New Hispanic Fiction: 2005 Check out these new titles from the Hammond Public Library! Allende, Isabel. Zorro. Diego de la Vega, the son of an aristocratic Spanish landowner and a Shoshone mother, returns to California from school in Spain to reclaim the hacienda on which he was raised and to seek justice for the weak and helpless. FICTION ALLENDE Anaya, Rudolfo. Serafina’s Stories. A 17th-century New Mexican version of the story of Scheherazade and The Arabian Nights tells the story of Serafina, a 15 year-old storyteller arrested for treason. To set her Pueblo companions free, she strikes a bargain with the gov- ernor: she tells one native folktale a night, and if he likes the story he must promise to re- lease a prisoner. FICTION ANAYA Carrillo, H.G. Loosing my Espanish. About to lose his job at the Jesuit boys’ high school where he has taught for twenty-two years, Oscar Dellosantos decides to give one final dar- ing history lesson that provides a kaleidoscopic portrait of Cuba as it exists for its exiles and dispossessed. FICTION CARRILL Coelho, Paulo. Eleven Minutes. Embittered by her first experiences of love, a young Brazil- ian girl travels to Geneva in search of fame and fortune and finds her beliefs about sex and romance challenged by her relationship with a young painter. FICTION COELHO Cruz, Angie. Let it Rain Coffee. Leaving her home in the Dominican Republic to pursue the glamorous American lifestyle, Esperanza struggles with the realities of everyday hardships in a cramped apartment where she lives with her husband, children, and critical fa- ther-in-law, who blames her for her family’s ties to Trujillo’s regime. FICTION CRUZ Fuentes, Carlos. Inez Weaves together a love story about Gabriel Atlan-Ferrera, a fabled or- chestral conductor, and renowned singer Inez Prada, and a second story about the first en- counter between a man and woman in human history. FICTION FUENTES Hernandez, Jaime. LOCAS: the Maggie and Hopey Stories. (Graphic novel) "These superb stories from the nearly 20-year run of Love and Rockets define a world of Hispanic gang warfare, ‘80s California, punk rock, women wrestlers and the subtle battle to stay true to oneself." –Booklist review TEEN 741.5 HERNAND (Main) 741.5 HERNAND (E.B. Hayward, Howard) Loriga, Ray. Tokyo Doesn’t Love Us Anymore. In a near-future world, a traveling salesman travels the world, from Arizona to Bangkok and beyond, peddling his latest commodity for The Company, a drug that has the power to erase memory, but his own life becomes hazy when he begins to sample his own wares. FICTION LORIGA over Marisol. The Lady, the Chef, and the Courtesan. Finding herself falling short of every role expected of her, Pilar reads the diaries of her late grandmother, where she discovers secrets about observing social etiquette, preparing sumptuous meals, and becoming an irresistible lover. FICTION MARISOL Menendez, Ana. Loving Che. An elderly woman looks back on the world of revolutionary Cuba as she recalls her secret affair with revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, in the story of a young Cuban woman who searches for details about her birth mother. FICTION MENENDE Munoz Molina, Antonio. Sepharad. Integrates the Sephardic diaspora, the Holocaust, and Stalin’s purges to capture the lives of a variety of both real and fictional characters as they deal with suffering, separation, love, and waiting. FICTION MUNOZ Ortiz Cofer, Judith. The Meaning of Consuelo. When Consuelo notices a disturbing change in her little sister Mili, Consuelo must decide if she will rise to the occasion and fulfill the expectations of her family and culture or risk becoming an outsider. FICTION ORTIZ Padilla, Ignacio. Antipodes. A collection of compelling short stories takes readers from the searing heat of the Gobi desert to the peak of Mount Everest, including tales of monk who imagines the devil into existence and an English colonel who vows to make the trains more efficient in Zambezi. FICTION PADILLA Paz Soldan, Edmundo. The Matter of Desire. A Bolivian-American political scientist teach- ing at an upstate New York university, Pedro becomes embroiled in a torrid illicit affair with a beautiful graduate student, before returning to Bolivia to seek the truth about his fa- ther’ s mysterious past. FICTION PAZSOLD Perez-Reverte, Arturo. Captain Alatriste. Wounded 17th-century Spanish soldier Alatriste works as a swordsman-for-hire in Madrid, but when his latest job takes an unexpectedly deadly turn, he realizes he is in the employ of one of the Spanish Inquisition’s most danger- ous figures. FICTION PEREZRE Pineiro, Caridad. Darkness Calls. FBI agent Diana Reyes’ latest case places her undercover at a hot New York club, The Lair, hoping to attract the attention of a serial killer and stop him before another woman becomes his victim. PAPERBACK PINEIRO 8/05 .