"From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a riveting noir about a daydreaming secretary, a lonesome thug, and the mystery of the missing woman that brings them together. 1970s Mexico City. Maite is a secretary who lives for one thing: the latest issue of Secret Romance. While student protests and political unrest consume the city, Maite escapes into stories of passion and danger. Her next-door neighbor, Leonora, a beautiful...

"Set in Mexico in the 1970s, the novel charts the literary and romantic escapades of two Chilean aspiring writers, employing a range of genres, from epistolary novel to science fiction to satire"-- Mexico, 1970s. Jan and Remo find themselves adrift in Mexico City. Obsessed with poetry, and, above all, with science fiction, they are eager to forge a life in the literary world- or sacrifice themselves to it. The city tugs them in opposite directions....

Describes the experiences of children during the festivals and religious observances of the Christmas season in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Presents the story of Miguel Sarmiento, a doctor, his aristocratic wife, and young son as they are caught up the Mexican Revolution and the political upheavals and chaos that follows the collapse of the old order.

"¿Cómo referir esta armonía de cosas en el fondo tan inarmónicas, destinadas sólo por un momento a la felicidad?" Todos somos nuestro futuro fantasma. Lo llevamos adentro como germen de lo que seremos. Ésta es la novela de lo que fueron en su tiempo, y son mientras leemos, seis amigos desorbitados, habitantes de una casa de huéspedes frente a un parque de jacarandas en una Ciudad de México minuciosamente evocada aquí, en los años sesenta...