Ficción moderna y contemporanea

Un recull de breus narracions que recuperen els records d'infantesa i la joventut de l'autor a la franja catalana d'Aragó. Moncada retrata les generacions que el van precedir, els miners, les tertúlies dels cefès, els enterraments,... Tot amanit amb un llenguatge col·loquial i fresc.

A childhood friend from the past convinces Amanda to explore a wilder side of herself. A bolder and more adventurous side that can free her from a troubled state of mind that has only gotten worse due to recent events. There’s only one problem, it involves finding a wild polar bear, and they aren’t very easy to find. There are no wild polar bears near her home in Seattle.As she journeys toward the mysterious high Arctic, where wild polar bears roam free, she begins to reflect more deeply on her life.In the Arctic, traveling through the rapidly warming home of polar bears, she begins to see how recent events in her life are intimately connected to the ground she walks on. As she explores this wonderland of ice and snow that is lit by dancing lights in the sky, it is the hidden dangers, different culture, and the expansive landscape she finds herself in, which combine to change how she views the world around her.Along with her guide, Lars, and his team of dogs, she discovers a secret about who we are that will change her life forever. As the meaning behind her search for a wild bear becomes more clear, she is confronted with a choice that will affect everyone she has ever known.





Contar historias cobra el sentido completo cuando leemos este libro. Nos zambullimos en las páginas de esta genial obra y dejamos volar la imaginación, pensamos en que todo es posible. Una magnífica obra de relatos, por un lado, y miniaturas, por otro, en los que Antonia Lara nos invita a formar parte de ellas, a ser sus protagonistas. Es un libro que no debemos dejar de leer, pues merece la pena ver la mezcla que hace la autora entre realidad y fantasía, esa conjunción maravillosa que hace que esta obra nos mantenga expectantes hasta el final.





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Godot & Co és una xarxa oculta molt ben tramada que pretén acabar amb el món sencer, intenció que no s'explicita en cap moment, però que és latent en les ments calculadores que dirigeixen aquesta companyia, de la qual Max forma part sense cap mena d'escrúpol. Però mentre juga un campionat d'escacs a Sitges coneix a Clara i aquesta li desperta la part humana, la part feble, que tenia enterrada i refredada per una infantesa difícil, un posterior parricidi, una adolescència en un orfenat i una segona oportunitat de refer el que no podia haver començat més malament dins l'entramat de la Companyia, per a la qual es convertirà primer en un assassí i després un dels seus cervells principals. Max viu entre els escacs i els encàrrecs de Godot & Co, i ni és ni no és feliç, perquè tampoc s'ho planteja. Però l'aparició de Clara li instal·la un sentiment de culpa a dins que fa que deixi de ser un esclau en mans del Regidor, l'únic cap visible de la xarxa, i comenci a pensar per ell mateix i, per tant, proposar-se una nova vida lluny de la Companyia, però no és tan fàcil: Godot & Co és al darrere dels últims desastres que ha viscut la humanitat: la caiguda de les Torres Bessones, la guerra a l'Afganistan, la invasió d'Iraq, etc.; i fins a l'últim centímetre de terra habitable és controlat per ella.



En esta obra Simone de Beauvoir expone su visión de la inmortalidad mediante una sugerente propuesta narrativa. En 1311 Raymond Fosca, príncipe de Carmona, tiene la oportunidad de lleva a cabo un ambicioso proyecto político y resolver, al mismo tiempo, sus problemas amorosos; pero ésta es también la historia de una desilusión. A través de sus viajes y de su intervención en episodios cruciales de la historia, Fosca se enfrentará al único enemigo capaz de derrotar al hombre: el tiempo.

Toby has always lived under the watchful eye of the Guardian, a mysterious and unseen being who rules over the Island. The Islanders respect his rules, but Toby feels a pull toward the unknown. ? Toby has always been told that there is nothing beyond the Island. The Guardian gives the Islanders everything they need to survive, and there is no need to seek anything more. But Toby responds to the urgings of his heart and goes off on an adventure that will open his eyes to the truth of the universe. ? As he travels, Toby finds several mentors who have different perspectives on the world. In Toby?s Journey, author David March incorporates ideas from many different belief systems to invite you to think deeply about the challenges Toby faces. March draws from both Eastern and Western philosophies to ask tough questions about the nature of society and our role in the universe. ? In his work, March sets up two important questions: What is the purpose of our existence? Is complete knowledge ever achievable? Through Toby?s quest, March explores the questions that define the human experience.



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