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1	Manifestoes of Surrealism more books like this by Andre Breton, Richard Seaver (Translator), Helen R Lane (Translator) Presents the essential ideas of the founder of French surrealism see all copies from £11.14! new only from £17.08! \| first editions
2	Amalia more books like this by Jose Marmol, Helen Lane (Translator), Doris Sommer (Editor) Amalia was one of the most popular Latin American novels and, until recently, was required reading in Argentina's schools. It was written to protest the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas and to provide a picture of the political events during his regime, but the book's popularity stemmed from the love story that fuels the plot. Originally ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £8.40! \| first editions
3	Cecilia Valdes or El Angel Hill more books like this by Cirilo Villaverde, Sibylle Fischer (Editor), Helen Lane (Translator) "Cecilia Valdes" is arguably the most important novel of 19th century Cuba. Originally published in New York City in 1882, Cirilo Villaverde's novel has fascinated readers inside and outside Cuba since the late 19th century. In this new English translation, a vast landscape emerges of the moral, political, and sexual depravity caused by slavery ... see all copies from £9.41! new only from £20.87! \| first editions
4	A fish in the water : a memoir more books like this by Mario Vargas Llosa Llosa gives his account of his ultimately unsuccessful attempt to run his country, Peru and of his own childhood and career. Llosa was born in 1936 and was one of Latin America's most important novelists. see all copies from £2.17! new only from £2.17! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	The War at the End of the World more books like this by Mario Vargas Llosa, Helen Lane (Translator) Set in nineteenth century Brazil, and based on a real episode in Brazilian history, this novel is the tory of an apocalyptic movement led by a mysterious prophet to establish another republic: Canudos, whose citizens are all the damned of the earth, the prostittues, bandits and beggars who flee to the Brazilian frontier. see all copies from £6.70! new only from £60.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	In Praise of the Stepmother more books like this by Helen Lane (Translator), Mario Vargas Llosa With meticulous observation and the seductive skill of a great storyteller, Vargas Llosa lures the reader into the shadow of perversion that, little by little, darkens the extraordinary happiness and harmony of his characters. The mysterious nature of happiness and above all, the corrupting power of innocence are the themes that underlie these ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £5.61!
7	The Back Room more books like this by Carmen Martin Gaite, Helen R. Lane (Translator) Chapter One THE BAREFOOT MAN ... AND YET I'D swear that the position was the same-I think I've always slept this way, with my right arm underneath the pillow and my body turned slightly over onto that side, my feet searching for the place where the sheet is tucked in. What's more, if I close my eyes - and I end up closing them as a last, routine ... see all copies from £7.46! new only from £9.71!
8	The republic of dreams more books like this by Nelida Pinon, Helen Lane (Translator) Pinon delivers a subtle, sensuous, and seemingly all-encompassing novel about four generations of a family and a nation, from the turn of the century down to the troubled present. The central event is the impending death of the matriarch of the clan. Her first book to be published in English. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £11.17! \| first editions
9	Essays on Mexican Art more books like this by Octavio Paz, Helen Lane (Translator) In this collection of his extensive writings on art, Paz considers the work of artists as diverse as Rivera, Orozco, Tamayo, and Kahlo. see all copies from £6.27! new only from £14.02! \| first editions
10	The Storyteller more books like this by Helen Lane (Translator), Mario Vargas Llosa In a small gallery in Florence, a Peruvian writer happens upon an exhibition of photographs from the Amazon jungle. As he stares at a picture of a tribal storyteller who holds a circle of Machiguenga Indians entranced, he is overcome by the eerie sense that he knows this man and that the storyteller is not an Indian at all, but an old school ... see all copies from £6.61! new only from £9.74! \| first editions
11	He Who Searches more books like this by Luisa Valenzuela, Helen Lane (Translator) A professor of semiotics who doubles as a psychologist in Barcelona visits (always in disguise) a prostitute in the early hours of the morning without her knowing it. see all copies from £7.00! new only from £10.01!
