Ficción moderna y contemporanea

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Esta novela relata la fascinante trayectoria vital de Friedrich Meisner, un complejo personaje que en la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII vaga por diferentes ciudades europeas poniendo en práctica diferentes y sorprendentes técnicas curativas al margen de la medicina reglamentaria, entre las que destaca la imposición de un imán. Con fortuna oscilante, el protagonista acostumbra a conseguir cierto éxito para después caer en desgracia: acusaciones de violación, de estafa, palizas,etc... El verdadero poder de Meisner reside, sin duda, en la seducción, la capacidad de embaucamiento y en la facultad de identificar el perfil psicológico de su interlocutor. En un entorno de pestes y hambrunas, en el que la ilustración no llega al pueblo llano, este sanador se erige como un verdadero imán para el vulgo indocto y ávido de proezas.

Las Sonatas de Valle Inclán son las memorias ficticas del marqués de Bradomín, álter ego del autor, que se define como feo, católico y sentimental. Constan de cuatro novelas cortas que se ambientan en cuatro momentos diferentes de la vida del noble.

«Sovint la vida es diverteix. Ens regala un diamant, amagat sota un tiquet de metro o la caiguda d'una cortina. Emboscat en una paraula, una mirada, un somriure una mica beneit.Cal parar atenció als detalls. Sembren la nostra vida de petits còdols i ens guien. Les persones brutals, les persones apressades, les que porten guants de boxa o claven cops de peu a la grava, ignoren els detalls.Volen coses pesades, imposants, brillants, no volen perdre ni un minut per ajupir-se per una moneda, una palleta, la mà d'un home que tremola. Però si t'ajups, si atures el temps, descobreixes diamants en una mà estesa...I la vida ja mai més no és trista. Ni dissabte, ni diumenge, ni dilluns...».

En El festín del amor, el dueño de una cafetería recuerda el día en que su primera mujer pareció alcanzar un instante de simple perfección; ella, por su parte, rememora su fascinación ante la belleza de una contrincante en un partido de softball. Una pareja de adolescentes pasa horas en el café nutriendo la idea de su amor ardiente. Un profesor de filosofía intenta explicar, ante una taza de café, lo que sabe que es inexplicable: las razones del corazón. Gentes diversas, unidas por las sinuosidades del amor, componen un tapiz que describe la fuerza más irresistible de la vida. Premio Llibrete Narrativa 2002

Mateo Xavier Manuel Rodriguez Aguerra-Veracruz, known to everyone as Penco (slang for "orphan") is an artist from northern New Mexico. Twelve years ago, Penco hitchhiked to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, to start a new life. Single-minded about his painting and haunted by memories of the lost world of his childhood, he has become a recluse. When Penco starts to work as a bus driver, the chaotic streets and characters of Juárez begin to reconnect him with the world. He spends time with friends from El Café Misión, a local bar frequented by the elusive Gabriella, a fellow artist; Penco's best friend Frederico, the head chef at the only four-star restaurant in the city; Twain de Vaca, a American film studies student who irritates Penco with his admiration; and a German tightrope walker, Heinrich Damrosch. Ultimately, Penco's friends, the bus passengers, and encounters with three strangers allow him to confront the haunting images and fears from his childhood, a necessary step if he is ever to return home. Ann McGlinn lived and worked in Juárez in the 1990s, before the city became most known as a place of violence. With a poet's economy of style, she has captured the gritty essence of the city and its vibrant communities in those years.

Mervat was born in Iraq as a minority Christian and in the late 1970s and came to America at age two. Torn between her cultural heritage which dates back over 7300 years and the new land of freedom and opportunity, she watches friends live an Americanized lifestyle while she clings onto Middle Eastern traditions, all along yearning for the courage to follow her own path, to "Trust thyself" as Ralph Waldo Emerson emphasized. Then she meets Johnny, the perfect potential suitor, but he brings along multiple complications. As their relationship faces its challenges, Mervat's desire for having individuality while maintaining her tribal lifestyle escorts her to the discovery of unexpected cultures and beliefs.

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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"Today, I am in the changing room of my life and tomorrow, win or lose, I'll move forward a stronger and wiser woman." Sandy Lovett's confused mother and chaotic life are having an effect on her waistline. She knows she needs to change her life but doesn't know how until she buys a risqué dress which sets in motion a sequence of life-changing events. After years as a mother, carer and full-time employee, Sandy quits her job and places her mother in a care home, and life seems on the up. But disaster is never far away for the hapless Sandy as her mother's obsessions continue to wreak havoc and her husband's business begins to fail. Short of cash and needing a flexible job, Sandy joins a sex-chat service. At The Beaver Club Sandy discovers a talent for selling telephone sex - a skill she later regrets when she meets unscrupulous local politician and prospective MP, Trewin Thackeray. The Changing Room is a comedy-drama for all those whose glass is half-full. Preferably with gin and a big fat cherry!

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