Esther Allen

27 books

Bad Nature, or With Elvis in Mexico by Javier Marías

Bad Nature, or With Elvis in Mexico

Javier Marías

57 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction dark slow-paced
The Book of Lamentations by Esther Allen, Rosario Castellanos, trans., Alma Guillermoprieto

The Book of Lamentations

Esther Allen, Rosario Castellanos, trans., Alma Guillermoprieto

400 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Confessions Of An Argentine Dirty Warrior: A Firsthand Account Of Atrocity by Horacio Verbitsky

Confessions Of An Argentine Dirty Warrior: A Firsthand Account Of Atrocity

Horacio Verbitsky

215 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Dancing With Cuba by Esther Allen, Alma Guillermoprieto

Dancing With Cuba

Esther Allen, Alma Guillermoprieto

304 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir travel reflective slow-paced
Dark Back of Time by Javier Marías

Dark Back of Time

Javier Marías

336 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging reflective slow-paced
In Translation: Translators on Their Work and What It Means by Esther Allen, Susan Bernofsky

In Translation: Translators on Their Work and What It Means

Esther Allen, Susan Bernofsky

288 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Lands of Memory by Felisberto Hernández

Lands of Memory

Felisberto Hernández

192 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction magical realism short stories challenging mysterious slow-paced
The Man Between: The Life and Legacy of Michael Henry Heim by Esther Allen, Russell Valentino, Sean Cotter, Michael Henry Heim

The Man Between: The Life and Legacy of Michael Henry Heim

Esther Allen, Russell Valentino, Sean Cotter, Michael Henry Heim

200 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography reflective medium-paced
Nostalgia for Death & Hieroglyphs of Desire by Esther Allen, Xavier Villaurrutia, Eliot Weinberger

Nostalgia for Death & Hieroglyphs of Desire

Esther Allen, Xavier Villaurrutia, Eliot Weinberger

144 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

fiction poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
Selected Non-Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges

Selected Non-Fictions

Jorge Luis Borges

560 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced