LibGuides: Hispanic Heritage: Fiction

Books in the Library Catalog

This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz
Call Number: PS3554.I259 T48 2012

ISBN: 9781594487361

Publication Date: 2012-09-11

A short story collection centered on Dominican American immigrants that examines various relationships and the power of love
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende; Magda Bogin (Translator)
Call Number: PQ8098.1.L54 C313

ISBN: 0394539079

Publication Date: 1985-04-12

This novel follows four generations of characters as they navigate through postcolonial Chile. This novel also incorporates elements of magical realism, weaving supernatural events into the background of Chilean politics and history.
The Infinite Plan by Isabel Allende; Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator)
Call Number: PQ8098.1.L54 P5713 1993

ISBN: 0060170166

Publication Date: 1993-05-01

The tale of one man's search for identity as he struggles to overcome a childhood of neglect and poverty. His quest takes him from the tough barrio of Los Angeles to law school in pursuit of the American Dream.

Searching Tips

The following are several Library of Congress subject headings that can be used to search for Hispanic fiction resources. Within the library's catalog you can search by subject and use these terms to help locate resources.

Hispanic Americans -- Fiction
Mexican Americans -- Fiction
Latin American Fiction
Hispanic Americans -- Literary collections
American literature -- Hispanic American authors

Library of Congress Call Numbers

The following are library of congress call numbers relating to Hispanic fiction that can be used to locate resources:

PQ6000-8929: Spanish Literature
PQ7081-8550.36: Spanish American Literature
PQ7551-8550.436: South American Literature

E-books

Chola Salvation by Estella Gonzalez
ISBN: 1518506453

Publication Date: 2021

This inter-related short story collection follows the lives of Mexicans and Mexican Americans in East Los Angeles
Casualty Report by Edgardo Vega Yunqué
ISBN: 1558850341

Publication Date: 1991-01-01

This collection of stories slices through Hispanic life in the city to reveal a richness and a diversity of experience.
Latin Moon in Manhattan: a Novel
ISBN: 1282269216

Publication Date: 2003-01-01

This novel follows a gay Colombian immigrant's adventures and paints a vivid portrait of New York City as the land of El Dorado for today's Latino immigrants.
Rooster Joe and the Bully by Xavier Garza
ISBN: 1518501036

Publication Date: 2016

An illustrated, bilingual flip book following seventh-grader Joe Lopez, an aspiring artist, who stands up to his bullies.

Hispanic Heritage: Fiction

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