Bøger af Miguel Antonio Ortiz

The death of Sharon Hobart launches Marco Navarro into an exploration of the recent past. Did she love him, or did she have an ulterior reason for befriending him? Was she connected to Allied Chemicals Corporation other than socially? Having emerged from that segment of society, her father a wealthy industrialist, did she try to extricate herself from that environment, or was her acting career just a ruse? Even if he must do the police work himself, Marco has to find out.

King of Swords explores the concept of free will and illustrates the projection of Jungian archetypes. The story depicts the lives of the author's great-grandparents, who witnessed the events of the Spanish-American War in Puerto Rico.

"The Vagueness of the Tropics and other stories is a collection of literary short stories by Miguel Antonio Ortiz, the author of several other novels and collections as well as books for children"--

Mario is pleased to carry home some just-caught fish for his grandfather, and glad for the company of a cat, but soon one cat becomes twenty-five, noisy and hungry cats.

In order to keep young Mario busy for a while, his grandfather assigns him the task of looking after a cow that's tethered to a stake in the pasture.

In order to keep young Mario busy for a while, his grandfather assigns him the task of looking after a cow that's tethered to a stake in the pasture. Mario has adventures with the cow! ( Translated into Spanish)

At Fortunoff's is a collection of short stories dealing with the life of New Yorkers in the second half of the twentieth century.

"Parental Sins is a family saga novel set in Puerto Rico and New York City during the mid-twentieth century. A portrait primarily of two marriages with many peripheral relationships and characters, it traces the lives of people living through great changes as they move from the land into town, from Puerto Rico to New York. The characters face problems from the world at large and from their own characters, often coming to the brick wall of what they see as fate. The ending is very satisfying as a mother accepts her fate and yet acts with heroic grace" -- Provided by publisher.

In the Bronx, on a street called Rogers Place, Mario Ortega grows up remembering his childhood in Puerto Rico. We follow him into early manhood as he weaves the cultural strands of the past with those of an urban present in New York City.