12 view cover	Present Past, Past Present: A Personal Memoir more books like this by Eugene Ionesco Part diary, part autobiography, part self-analysis and commentary, this revealing memoir by the playwright of the Absurd is an expression of the writer's search for the wellsprings and justifications of his existence. Diary jottings mingle with searing memories of his authoritarian father, metaphysical musings with thoughts on anti-Semitism, his ... see all copies from £7.01! new only from £8.05! \| first editions
13 view cover	Peruvian Traditions more books like this by Ricardo Palma, Christopher Conway (Editor), Helen Lane (Translator) In his lifetime, the Peruvian Ricardo Palma (1838-1919) was one of the most popular and imitated writers in Latin America. As head of the National Library in Lima, Palma had access to a rich source of historical journals and records. His historical miscellanies, which he called "traditions", are witty anecdotes about conquerors, viceroys, corrupt ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £5.60! \| first editions
14	Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter [Originally Published as La Tia Julia Y El Escribidor] by Mario Vargas [Translated By Helen R. Lane] Llosa see all copies from £5.60! new only from £9.69! \| first editions
15 view cover	Convergences: Essays on Art & Lit more books like this by Octavio Paz, Helen R Lane (Translator) Engrossing essays that reflect the author's vast and subtle knowledge of the world. Topics range from the religious rites of the Aztecs to modern american painting, from Eastern art and religion to love and eroticism. Translated by Helen Lane. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £9.94! \| first editions
16	Travels with Zenobia more books like this by Rose Wilder Lane, Helen Dore Boylston (Photographer) see all copies from £19.62! signed copies \| first editions
17	Extramuros more books like this by Jesús. Fernández Santos see all copies from £5.60! new only from £19.59! \| first editions
18	The Back Room more books like this by Carmen Martin Gaite, Helen R Lane (Translator) In this semi-autobiographical postmodern novel, which won the Spain's National Prize for Literature in 1978, a writer is being interviewed by a journalist, but whether the interview is a dream, or a memory, or an imaginary event is always in question. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £68.66! \| first editions
19 view cover	The War of the End of the World more books like this by Mario Vargas Llosa, Helen R Lane (Translator) Deep within the remote backlands of 19th-century Brazil sits Canudosa libertarian paradise. Home of prostitutes, bandits, beggars, it embodies the revolutionary spirit in its purest and most apocalyptic form. In one of his most brilliant and tragic novels, Mario Vargas Llosa creates an unforgettable tale of passion, idealism, adventure, and man's ... see all copies from £6.30! new only from £6.87! \| signed copies
20 view cover	Let the Wind Speak more books like this by Juan Carlos Onetti, Helen Lane (Translator) The archetypal Onetti hero, Medina is at different times of his life a (phoney) doctor, a painter and a police chief. He lives in Lavanda, across the river from Santa Maria, a town he is not allowed to enter and that he, therefore, wishes to destroy. In the end the wind speaks with devastating results.The first novel written in exile in Spain, ... see all copies from £2.09! new only from £3.62! \| first editions
21	I, the Supreme-V264 more books like this by Augusto Roa Bastos, Augusto Roa Bastos, Helen Lane (Translator) A major Latin American novel about a man who was "elected" Supreme Dictator for life of Paraguay. An Aventura Book. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £9.70! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Virtues of the Solitary Bird more books like this by Juan Goytisolo, Helen Lane (Translator) For Goytisolo, great writers are 'solitary birds' whose voice is an enchanting cry that pierces time. On his hospital bed, the persecuted narrator identifies with St John of the Cross, himself forced by the Inquisition to swallow his Treatise on the Qualities of the Solitary Bird. Through a scintillating succession of visions, soliloquies and ... see all copies from £3.10! new only from £11.56! \| first editions
23 view cover	Beyond the Ancient Cities more books like this by Jose Maria Merino, Helen Lane (Translator) Miguel, the son of a conquistador, embarks on a perilous journey to Panama with his godfather. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £10.51! \| first editions
24 view cover	State of Siege by Juan Goytisolo, Helen Lane (Translator) During the Serbian blockade of Sarajevo in the early 1990s, a man is killed, and the investigation into his identity--which is continually thwarted--is recounted in the voices of many different characters. The story is set against the backdrop of atrocity and horror that gripped the city during those years. see all copies from £2.15! new only from £9.88!
25	Voltaire more books like this by Helen Lane (Translator), Jean Orieux, Professor Barbara Bray (Translator) see all copies from £6.41! new only from £40.87! \| first editions

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