An excellent short story collection-McGuane's first-that affirms his place as one of America's most energetic and graceful writers. "A cornucopia of McGuane's grace, humor, gusto and smarts....
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From one of Israel’s most acclaimed writers comes a novel of extraordinary power about family life — the greatest human drama — and the cost of war.
Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is on the verge of celebrating her son Ofer’s...
Introduction
One does not have to read very much of To the Lighthouse before one realizes that Woolf has chosen here a very particular style, a way of telling the story which exerts a strange and compelling effect upon the reader. In this lecture...
Legendary Japanese novelist Soseki Natsume dissects the human personality in all its complexity in this unforgettable narrative. Keitaro, a recent college graduate, lives a life intertwined with several other characters, each carrying their own...
A blind Greek peddler tells the story of the wedding between a fellow peddler and his bride in a remarkable series of vivid and telling vignettes. As the book cinematically moves from one character's perspective to another, events and characters...
Tobias The...
Pat Barker, Booker prize-winning author of the Regeneration trilogy returns to WWI in this dark, compelling novel of human desire, wartime horror and the power of friendship.
Toby and Elinor, brother and sister, friends and confidants,...
Jaroslav Seifert
(Rep. Checa, 1901-1986)
Poeta checo, premio Nobel en 1984. Su obra, plena de sencillez y sensualidad, fue repetidamente censurada en su país por la negativa de Seifert a abrazar la ortodoxia política. Nació en un...
Elvira, pintora espa?ola afincada en el Par?s de las vanguardias, recibe la noticia de que su marido, con el que est? casada por amistad, ha muerto en su casa de Shanghai en extra?as circunstancias.Acompa?ada por su sobrina, zarpa desde...
En Brétema, en la costa atlántica, hubo un tiempo en que las redes del contrabando, reconvertidas al narcotráfico, alcanzaron tanta influencia que estuvieron muy cerca de controlarlo todo: el poder social, las instituciones, la vida...