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De nuevo, tres son los relatos ganadores que han obtenido los IV Premis Bancaixa-Universitat de València d?escriptura de creació en la modalidad de narrativa breve, dos en valenciano y uno en castellano. En el enigmático Prosopagnosia, el Turco, un famoso dinosaurio y un perro con jersey verde de lana son algunos de los ambiguos personajes que el autor de este cuento sienta a la mesa de ?un juego más allá de los razonable? y de la realidad. Espejos nos proyecta las divagaciones de su protagonista en una atmósfera a la vez noctámbula y asfixiante. Las dudas, el deseo y la rutina son los vértices de un triángulo íntimo que amenaza con romperse en mil pedazos. Y en Ja plou, ja plou? un filólogo octogenario despierta una mañana feliz y dispuesto a concluir su obra universal, hasta que enciende el televisor?

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Mary Higgins Clark, la mestra del suspens, ens torna a captivar amb la història trepidant d'una jove que intenta resoldre el misteri que s'amaga rere un obscur passat familiar. Fa deu anys que el jove Charles Mack MacKenzie va desaparèixer sense deixar rastre pocs dies abans de la seva graduació a la Universitat de Columbia. Ningú no sap per què va marxar ni a què es dedica. Ni tan sols la seva família sap on és. L'únic contacte que al llarg dels anys han pogut mantenir amb ell és una trucada anual pel Dia de la Mare.Ara, Carolyn, gairebé una nena quan el seu germà Mack va fugir, ha decidit localitzar-lo sigui com sigui. Però, on s'ha ficat? La investigació acaba de començar, i tot fa pensar que tindrà unes conseqüències terribles.Basada en una història real, On t'amagues?, una de les millors novel·les de Mary Higgins Clark, ofereix una intriga fascinant que mantindrà el lector amb l'ai al cor fins a l'última pàgina."A On t'amagues? Mary Higgins Clark referma la seva reputació com la millor escriptora americana dins del gènere del suspens". Barnes and Noble

?Només els bons novel·listes són capaços d?aconseguir el que ha aconseguit Lisa See: donar vida no només a uns personatges sinó a tota una cultura amb una sensibilitat colpidorament diferent a la nostra. Un retrat absorbent i totalment convincent d?unes dones destinades a patir des de la infància, i de l?amistat que les ajuda a sobreviure. ? Arthur Golden, autor de Memòries d?una geisha A la Xina del segle XIX les noies eren tancades i sotmeses a l?embenament dels peus per garantir-ne un matrimoni profitós. Recloses i totalment aïllades, ningú esperava d?elles que pensessin o tinguessin emocions. Però en un districte de la remota província de Hunan les dones van desenvolupar el seu propi codi secret per comunicar-se entre elles. El nushu o «escriptura de les dones» els permetia traçar missives als ventalls, brodar missatges als mocadors i escriure relats mitjançant els quals aconseguien compartir esperances, somnis i fites amb les seves laotongs, ?ànimes bessones?, amb les quals mantenien un vincle emocional que durava tota la vida. Flor de Neu i el ventall secret recrea la història de l?Assutzena i Flor de Neu, dues dones que gràcies a aquest llenguatge mantingut en secret durant milers d?anys són capaces de trobar en l?amor i l?amistat el sentit de les seves vides. Amb precisió històrica i una gran càrrega lírica i emocional, aquesta novel?la aprofundeix en una de les relacions humanes més misterioses: l?amistat entre dones.«És un retrat fascinant d?un temps i un lloc vius de bellesa i brutalitat».» USA Today«Flor de Neu i el ventall secret és un triomf de totes totes, una bellíssima història que trenca el cor.» Washington PostLisa See és autora de Flower Net (1997), The Interior (2000) i Dragon Bones (2003), així com de l?aclamada On Gold Mountain (1995), el relat de la història de la seva pròpia família, d?arrels xineses i americanes. Actualment viu a Los Angeles. Flor de Neu i el ventall secret ha estat un èxit de públic i crítica als Estats Units, i està en vies de publicació en més de vint països.

This is a gripping debut thriller by journalist David Shirreff. The Soviet empire is crumbling - a plight made worse by its efforts to match President Ronald Reagan's multi-billion-dollar Star Wars programme. What better - and cheaper - response can there be than to smuggle a compact nuclear warhead into the heart of every metropolis in the Western alliance? Moscow's top-secret mission is run by a bunch of patriotic, but fallible, former cosmonauts. Only by chance do Western agents get wind of it, with a predictably flat-footed response. And only one man, William Pike, publisher of a magazine on specialist weaponry, sees the full magnitude of the threat posed by Project Vulkan. A chase ensues across various continents to locate and neutralise the hidden weapons before millions of lives are lost. Dark forces are at work - darker than the openly friendly regime of Mikhail Gorbachev. The technology has a potential far more sinister than the deterrent it was designed to be - if it falls into the wrong hands. This novel is no mere fantasy. For several decades, Nordic countries have experienced unexplained acti

? Un peuple qui oublie son pass? se condamne ? le revivre.?? Ainsi parla Sir Winston Churchill. Et bien d'autres encore ?leur fa?on. Ce roman de Claudia Morrison, que j'ai tenu ? faire conna?tre ? des lectrices et lecteurs francophones, nous pr?sente la vie ? Rome et dans ses environs ? l'?poque o? l'empire de Vespasien tire ? sa fin.? Au centre nous trouvons une petite famille compos?e du mari d'un certain ?ge, tr?s port? sur ses activit?s th??trales; son ?pouse beaucoup plus jeune et ? la recherche d'une signification ? sa vie; leur fille qui cherche d?j? ? divorcer, leur fils qui attend la c?r?monie qui fera de lui un homme. Leur environnement comprend de nombreuses autres personnes ?galement engag?es dans la poursuite de leur avenir. Diverses religions coexistent, dont une ancienne qui cherche ? rena?tre et une nouvelle qui souhaite?remplacer toutes les autres. Et un certain f?minisme. La comp?tition entre le th??tre authentique et?l'autre se poursuit comme se poursuit le concours entre le th??tre et les Jeux (qui supposent une mise ? mort.) Et ?que ?penser du beau jeune homme chr?tien, n? esclave, a

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Tal y como decíamos en el prólogo del primer tomo de ?Dvl?. Las leyendas son narraciones transmitidas oralmente, que tienen su origen en un hecho real, pero que a través del tiempo han ido recogiendo, hasta llegar a nosotros la urdimbre cultural del pueblo que las ha dado a luz, concluyendo generalmente en escenarios fantástico-imaginativos. En las leyendas quedan proyectados los valores, los principios, las creencias del pueblo que las engendró; en definitiva la cultura del pueblo que las originó. Siempre y cuando consideremos cultura la forma peculiar de interpretar la realidad que posee una determinada colectividad humana.

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