When Chicagoan Russell Stone finds himself teaching a Creative Nonfiction class, he encounters a young Algerian woman with a disturbingly luminous presence. Thassadit Amzwar's blissful exuberance both entrances and puzzles the melancholic...
A major new novel about sex and the citizen by the award-winning author of Being Dead.
The timid life of actor Felix Dern is uncorrupted by Hollywood, where his success has not yet been shackled with any intrusive fame. But in the theaters and...
Gente de la ciudad fue publicada por la editorial Universitaria en 1961. Tras su lanzamiento, recibi? el Premio Municipal de Santiago. En esta compilaci?n Edwards reuni? los siguientes relatos: “El cielo de los domingos”, “El fin del...
Gentlemen & Players is a novel by Joanne Harris first published in 2005. A dark psychological thriller, some of the themes may be partly based on Harris’ experiences as a teacher at Leeds Grammar School. Set in the present day during...
Considered by many to be Elkin's magnum opus, George Mills is, an ambitious, digressive and endlessly entertaining account of the 1,000 year history of the George Millses. From toiling as a stable boy during the crusades to working as a furniture...
Georg wächst in einer der schönsten Wohngegenden Prags in einem summenden Frauenhaushalt auf. Leider zur Zeit des politischen Terrors, der überirdischen Atomtest und später des brutal unterdrückten Reformversuchs von '68. Umstellt von seinen...
Titas Jensenas – alkoholio nevengiantis vidutinio amžiaus rašytojas, duonai užsidirbantis iš neaiškių knygų viešo skaitymo festivaliuose. Titas negali liautis mąstyti, kad toks aukšto lygio autorius kaip jis gyvenime yra vertas daugiau;...
Geronimo Rex, Barry Hannah's brilliant first novel, which was nominated for the National Book Award, is full of the rare verve and flawless turns of phrase that have defined his status as an American master. Roiling with love and torment, lunacy and...
Esta novela, quinta del autor, nos introduce en el infamante mudo de la tan famosa organización policíaca. Una anciana, ajena a toda actividad política, es detenida y ahorcada. Para lograr su imposible declaración los miembros de...
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