The Woman Destroyed — Simone de Beauvoir

This book is comprised of three stories: “The Age of Discretion”, “The Monologue” and…

Recollections of Things to Come — Elena Garro

I was in awe from page one. How could I not, when one of the book’s first lines…

Pedro Páramo — Juan Rulfo

Pedro Páramo is undoubtedly a classic of Mexican literature. Ever since its publication in 1955, it has enthralled…

El principio del placer — José Emilio Pacheco

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Crime and Punishment — Fyodor Dostoevsky

Giovanni’s room — James Baldwin

This story starts at the end. The main character, David, is in front of a window at a house in the South…

Great Expectations — Charles Dickens

In Spanish, the title of this novel is closer in meaning to ‘Great hopes’, which works, but I…

Beautiful world, where are you — Sally Rooney

“So of course in the midst of everything, the state of the world being what it…

Luster — Raven Leilani

Luster tells the story of Edie, a young woman in her twenties living in New York City. In fact, it is Edie herself who…

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — Hunter S. Thompson