The Years with Laura Diaz
The Years with Laura Diaz

Author: Carlos Fuentes

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2012-08-16

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 1408837617

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_____________________ 'An admirable novel'- The Times 'In this portrait of men and women swept along by great events, and determined to be on the side of the angels, Fuentes has invested the often colourless world of politics with romantic ardour' - Sunday Telegraph _____________________ An epic and heartbreaking love story that will leave no one untouched. Like Fuentes's masterpiece The Death of Artemio Cruz, the action in this novel begins in the state of Veracruz and moves to Mexico City. From 1905 to 1978, Fuentes traces the extraordinary Laura Díaz; a life filled with a multitude of witty, heartbreaking scenes and the sounds, colours, tastes and scents of Mexico. Laura grows into a politically committed artist who is also a wife and mother, a lover of great men, and a complicated and alluring heroine whose bravery prevails despite her losing a brother, son, and grandson to the darkest forces of Mexico's turbulent, often corrupt politics. Hers is a life which has helped to affect the course of history, and it is the story of a woman who has loved and understood with unflinching honesty. _____________________ 'Fuentes's affair with the fickle forces of creativity reaches a rare and poignant intensity ... a landmark book' - Scotsman

The Years with Laura Díaz
The Years with Laura Díaz

Author: Carlos Fuentes

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 9780156007566

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Sees the twentieth century through the eyes of a woman who becomes as much a part of our history as of the Mexican history she observes and helps to create.

The Years with Laura Díaz
The Years with Laura Díaz

Author: Carlos Fuentes

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2002-01-05

Total Pages: 614

ISBN-13: 0374706425

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A radiant and epic new novel that is among the finest achievements of Mexico's greatest man of letters. The Years With Laura Diaz is Carlos Fuentes' most important novel in several decades. Like his masterpiece The Death of Artemio Cruz, the action begins in the state of Veracruz and moves to Mexico City--tracing a migration during the Revolution and its aftermath that was a feature of Mexico's demographic history and that is a significant element in Fuentes's fictional world. Now the principle figure is not Artemio Cruz (who, however, makes a brief appearance) but Fuentes's first major female protagonist, the extraordinary Laura Diaz. Carlos Fuentes's richly woven narrative tapestry-filled with a multitude of dramatic scenes both witty, amusing, and heartbreaking-shows us this wonderful creature as she grows into a politically committed artist who is also a wife and mother, a lover of great men, a complicated and alluring heroine whose brave honesty prevails despite her losing a son and grandson to the darkest forces of Mexico's repressive, corrupt regimes. In the end, Laura Diaz herself dies, after a life filled with tragedy and loss, but she is a happy woman, for she has borne witness to, and helped to affect, the course of history and has vindicated the aims and intentions of the highest art.

Mask Of The Nobleman
Mask Of The Nobleman

Author: Laura Diaz De Arce

Publisher: Next Chapter

Published: 2022-01-04

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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Peytra Sike is a gifted, but frustrated sculptor. After the masked duke, Jors Ameros, is taken with her and her artwork, he commissions Peytra to carve the mantels in his castle. There, Peytra discovers a world of artistry and friendship that cloaks the secrets of the Duke. Despite his unwillingness to be seen, their difference in status, and some castle meddling, their love for each other grows each passing day. But can their love overcome her dangerous curiosity? In the vein of East of the Sun, West of the Moon, Mask Of The Nobleman is a story of fiery passion and long-kept secrets.

The years with Laura Díaz
The years with Laura Díaz

Author: Carlos Fuentes

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9780747558477

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An epic and heartbreaking love story that will leave no one untouched.

Naptime with Joey
Naptime with Joey

Author: Laura Izumikawa

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-02-22

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 166800383X

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From viral Instagram sensation, lifestyle photographer, and mommy blogger Laura Izumikawa comes Naptime with Joey, a ridiculously delightful photo book of her now internet-famous daughter dressed up in various pop culture costumes—a perfect gift for new parents everywhere. Lights, Camera…Nap! Joey Marie wears many hats (or, rather, wigs): she’s dressed up as Inigo Montoya, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Pikachu, Anna Wintour, Moana, and Barb from Stranger Things. She’s taken trips to Hawaii, baked croissants, and blasted off to the moon as an astronaut (at least, in her dreams). She’s held occupations such as pizza chef, aerobics instructor, and handy-dandy-fixer-upper (figuratively, of course). She’s inspired a parenting blog, been the face of her mom Laura Izumikawa’s Instagram account—and for the first time, she’s taken the leap from the ranks of internet-baby-snoredom to the pages of a book. Naptime with Joey is chockablock full of over a hundred deliciously adorable photos of Joey dressed up as various pop culture characters, movie stars, musicians, vacationers, and holiday-goers, making this the most fun, festive, and downright delightful gift under the sun!

Los años con Laura Díaz
Los años con Laura Díaz

Author: Carlos Fuentes

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13:

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CONTENIDO: Detroit: 1999 - Catemaco: 1905 - México DF: 1922 - Paseo de la reforma: 1930 - Avenida sonora: 1934 - Parque de la Lama: 1938 - Café de París: 1939 - Colonia Roma: 1941 - Lanzarote: 1949 - Cuernavaca: 1952 - Plaza Río de Janeiro: 1965 - Zona de rosa: 1970 - Catemaco: 1972 - Los Ángeles: 2000.

Stella Díaz Has Something to Say
Stella Díaz Has Something to Say

Author: Angela Dominguez

Publisher:

Published: 2018-01-16

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1626728585

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A sweet middle-grade novel by award-winning illustrator Angela Dominguez about a shy Mexican-American girl who makes a new friend.

Islandborn
Islandborn

Author: Junot Díaz

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2018-03-13

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 0735230951

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From New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination. A 2019 Pura Belpré Honor Book for Illustration Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else. Hers was a school of faraway places. So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families immigrated from, all the kids are excited. Except Lola. She can't remember The Island—she left when she was just a baby. But with the help of her family and friends, and their memories—joyous, fantastical, heartbreaking, and frightening—Lola's imagination takes her on an extraordinary journey back to The Island. As she draws closer to the heart of her family's story, Lola comes to understand the truth of her abuela's words: “Just because you don't remember a place doesn't mean it's not in you.” Gloriously illustrated and lyrically written, Islandborn is a celebration of creativity, diversity, and our imagination's boundless ability to connect us—to our families, to our past and to ourselves.

Rainbow Joe and Me
Rainbow Joe and Me

Author: Maria Diaz Strom

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781584300502

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Eloise shares her love of colors with her blind friend Rainbow Joe, who makes his own colors when he plays beautiful notes on his saxophone.