Ficción moderna y contemporanea

Acclaim for Mothers and Shadows:"In the silence after her death, her novel, full of voices as passionate as her own, is particularly precious ... The end of the story is wrenching; it invades the reader's space as the confrontational Dolores has invaded the falsely secure space of Irene, making it unsafe and real." The Village Voice"A high pitch of emotional intensity is sustained throughout." Christian Science Monitor"A well-paced and tense story, building up to the final climactic moment. The translation is superb." Choice "Poignant and powerful." Texas Observer"It was all so recent, it all seems so close, so recognisable, even familiar ... Yet they vanished into a hell beyond the scope of normal imagination. This impressive and very readable book understates all this, making its point artistically much better than if it had been more explicit." London's Financial Times "Once read, it cannot be forgotten." Everywoman "Mothers and Shadows reflects the political awareness of women in Latin America and the emergence of women into the political sphere." Sojourner "Revealing and heartbreaking." National Catholic Reporter"What sets this novel apart from the familiar coterie of leftist/revolutionary tracts is the sensitivity and intellectual flexibility of its central characters." Review: Latin American Literature & Arts"A brilliant writer, gifted with a deft sense of understatement and a luminous intellect, Traba animates her characters with compassion and dignity. She is also adept at creating details that evoke an atmosphere of psychological intensity and suspense." San Francisco Chronicle" As timely today as when it was first published" Los Angeles Review

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The Screen Savers is a quirky, bittersweet comedy novel laced with mystery, satire and offbeat romance.Adam aspires to be alone. He loves watching non-mainstream films at his local cinema – films that, thankfully, few people want to see. But when the cinema decides to stop showing these films, he must do the unthinkable: make new friends. At the very least he must work with others intent on keeping these screenings going: first, a mysterious woman who knows everything about him, then a group of misfits who are suspiciously similar to his old friends. Together they form The Screen Savers.The Screen Savers is a comedy about friendships and whether to avoid them. Most of the films Adam watches are about how to gain friends – about how to get over your flaws and integrate back into society. But what do you do if you’ve got too many friends and they’re all irritating? How do you create a life doing what you want to do rather than going along with the duty that friendship entails?

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Els problemes de les paradoxes han exercit des de sempre una gran fascinació. La paradoxa és a la base de la dialèctica, de la matemàtica i dels sistemes lògics més sofisticats. Tanmateix, per Sebastià Serrano, el més important de tot és la seva presè

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'Sicily is the key to everything' Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The author of the classic book on Venice turns his sights to Sicily in this beautiful book full of maps and colour photographs. 'I discovered Sicily almost by mistake . . .We drove as far as Naples, then put the car on the night ferry to Palermo. There was a degree of excitement in the early hours when we passed Stromboli, emitting a rich glow every half-minute or so like an ogre puffing on an immense cigar; and a few hours later, in the early morning sunshine, we sailed into the Conca d'Oro, the Golden Shell, in which the city lies. Apart from the beauty of the setting, I remember being instantly struck by a change in atmosphere. The Strait of Messina is only a couple of miles across and the island is politically part of Italy; yet somehow one feels that one has entered a different world . . . This book is, among other things, an attempt to analyse why this should be.' The stepping stone between Europe and Africa, the gateway between the East and the West, at once a stronghold, clearing-house and observation post, Sicily has been invaded and fought over by Phoenicians and Greeks, Carthaginians and Romans, Goths and Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Germans, Spaniards and the French for thousands of years. It has belonged to them all - and yet has properly been part of none. John Julius Norwich was inspired to become a writer by his first visit in 1961 and this book is the result of a fascination that has lasted over half a century. In tracing its dark story, he attempts to explain the enigma that lies at the heart of the Mediterranean's largest island. This vivid short history covers everything from erupting volcanoes to the assassination of Byzantine emperors, from Nelson's affair with Emma Hamilton to Garibaldi and the rise of the Mafia. Taking in the key buildings and towns, and packed with fascinating stories and unforgettable characters, Sicily is the book he was born to write.

Gurasoek egindako traizioek bultzatuta, Hiritik Herrira alde egin zuen Txikik. Gustura dago bertan Txapas eta Jonekin asteei agurra garagardo artean ematen, herri dinamiketako bileretan parte hartzen eta, batez ere, Luziarekin elkarbizitzen. Batzuetan baino ez da nahigabetzen: ipuin lehiaketa bat irabazi zuenetik, besterik ezin duela sortu konturatzean eta gurasoei konpromisozko bisita egin behar dienean. Eskerrak txakalaldi horiek baretzeko ondoan izaten dituen Paradisu zinemak.



El rey Artimañas ha muerto a manos de su hijo Regio. Al igual que Traspié… o al menos eso creen sus amigos y adversarios. Pero con la ayuda de sus aliados y de la magia de las bestias emerge de la tumba, profundamente herido en cuerpo y alma. También el reino se tambalea al borde del desastre: Regio ha saqueado y abandonado la capital, en tanto el legítimo heredero, el príncipe Veraz, continúa perdido en una disparatada búsqueda que podría depararle la muerte. Sólo su regreso, o el heredero que porta la princesa en su vientre, pueden salvar a los Seis Ducados. Llena de magia y maldad, de heroísmo y deshonor, de pasión y aventura, la trilogía del Vatídico es una epopeya compuesta con una voz irresistible. La prosa refrescante y original de Robin Hobb marca el comienzo de una nueva época en la literatura fantástica.



Jove noctàmbul, aficionat al jazz i amo d'un bar, Murakami descobreix als trenta anys la seva vocació literària. Però també descobreix la incompatibilitat d'una vida creativa amb una vida desordenada, i decideix fer un canvi radical. És aleshores quan se sotmet a una dura disciplina física i comença a entrenar-se per córrer maratons.En un relat íntim i commovedor, Murakami es despulla per primera vegada davant dels lectors. Autor d'idees fermes, poc donat a declaracions públiques i zelós de la seva vida personal, a De què parlo quan parlo de córrer Murakami troba una manera literària d'explicar-se a si mateix. I ho fa centrant-se no tan sols en el procés que el va portar a aficionar-se a córrer sinó també en la seva manera de treballar i, en definitiva, en la seva manera de veure el món en què vivim.

Nunca pasa nada en Llobarca, un minúsculo pueblo de montaña cercano a la frontera con Somorra. Tomàs cuida de sus vacas, de su tío silencioso, de su novia formal, sorteando como puede el colapso de un microcosmos condenado a la desaparición. Nunca pasa nada, hasta que pasa algo que perturba tanta placidez: hay movimientos raros en una vieja pista de contrabanistas. A partir de entonces, todo cambia. Obaga —el título original de Guárdame las Vacas— constituyó un sonado éxito cuando apareció en 2003, cosechó excelentes críticas y se vendieron más de 6000 ejemplares. Ha sido traducido al francés, y se está preparando su versión cinematográfica.



A rus era un caballito al que le encantaba comer. No jugaba con sus compañeros en su afán de ingerir. En poco tiempo llegó a coger tanto peso que comenzó a tener problemas para moverse. A partir de entonces sus compañeros deciden hacer algo para ayudarle?