Ibargüengoitia, Jorge 1928-1983

The lightning of August by Jorge Ibargüengoitia( Book )

152 editions published between 1964 and 2015 in 9 languages and held by 1,004 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

To defend himself against a series of unjust calumnies, Jose Guadalupe Arroyo, a retired soldier, decides to look back and record his memories of some of the events to which he was a witness during the recent history of the country. The always splendid writer Jorge Ibargüengoitia chooses in his first novel to narrate strictly historical events, but he changes the names of the main characters and observes them through the demystifying lens of satire, dissecting with unusual brilliance some of the most significant events of one of the final chapters of the Mexican revolutionary process

Two crimes : a novel by Jorge Ibargüengoitia( Book )

104 editions published between 1979 and 2016 in 11 languages and held by 946 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Set against a backdrop of political repression, secret police, informants, and maddening bureaucracy, this is the story of two Mexico City murders and how they are solved

The dead girls by Jorge Ibargüengoitia( Book )

113 editions published between 1977 and 2015 in 10 languages and held by 924 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bizarre roman gebaseerd op ware gebeurtenissen over een drama in een plattelandsbordeel in Mexico dat tot de dood van een aantal prostituees leidde

Maten al león by Jorge Ibargüengoitia( Book )

60 editions published between 1969 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 411 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tras cuatro largos mandatos presidenciales, el tirano de la pequeña isla caribeña de Arepa planea eternizarse en el cargo, ya sea manipulando a su antojo las leyes o bien eliminando sin escrúpulos a cualquier persona que pueda suponer un obstáculo en su camino. Entre las filas de la oposición, cada vez más arrinconada y con menos poder, acabará planteándose una solución extrema: hay que acabar con el presidente cueste lo que cueste. Y, naturalmente, no va a ser tarea fácil

Estas ruinas que ves by Jorge Ibargüengoitia( Book )

54 editions published between 1975 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 405 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Ces ruines que tu vois", ce sont celles du Mexique éternel, vues à travers le prisme d'une petite ville imaginaire plus vraie que nature. Celles aussi que la vie laisse après elle où qu'on soit ... et pas seulement au Mexique

Los pasos de López by Jorge Ibargüengoitia( Book )

51 editions published between 1981 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 311 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

La ley de Herodes y otros cuentos by Jorge Ibargüengoitia( Book )

49 editions published between 1967 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 304 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of short stories by the Mexican writer

Viajes en la América ignota by Jorge Ibargüengoitia( Book )

26 editions published between 1972 and 2010 in Spanish and Undetermined and held by 205 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

El atentado by Jorge Ibargüengoitia( Book )

19 editions published between 1963 and 2002 in Spanish and Undetermined and held by 188 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Los conspiradores by Jorge Ibargüengoitia( Book )

10 editions published between 1981 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 161 WorldCat member libraries worldwide