Readers may be interested in the following books, which have been added to stock at Galway City Library:

Malinche, by Laura Esquivel

In this brief novel the author attempts to repair the reputation of one of Mexican history's most reviled women, the Spanish conqueror Cortes's native interpreter, Malinalli. She explains: 'What I learned as I was writing the novel is that history changes; that every new discovery forces us to adjust our scale of values and our knowledge. We all have a responsibility to search for answers, and, when necessary, to get rid of misconceptions. Our ancestors believed that the centre of the cosmos is inside each one of us. I agree with them, and I hope that anyone who reads this book is encouraged to search for their own centre.'

Grammar Lessons, by Michele Morano

In 13 lyrical essays, Morano shares experiences of living and travelling in Spain during a year of teaching English to university students. One lesson she teaches is that 'language is power', urging her students to 'take notice, again and again, until a word feels less like an enemy than like a piece of fruit they want to pick and bite into.' For readers who pay close attention to language, who are drawn to new contexts both on the page and on wilder shores, and who are not afraid to come to a place of insight, this book will provide much satisfaction.

Cheating at Canasta, by William Trevor

Trevor gives us an unassailably real contemporary Ireland, quotidian and atmospheric as fog. In the marvellous title story, old Mallory redeems a promise to his recently dead wife to return to Harry's Bar in Venice and review the Italian sights the couple had once loved. In the famous bistro, he overhears a couple, stylish as Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, bicker and pout and miscommunicate. He mourns his loss and their waste of love.

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