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The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes Translated from the Spanish by W.S. Merwin Introduction by Juan Goytisolo The world's first picaresque novel and an inspiration for many writers, including Cervantes. Price: $9.71 (25% off)

Asleep in the Sun By Adolfo Bioy Casares Translated from the Spanish by Suzanne Jill Levine Introduction by James Sallis Bioy Casares's strange, sly novel may be read as a fable of modern politics or as a meditation on the elusive parameters of the self. Above all, it is an almost scarily perfect comic turn, as well as a pure delight. Price: $9.71 (25% off)

The Invention of Morel By Adolfo Bioy Casares Translated from the Spanish by Ruth L.C. Simms Introduction by Suzanne Jill Levine Prologue by Jorge Luis Borges Set on a mysterious island, Bioy's novella is a story of suspense and exploration, as well as a wonderfully unlikely romance, in which every detail is at once crystal clear and deeply mysterious. Price: $9.71 (25% off)

The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll By Alvaro Mutis Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman Introduction by Francisco Goldman Maqroll the Gaviero (the Lookout) is one of the most alluring and memorable characters in the fiction of the last twenty-five years. Price: $14.96 (25% off)

The Winners By Julio Cortazar Translated from the Spanish by Elaine Kerrigan Introduction by Alastair Reid [Cortázar] creates a language and a rhythm and sensuality as mysterious and terrible as Melville's but all in his own voice.... The Winners is a novel of ideas that challenges and disturbs the reader and enlarges one's sense of the intricate single human being. —William Goyen Price: $11.21 (25% off)