Spanish Lit Month Links: 7/22-7/28

Crazy shit at work and--on a much more satisfying note--spending both ends of the week in the company of attractive out of state friends intent on plying me with alcohol while the Avengers, the Cramps, the Ramones, and the Stooges blared away in the background sort of took a toll on my Spanish Lit Month plans for the week.  Oh, well.  Fortunately for you virtual pals, it looks like the other Spanish Lit Month participants had much more "mellow" weeks than I did for a change...

Stu, Winstonsdad's Blog

The She-Devil in the Mirror by Horacio Castellanos Moya

The Islands by Carlos Gamerro

Amanda, Simpler Pastimes

Ficciones (I) by Jorge Luis Borges

Amateur Reader (Tom), Wuthering Expectations

The Three-Cornered Hat by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

What Is Poetry? - Singing Along with Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

The Lyre Went Mute for Lack of Content - but There Will Always Be Poetry! - Abstract and Concrete Bécquer
I Tried My Best and What I Got from It Was a Kick in the Jaw - Benito Pérez Galdós and Torquemada

"El matadero"/"The Slaughterhouse" by Esteban Echeverría

  

lizzysiddal, Lizzy's Literary Life
Recipes for Sad Women by Héctor Abad

Miguel, St. Orberose
A Personal Library by Jorge Luis Borges
The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges

Obooki, Obooki's Obloquy
Memories of Altagracia by Salvador Garmendia

Sarah, A Rat in the Book Pile
The Book of Sand by Jorge Luis Borges

Scott, seraillon
The Conquest of the Kingdom of Maya by Ángel Ganivet

Séamus, Vapour Trails
Bartleby & Co. by Enrique Vila-Matas

Susanna, SusieBookworm
Tales from the Town of Widows by James Cañón (*written in English by a Colombia-born author)

Tara, BookSexy Review
An Interview with Margaret Carson

Tony, Tony's Reading List
Necropolis by Santiago Gamboa

Richard, Caravana de recuerdos
Los pichiciegos by Fogwill
Spanish Lit Month Links: 7/22-7/28