National Hispanic Heritage Month 2013
begins on Sunday, September 15 and ends on Tuesday, October 15
Yes it is! Along with Back to School Month for almost everyone under the age of 21. But as much as I can, I try to give you all (book bloggers) an opportunity to find a few good reads to help diversify your bookshelves. There are so many great writers out there creating amazing books with Hispanic main characters, history and culture and they are not getting enough of our attention. (That is of course my opinion only) But you rarely see an author of Hispanic origin on a book blogger tour or their books getting many reviews from book bloggers.
Here are a few amazing books by Hispanic authors I would recommend you check out. (If you haven't already) Click the titles to go the Amazon site for the books.
Winner of the California Book Award for Fiction
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
Best Book of the Year Lists
The New York Times Book Review • Los Angeles Times
San Francisco Chronicle • The Boston Globe
Scott and Maureen Torres-Thompson have always relied on others to run their Orange County home. But when bad investments crater their bank account, it all comes down to Araceli: their somewhat prickly Mexican maid. One night, an argument between the couple turns physical, and a misunderstanding leaves the children in Araceli’s care. Their parents unreachable, she takes them to central Los Angeles in the hopes of finding Scott’s estranged Mexican father---an earnest quest that soon becomes a colossal misadventure, with consequences that ripple through every strata of the sprawling city. Héctor Tobar's The Barbarian Nurseries is a masterful tale of contemporary Los Angeles, a novel as alive as the city itself.
The New York Times Book Review • Los Angeles Times
San Francisco Chronicle • The Boston Globe
Scott and Maureen Torres-Thompson have always relied on others to run their Orange County home. But when bad investments crater their bank account, it all comes down to Araceli: their somewhat prickly Mexican maid. One night, an argument between the couple turns physical, and a misunderstanding leaves the children in Araceli’s care. Their parents unreachable, she takes them to central Los Angeles in the hopes of finding Scott’s estranged Mexican father---an earnest quest that soon becomes a colossal misadventure, with consequences that ripple through every strata of the sprawling city. Héctor Tobar's The Barbarian Nurseries is a masterful tale of contemporary Los Angeles, a novel as alive as the city itself.
Exquisite prose and wondrous storytelling have helped make Rudolfo Anaya
the father of Chicano literature in English. Indeed, Anaya's tales
fairly shimmer with the haunting beauty and richness of his culture. The
winner of the Pen Center West Award for Fiction for his unforgettable
novel Alburquerque, Anaya is perhaps best loved for his classic
bestseller, Bless Me, Ultima... Antonio Marez is six years old when
Ultima comes to stay with his family in New Mexico. She is a curandera,
one who cures with herbs and magic. Under her wise wing, Tony will probe
the family ties that bind and rend him, and he will discover himself in
the magical secrets of the pagan past-a mythic legacy as palpable as
the Catholicism of Latin America. And at each life turn there is Ultima,
who delivered Tony into the world...and will nurture the birth of his
soul.
An orphan raised in Valparaiso, Chile, by a Victorian spinster and her
rigid brother, vivacious young Eliza Sommers follows her lover to
California during the Gold Rush of 1849. Entering a rough-and-tumble
world of new arrivals driven mad by gold fever, Eliza moves in a society
of single men and prostitutes with the help of her good friend and
savior, the Chinese doctor Tao Chi'en. California opens the door to a
new life of freedom and independence to the young Chilean, and her
search for her elusive lover gradually turns into another kind of
journey. By the time she finally hears news of him, Eliza must decide
who her true love really is.
Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere
from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and
translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero.
Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous – it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.
Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous – it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.
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Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel
Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico became a best-selling phenomenon with its winning blend of poignant romance and bittersweet wit.
The number one bestseller in Mexico and America for almost two years, and subsequently a bestseller around the world, "Like Water For Chocolate" is a romantic, poignant tale, touched with moments of magic, graphic earthiness, bittersweet wit - and recipes.
A sumptuous feast of a novel, it relates the bizarre history of the all-female De La Garza family. Tita, the youngest daughter of the house, has been forbidden to marry, condemned by Mexican tradition to look after her mother until she dies. But Tita falls in love with Pedro, and he is seduced by the magical food she cooks. In desperation, Pedro marries her sister Rosaura so that he can stay close to her. For the next twenty-two years, Tita and Pedro are forced to circle each other in unconsummated passion. Only a freakish chain of tragedies, bad luck and fate finally reunite them against all the odds.
Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico became a best-selling phenomenon with its winning blend of poignant romance and bittersweet wit.
The number one bestseller in Mexico and America for almost two years, and subsequently a bestseller around the world, "Like Water For Chocolate" is a romantic, poignant tale, touched with moments of magic, graphic earthiness, bittersweet wit - and recipes.
A sumptuous feast of a novel, it relates the bizarre history of the all-female De La Garza family. Tita, the youngest daughter of the house, has been forbidden to marry, condemned by Mexican tradition to look after her mother until she dies. But Tita falls in love with Pedro, and he is seduced by the magical food she cooks. In desperation, Pedro marries her sister Rosaura so that he can stay close to her. For the next twenty-two years, Tita and Pedro are forced to circle each other in unconsummated passion. Only a freakish chain of tragedies, bad luck and fate finally reunite them against all the odds.
These are just a few of many, many more great books from Hispanic authors. What books have you read this year by a Hispanic author or with a Hispanic main character?
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