Ficción moderna y contemporanea

Bearn o la sala de las muñecas es el retrato de una vida que se acaba y que Villalonga fija a través de la escritura.Joan Mayol, narra la historia de don Toni y doña Maria Antonia, señores de Bearn. Don Toni, hombre que valora por encima de todo la

Les històries naturals és un viatge iniciàtic en què Antoni de Montpalau comença sent un científic ben preparat, però que s?enriqueix amb el viatge, a través de les experiències quotidianes dels llocs per on va passant. Què hi fa un vampir enmig de les lluites de carlins i liberals? O el príncep de Llichnowsky cavalcant esvalotadament per la geografia catalana? O com és que un científic racionalista com en Montpalau acaba descobrint la poesia de tres coses: l?amor, el misteri i l?aventura? El protagonista ve d?un entorn il.lustrat, culte i racionalista, i la vida amplia els seus horitzons i el fa més humà.JOAN PERUCHO (Barcelona 1920-2003), poeta, narrador, novel.lista i articulista. Tant la seva poesia com les seves novel·les (Llibre de cavalleries, Les històries naturals, Pamela, El baró de Maldà o les bèsties de l?infern, etc.), i, encara més, els seus reculls d?articles i narracions (Roses, diables i somriures, Aparicions i fantasmes, Els balnearis, Monstruari fantàstic, Les presències secretes, etc.) són una excel.lent barreja de fantasia, misteri, ironia i erudició. La seva carrera literària va ser reconeguda amb diversos guardons, l?últim dels quals és el Premi Nacional de les Lletres (2002). La seva obra ha estat traduïda a més de vint idiomes.

El món de la televisió és a tot arreu i ho abasta tot: informatius, dibuixos animats, culebrons, tertúlies, concursos, anuncis... De la realitat construïda pel mitjà de comunicació més massiu, dels personatges que en viuen i hi viuen, i també de la solitud de cada espectador, ¿és possible fer-ne literatura d'alt voltatge? La resposta és en aquest poema-riu de Dolors Miquel, que ens proposa una mirada lúcida i reflexiva sobre el món que percebem des de la nostra solitària condició de televidents i sobre el seus efectes en la privacitat de la nostra vida íntima.



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.

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.

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.

Little Cathy Barron loved living with her Grandmother on Cape Breton Island.  Every summer her Mother would step off the train from Ontario in her fancy outfit and her red lipstick and visit with her daughter for two weeks.  In the summer of 1955, her Mother demanded to take Cathy back to Ontario to live with her for good.  Cathy reluctantly said good bye to the only life she ever knew.  She was promised a new and exciting life full of love and happiness, but what Cathy got was the exact opposite.  The only way to survive in her new empty world was to draw strength from her only friend, the little girl in the mirror…    Based on a true story, Tara Mondou artistically recreates the heartbreaking roller coaster recount of her mother’s early childhood. 



Kelly Anders, financially successful writer of best-selling romantic fiction, lives a privileged but sterile existence in a Manhattan penthouse. Pushed into a book tour of Britain by her publisher, Kelly dreads a politically orchestrated meeting with Rachel Sommerset, the acclaimed Nobel Prize?winning novelist, her generation?s Tolstoy. The encounter, while leading to a surprising friendship between the two women, dredges up the ghosts of Kelly?s past?her unacknowledged youth with a different name in the impoverished inner city and her ambivalent feelings toward her husband, Gerald, now hidden away in her penthouse in a permanent coma, the fallout of an ugly kidnapping in Argentina of himself, the mining corporation head he worked for, along with the man?s consort, Teresa, and Jake, a renowned photographer. Their lives changed forever by their brutal captors, Jake and Teresa, in their struggle to right themselves, find their way together in the world, while unified with them through their shared experience and strengthened by the bond she?d built with Rachel, Kelly begins to reassess her career and her life

This beautiful, brave, and liberating book is a triumph of the spirit. Engrossing and exquisitely written, it shines with rare courage and a tender, life-saving wisdom that comes only through facing the darkness we suffer or inflict on others. It is a marvelous story whose characters I am glad to have in my life. Joanna Macy Author, World as Lover, World as Self Allan Johnson's illumination of the mind of a woman recovering from horrific abuse and loss is miraculous, carried by a story that is both gripping and inspiring. It is a stunning achievement. Jean Kilbourne Creator of the award-winning film series, Killing Us Softly Allan Johnson's writing is moving, insightful, and deeply human. He takes us inside painful lives with courageous truth-telling, yet at the same time takes us inside of characters who can heal and thrive. This is a novel that rings true, and that we need urgently to take into our hearts. Lundy Bancroft Author, Why Does He Do That? The First Thing and the Last portrays an extraordinary woman who is brutalized - but the abuse becomes her sorrow and not her identity in Allan Johnson's complex, masterful and exacting understanding of such a woman's life. His ability and willingness to see so deeply, to portray a woman and her story so profoundly, takes our breath away. Welcome this extraordinary and most original novelist to the ranks of American literature. Deena Metzger Poet, novelist, and author of Writing For Your Life

Una novela que invita a reflexionar sobre el verdadero sentido de la vida El doce de abril de 2014, el mayor incendio urbano en la historia de Chile asoló la parte de alta de la ciudad de Valparaíso, reduciendo a cenizas cerros completos. Uno de sus sobrevivientes, Carlos Rodríguez Tapia, un odioso y obeso conductor de microbús, deberá enmendar el rumbo de su vida antes de que sus adicciones y miedos más profundos destruyan aquello que verdaderamente da sentido a su existencia. En ésta novela de ficción moderna inspirada en la vida real, Joaquín Gahona nos narra de forma ágil y amena, una emocionante fábula del hombre frente al espejo de su propia psicosis y cómo el deporte en sus facetas más simples, puede ser un vehículo para alcanzar verdadera liberación espiritual.

Leonel Villarreal es un solitario escritor que se encuentra totalmente perdido y sin rumbo, esto se debe a una desesperada angustia existencial, producto de un sueño que cada vez está más lejos, el sueño de convertirse en el escritor del siglo. Todo lo que estuvo dispuesto a perder por ello, ya no está, solo se tiene a sí mismo, su adicción al alcohol y algunas mujeres casuales que alimentan una pasión interna que le ayuda a seguir viviendo. Su estilo de vida lo fue hundiendo en una depresión de la que no puede salir. Hasta que un día tendrá que enfrentarse ante una trágica situación que lo hará volver a su pasado. Su padre lo necesita para una misión de vida o muerte. A partir de entonces, Leonel tendrá que emprender una búsqueda. En el camino, vivirá desopilantes e insólitas aventuras, conocerá a extraños y bizarros personajes y viajará por distintas partes del país, recorriendo los lugares más inhóspitos y oscuros.El sueño final, es la historia de un hombre egoísta y solitario que, de repente, se ve envuelto en una inesperada aventura en la que jugarán un papel importante el honor, la amistad, el amor, el odio, la soledad, la vida y la muerte, pero, sobre todo, los sueños.

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