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-Extraordinary.--Stephen King
-This book is not simply the great American novel; it-s the great novel of las Americas. It-s the great world novel! This is the international story of our times. Masterful.--Sandra Cisneros
Tambi-de este lado hay sue-os. On this side too, there are dreams.
Lydia Quixano P-z lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable.
Even though she knows they-ll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with a few books he would like to buy-two of them her favor