The effects of American advertising, television, and comic books on life in Puerto Rico are vividly depicted in this tale of a pro-American senator, his Black mistress, aristocratic wife, and right-wing terrorist son

Macho Camacho's Beat

Literature & Fiction

Sánchez, Luis Rafael

Humor & Satire

Avon/Books

The effects of American advertising, television, and comic books on life in Puerto Rico are vividly depicted in this tale of a pro-American senator, his Black mistress, aristocratic wife, and right-wing terrorist son

MacHo Camacho's Beat (English and Spanish Edition)

Random House]

La Importancia de Llamarse Daniel Santos/ The Importance to be called Daniel Santos (Spanish Edition)

Humor & Entertainment

Ediciones Del Norte

No Llores por Nosotros Puerto Rico/ Don't cry for us Puerto Rico (Rama Series of Great Latin American Essay) (Spanish Edition)

Essays & Correspondence

Ediciones del Norte, Inc.

-- Over the course of a single afternoon, Macho Camacho's hit song 'Life Is A Phenomenal Thing' blares out of every radio in San Juan and connects the lives of Senator Vicente Reinosa, his poor mistress, his neurotic, aristocratic wife and his fascist son. Full of puns, fantastic wordplay, advertising slogans, and pop-culture references, Macho Camacho's Beat is a grimly funny satire on the Americanization of Puerto Rico. -- One of Puerto Rico's outstanding literary figures, Luis Rafael Sanchez is renowned for his plays, short stories, essays and poems, as well as his novels. He currently teaches at the University of Puerto Rico. -- First published in the U.S. by Random House (1980), most recent paperback by Avon (1982).

Literary

Dalkey Archive Press

The Indiscretions of Clinton's Dog recounts the story of the "First Dog of the United States" during Clinton's presidential term (1993-1997). Thanks to Buddy, we are privy to the ins and outs of life in the White House including the juicy details of the Monica Lewinsky ordeal. Even with the explosion of fantastic tales that has transformed literature in the past fifty years, there has been a notable lack of speaking dogs, hence rendering Sanchez' recreation of this moment in history a truly unusual tale.

Indiscreciones de un perro gringo/ Indiscretion of a dog gringo (Spanish Edition)

Alfaguara, S.A. Grupo Santillana

Del centenar de artículos que documentan mis alejamientos frecuentes del país natal y el transcurso de los días en el mismo, selecciono cuarenta para integrar el libro Devórame otra vez. Deseo que la selección fabrique un sólido cuerpo de reflexiones e indagaciones donde convivan, en armonía tensa y sensual, el oficio de escribir y el oficio de vivir.

Devórame otra vez (Spanish Edition)

Ediciones Callejon

Una selección esencial de la obra de Luis Rafael Sánchez, el escritor puertorriqueño contemporáneo más reconocido internacionalmente.\nEsta “antología indócil” de Luis Rafael Sánchez, una figura clave de la literatura latinoamericana, atraviesa el cuento, la novela, la crónica periodística y el teatro de la mano de los profesores Luce López-Baralt y Aníbal González-Pérez.\nComo señalan en su iluminadora introducción, además de abarcar la representación artística de la realidad nacional de Puerto Rico, Luis Rafael Sánchez opta por escribir “en puertorriqueño” cuando se lanza a traducir los complejísimos entresijos que conforman la colectividad nacional, colocando en un primer plano a los desposeídos, quienes estrenan en sus textos una “picaresca” entre la tragedia y la comedia, elevando a categoría artística el idiolecto popular de los marginados.\nEn estos textos, desde cuentos como “Que sabe a paraíso”, novelas como La guaracha del macho Camacho, ensayos como “La guagua aérea” o una crónica de rabiosa actualidad sobre Bad Bunny, el lector encontrará razones de sobra para disfrutar. 
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A collection of the most iconic works by the most celebrated writer in Puerto Rico’s contemporary history.\nFor the first time ever, the most important works of Puerto Rican writer Luis Rafael Sánchez are being compiled into a single book. Through this evocative collection, readers will be able to trace the highlights of Sánchez’s career, as well as discover milestones of Puerto Rican literary history. 
Sánchez’s work is prefaced by an introduction from Yale professor Aníbal González-Pérez and writer and academic, Luce LópezBaralt, whose expertise in Latin American Literature—as well as their own experience growing up in Puerto Rico—will help situate Sánchez’s work in context with the intricate cultural history of this Caribbean Island.

Escribir en Puertorriqueño: Obra selecta / Writing in Puerto Rican (Spanish Edition)

United States

Planeta Publishing

Piel sospechosa (Ensayos) / Suspicious Skin (Essays) (Seix Barral: Los Tres Mundos) (Spanish Edition)

Cuentos completos / The Complete Short Stories

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