In La funcion delta (1981), the second novel of the best-selling Spanish author Rosa Montero, the real world is as unmapped and treacherous as ever for her countrywomen, but more universal concerns impinge. Translated into English by Kari Easton and Yolanda Molina Gavilan, The Delta Function explores a woman's fears of being abandoned, of being alone, and of dying. A unique double narrative structure throws into relief time's effect on her self-identity, sexuality, and relations with others. Readers will be inspired to confront and rethink their own version of the world around them. Kari...

Fiction. Translated from the Spanish by Adrienne Mitchell. Combining elements of the real and the fantastic, BEAUTIFUL AND DARK (Bella y oscura) is written from the perspective of Baba, an orphaned girl taken to live with relatives in a neighborhood called El Barrio. Trying to cope with the mystery and violence of the adult world around her, she is drawn to the Lilliputian Airelei, who fascinates Baba with her fantastic tales that mix myth and memory. "In her most thoughtful novel to date, Rosa Montero brilliantly combines intrigue and imagination with personal insight into human...

Este libro que ofrecemos al lector es una recopilacion de articulos que Rosa Montero ha escrito regularmente para el periodico El Pais en los ultimos anos. Agrupados bajo el titulo Maneras de vivir, los textos son, mas que nada, una recopilacion de vida. Y es que todos los temas son abordados desde el punto de vista mas humano. Otra de las grandes virtudes de Montero consiste en el hecho de que su literatura se puede disfrutar en repetidas ocasiones, pues siempre encontraremos en sus paginas una belleza nueva. "Maneras de vivir es," entonces, un libro de coleccion para los amantes de la obra...