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Rincón Literario: Bilingual Book Club

El Rincón Literario es una serie de lectura y discusión de libros en la Biblioteca Central Pública de Escondido. La escritora y periodista Miriam Ruvinskis está a cargo de estas series mensuales para explorar la literatura y la diversidad cultural de los latinos.

Este programa es gratis.

Rincón Literario is a monthly book discussion series held at the Escondido main Public Library.  Writer and journalist Miriam Ruvinskis hosts this monthly meeting exploring the literature and culture of Latinos. Discussions will be conducted bilingually, but primarily in Spanish. This program is free and open to the public.

**All meetings are held on the last Saturday of every month (except holidays) from 3:30-4:45 p.m. in the Turrentine Room of the Main Library, unless otherwise noted.


Upcoming Meetings for 2010

August 28
La suma de los dias/The Sum of Our Days by Isabel Allende

 

 

 

September 25
Las hijas de Sultana/ Princess Sultana's Daughters by Jean Sasson

 

 


October 30
Rumbo al hermoso norte/Into the Beautiful North by Luis Urrea

 

 

 

*To obtain a copy of these books, visit your local library or bookstore.
 


Previous Book Club Titles:

Caramelo
by Sandra Cisneros
La casa en Mango Street / The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros
La multitud errante by Laura Restrepo
En el nombre de Salomé
by Julia Alvarez
Inés del alma mía by Isabele Allende
Bendíceme, Última by Rudolfo Anaya
Por el amor de Pedro Infante by Denise Chá¡vez
Tan Lejos de Dios by Ana Castillo
Transportes Gonzáles e hija by María Amparo Escandón
El sueño de América by Esmeralda Santiago
Las Christmas: Escritores Latinos Recuerdan las Tradiciones Edited by Esmeralda Santiago
Disparo en la catedral by Mario Bencastro
Aroma de café amargo by Sandra Benitez
Memoria de mis putas tristes by Gabriel García Márquez
La mujer habitada by Gioconda Belli
La Caverna by José Saramago
En busca de Bernabé by Graciela Limón
Lluvia de Oro by Victor Villasenor
El Loro en el Horno by Victor Martinez
La travesia de Enrique by Sonia Nazario
La Virgen de los Sicarios by Fernando Vallejos
La Sombre del Viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Para Salvar el Mundo by Julia Alvarez
Cajas de Carton by Francisco Jimenez
La reina del sur by Arturo Pérez-Reverete
Senderos fronterizos/ Breaking Through by Francisco Jímenez
El cartel de los sapos
by Andres Lopez Lopez
El país bajo mi piel
by Gioconda Belli
El hombre duplicado by José Saramago
La cabaña by William Young
El Mañana/Finding Mañana by Mirta Ojito
Lituma en los Andes/Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa
Desde mi ceilo/Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
¡Corre! Nicky ¡Corre!/Run Baby Run by Nicky Cruz
Mira si yo te querré/See How Much I love You by Luis Leante
La hija de la chuparrosa/The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Urrea
Libranos del mal/Deliver Us From Evil by Ernestina Sodi

 


View past Escondido Reads: One Book websites for:

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Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner
(2006)
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Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street (2007)

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