This Friday, more than 30 businesses on Hermano Miguel between Calle Larga and Mariscal Sucre will have candy for children in costume. Participating businesses will be marked with a paper jack-o-lantern on or near the door.
And find us with other bookstore owners Saturday-Monday at a table in front of the municipal library for “Segundas Lecturas”. The store will also be open for the entire holiday. Que Viva Cuenca!
Arrivals: Eduardo Galeano’s final book of essays, Moritz Thompsen’s memoir of in Esmeraldas in the earliest days of the Peace Corps, The Return, a novel by Lojano author Aquiles Jimbo Cordova, Tomb Song from Mexican Author Julian Herbert. The classic Ecuadorian novel Huasipungo came back as did Abyss by Colombiana Pilar Quintana. Julios Dream, is a trilingual (Quichua/Spanish/English) children’s book, and a Survey of graphic design in Latin America. In history we have Ecuador: Ancient Peoples and Cultures, Royal Commentaries of the Incas from Garcilazo de la Vega, Peru Before the Incas, and Spanish Peru 1532-1560. Anthropolgical studies of the Saraguros, Serrano Quichuas, the Siriona indigenous of Bolivia, and Yanoama, a narrative from an Italian woman captured by indigenous folks in the Brazilian Amazon who lived with various groups for over 20 years. From the development world we have Falling Behind and A Model Development Plan. Anne Mile’s study of ecuadorian migration, a gorgeous photographic guide to the flora and fauna of Paute, and the culture shock and Moon guides to Ecuador. In fiction we have My Brilliant Friend, The Time Traveler’s Wife, The MasterandMargarita, Heart of Darkness, The Witches of St. Petersburge, Walter Macken’s Irish Trilogy, Graham Norton’s Forever Home, and the return of An Irish Country Doctor. We have much more for kids and adults (The complete Winnie the Pooh!) which you can see on our Facebook
Cost: Free
Public contact: readcarolinabooks@gmail.com
098 123 5136
Address: Calle Larga
Cuenca, Ecuador