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Chico Paco, nicknamed Barbasco, has lived a precarious existence since he was a child. Orphaned, he suffered the hunger and misery of the peasant. As an adult, he suffered humiliation and helplessness before a boss and an administrator skilled in exploiting him.The owners of farms and haciendas make the peasant youth the victim of their appetites.Nature is at times beautiful, propitious for man; sometimes it is barren, eroded and poor.The reader experiences the anguish and pain of the peasant.

In this third book in the Palo Alto Adventure series, Carlos discovers the secret of the underground river with a dangerous trip inside the waterfall tunnel. Elena and Rafael's Great-aunt Elena tells them about a family secret that has been hidden for over 60 years and that would have further united Juanita's family with the Palmas, owners of the historical Hacienda Palo Alto. Gertrudes, the old family cook, tells them of her adventures during the Mexican Revolution, including facing a firing squad! While the TV Company is filming them again "discovering" the treasure cavern, Leora, Juanita,...

Estamos ante un libro escrito a corazón abierto. La vida de Alejandro López Andrada, uno de los mayores poetas actuales en lengua española, y también sólido novelista, ha sido pródiga en encuentros azarosos y afortunados; en momentos de rara belleza y fulgor y asimismo de honda pesadumbre. Unos y otros tienen cabida en las páginas de esta obra singular, donde el autor de La dehesa iluminada y Entre zarzas y asfalto echa la vista atrás para rescatar su relación con autores renombrados de las últimas décadas como Julio Llamazares, José Hierro, Caballero Bonald o Antonio Colinas;...

This classic novel about the struggles of Texas Mexicans to preserve their property, culture and identity in the face of Anglo-American migration to and dominance of the Rio Grande Valley is available for the first time in Spanish. Born in the early part of the twentieth century, George Washington Gómez is named after the American rebel and hero because his parents are certain their son will be a great man too. George, or Guálinto as he’s known, grows up in turbulent times. His family has lived for generations in what has become Texas. “I was born here. My father was born here and so...