Rosa Montero, Author Espasa Calpe Mexicana, S.A. $21.95 (256p) ISBN 978-84-239-5153-6
The title of this suspenseful book is a play on words used to mean both ""the barbarian's heart"" and ""the center of hell,"" and there are plenty of references to both throughout. Zarza is a modern editor of medieval books who, waking up one...
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Rosa Montero, Author, Christina De La Torre, Translator, Diana Glad, Translator University of Nebraska Press $30 (187p) ISBN 978-0-8032-3141-2
Journalist Montero's important first novel is set in the mid-1970s, a time of immense transformation in Spanish society. The oppressive Fascist state has been dismantled following the death of Franco, and traditional gender roles and stereotypes are
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Rosa Montero, trans. from the Spanish by Lilit Zekulin Thwaites. Amazon Crossing, $14.95 trade paper (464p) ISBN 978-1-61109-346-9
In her disappointing SF debut, award-winning Spanish novelist Moreno borrows Blade Runner's premise to depict artificial humans known as replicants, or reps, who are bred for unpleasant, often dangerous jobs with implanted false memories and limited
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