In three intertwined tales, teenaged Ana begins to wonder if her novel is not really a work of fiction, Arlena, the survivor of a starship crash, is stranded on an unknown planet, and the winged, telepathic zhife flee their enemies.

A young female writer finds herself becoming every more obsessed with a fictional character from her own imagination, in a haunting story by the Cuban author of El hombre, la hembra y el hambre. (General Fiction)

Rubâen, a former professor of art, and Gilberto, an economist turned butcher, discuss life in modern Cuba and the women who haunt them--Claudia, who has paranormal experiences, and the prostitute called 'La Mora.'

Cecilia keeps returning to a Miami bar to listen to the intertwined stories an old woman tells her, tales--of a suicide in China, the cursed women of a Spanish village, and a young girl taken from Africa--that come together in colonial Cuba.

A magical new novel "of loss and love across more than a century of Cuba's past."(Chicago Sun-Times)In an effort to escape her solitude in Miami, Cecilia seeks refuge in a bar where she meets Amalia, a mysterious old woman whose fascinating tale keeps Cecilia returning night after night. Her powerful story of long-vanished epochs weaves the saga of three families from far-flung pieces of the world. A suicide in China unleashes a chain of family reactions; a strange curse pursues certain women in a Spanish town; and a young woman is seized from her home on the African coast and transported to an unfamiliar world. These characters' lives will become entwined over time, from Cuba under Spanish colonial rule to the present day. Ardent, predestined loves from the past will gain renewed strength in Cecilia, who is also obsessed by the mystery of a phantom house that appears and disappears throughout the city of Miami, and whose secret she is attempting to discover. The Island of Eternal Love is an historical family saga with many plot lines and an atmosphere charged with mystery. Published in 25 languages, it has become the most widely-translated Cuban novel of all time.

Three Latin-American women in their late twenties, including an actress, a suburban mother, and a music manager, take Los Angeles by storm in their shared quest to find healthy relationships and success in a cutthroat city. By the author of The Dirty Girls Social Club.

A young Cuban who has always been interested in the paranormal finally recounts experiences with UFOs and extraterrestrials.