Ficción moderna y contemporanea

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Jon Brody is on a mission: gain millions of followers on Instagram and become the most famous fitness guru of the millennial generation.  There's only one problem: his "Legendary" advice.  As Jon Brody pushes "Living Legendary" on the world, including those closest to him, the world pushes back.  His girlfriend dumps him when she finds out he's spying on her workouts.  His mom loses it when she comes home from a trip to find her beloved pomeranian nearly starved to death on account of a new diet Brody's testing.  His best friend cuts off contact after the two are tackled by undercover cops at Whole Foods because of prior shopping sprees that Brody never settled.  A hilarious satire about the chase for Instagram fame and a young man who's willing to do anything to get it, Living Legendary is a quick, fun, and entertaining read told through emails, text messages, Instagram posts, Twitter blurbs, and Tinder messages.  A modern novel -- the first of its kind written in this unique form -- you will be laughing throughout and thinking long after you finish.  It's time to start Living Legendary!

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Bajo una apariencia ceñida y apretada y un ropaje casi ascético late una corriente de estruendo y furia. Una vez más “todo está en todo”, Jalapa y Roma, un palacio veneciano y un mesón de arrieros, la razón y las brujas, el intento de describir una realidad cotidiana y el de verla espejear en los relatos que los protagonistas escriben o intentan escribir.

Un extraño amor reaviva el pasado en una aldea abandonada de la Galicia profunda. Reescrita en castellano desde su versión original gallega, Si ou non, esta novela sobre el paso del tiempo y los amores imposibles exhala ternura y un halo de misterio. Huyendo del mundanal ruido, un joven escritor se retira a una aldea que cree abandonada. Pero allí encuentra a una anciana con la que mantendrá una apasionada relación. Ella le contará los episodios más relevantes de su vida y finalmente morirá en sus brazos.

Suave Man Blues is a transgressive fiction novel that follows the gradual self-destruction of one man. After losing his dead-end job and his woman, the main character's alcoholic tendencies lead him to dark places, both mentally and physically, as he travels around the western regions of the United States. Using the raw, sarcastic, over-opinionated and self-loathing views of the narrator, Suave Man Blues takes you unsparingly through the alcoholic mind while showing you the dirtier side of this great country we call America.

[CAT:] Aquest llibre forma part d'un projecte educatiu nascut arran de la celebració del 50è aniversari de la Cantada d'Havaneres de Calella de Palafrugell. Explica la història de l'havanera i va adreçat a l'alumnat dels cicles mitjà i superior d'educació primària. Es compon d'aquest llibre i de dos quaderns d'activitat per a l'alumnat i d'una guia didàctica per a docents.

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Y sus ojos de artista se abrieron a la tierra de los colores y las formas de la vida con sus pasiones, amor, tragedia y magia. La hoja cayó en el candado y lo abrió, permitiendo que Juan conociera el mundo de los colores, las formas y la magia, liberando a los habitantes de la Tierra del Árbol de en Medio. Sus ojos de artista se abrieron a la vida, que es la fuente de inspiración. Este es el viaje de un pintor con un don extraordinario por la vida. El protagonista se enfrenta a las tentaciones, sus propios resentimientos y sus deseos. Creando sus memorias, danzando con sus anhelos, pasiones, esperanzas y alucinaciones. La historia de Juan queda coloreada con su brillante don, su drama y sus orígenes. En cada página de la novela se verá al artista libre de sus atavíos e idealizaciones y se le presentará como un ser humano en un sentido existencial.

Publicada l¿any 1969, aquesta obra de Terenci Moix és un enorme retaule de la vida barcelonina dels anys trenta i la Guerra Civil a través de la memòria.

La mirada del amor no se podrá borrar ni siquiera con la muerte. África, 1823. Una captura más de africanos para trasladar al continente americano, en calidad de esclavos. Como era común, una joven se queda embarazada de otro africano. La vida en la plantación será tranquila para la joven y su hija, hasta que un acontecimiento trágico las llevará por los caminos de la muerte a otra vida, a otro continente, a otro imperio. El resultado de esta historia nos hará pensar en cómo la vida nos conduce por tantos senderos distintos y cómo cambia en un instante el destino de las personas. La trama y el tema son realmente profundos. Gozan de una capacidad innata de atravesar la piel y el alma de cada lector.

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Tanto en la literatura como en el cine me interesan las obras que cuestionan el mundo en que vivimos, que remueven las vísceras y las conciencias, que aceleran la sangre y el corazón, mostrando sin filtros éticos ni políticos la realidad (sin duda violenta y cruel) que el hombre ha creado. Este es, en última instancia, el criterio de fondo que he utilizado para confeccionar este top 100 de películas de culto: lo epatante, lo crítico, lo atípico, lo raro, lo provocador, lo grotesco, lo perverso, lo magnético, lo desinhibido, lo incómodo, lo hiriente, lo hipnótico, lo fascinante, lo arrebatador. Más que una guía cinéfila al uso, este manual está concebido como un diario personal de cine, donde me he despachado a gusto con muchas películas que yo opino que nadie debería dejar de ver. El DVD incluye la película:"Gritos en el pasillo" que cuenta como en un mundo de cacahuetes, un prestigioso ilustrador de cuentos infantiles es contratado para alegrar las paredes de un siniestro manicomio. Parece un trabajo sencillo, pero pronto empezarán a suceder cosas extrañas y peligrosas.