includes both sophisticated and more accessible recipes to explain Enrique's philosophy, vision, and process. He is fueled by a constant exploration of Mexico's ingredients and culinary history, and inspired by his early family memories about food. This book goes beyond...
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xxix, 318 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The best stories by the author of the unforgettable novel The Postman. Each of the stories in this book is an extraordinary piece of literature. Love, youth, desire, and freedom, along with versatile prose, sensitivity, and a subtle irony that sometimes morphs into dark humor, confirm Antonio Skármeta's position as one of the greatest storytellers in contemporary literature. Juan Villoro has selected and written a prologue for the best stories by...
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"With contributions from seven of Mexico's finest journalists, this is reportage at its bravest and most necessary - it has the power to change the world's view of their country, and by the force of its truth, to start to heal the country's many sorrows. Supported the Arts Council Grant's for the Arts Programme and by PEN Promotes. Veering between carnival and apocalypse, Mexico has in the last ten years become the epicentre of the international drug...