Ficción moderna y contemporanea

És possible una política que gestioni el creixent pluralisme religiós? La necessitat d'integrar socialment la immigració d'origen musulmà, d'una banda, i la consolidació dins l'àmbit català de les diverses confessions, de l'altra, conviden a aprofundir

Out of the ashes of post-punk London, a queer dance music artist sets out on what becomes a decades-long journey at the forefront of mainstream pop. Vinyl Tiger is the story of a star; self-made, not born. One, who despite every conceivable obstacle and shortcoming, clings to the determination to follow his heart, whatever the consequences. Because, the best [pop] stars make waves, not just music.

Spend a few rollicking days in West Bath, Maine with environmentalist Gaige LaRoche on his quest to figure out why a moose is attacking people and eating their brains. Fueled with Moxie and whoopie pies, he encounters Teacup Chihuahuas, irate bees, inept selectmen, and most importantly, a crazed female Viking with a vendetta. You'll never look at a boiled dinner in quite the same way again.



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Un lugar que nunca existió. Una vida que se quebró. Una muerte anunciada. Violante, una solitaria y jovencísima escritora de relatos, se entera de que las deudas que su madre tiene contraídas con el banco no tardarán en expulsarla de un hogar donde recibe los malos tratos que aquella le procura: una escritora alcohólica, con movilidad reducida. Poco después de su cumpleaños, tras haber acompañado a su amiga de aulas a la boca de metro, Violante pierde el sentido. Despierta en una fría clínica psiquiátrica, sin recuerdos. Pero la protagonista no tardará en ser ingresada en un original lugar llamado «pabellón de los artistas», un lujoso recinto donde los pacientes dan rienda suelta a su creatividad. Allí entablará amistad con un pintor que no solo le aclarará su pasado, sino la inminencia de un futuro que pondrá en peligro tanto sus vidas como las del resto de los ingresados.

On a dare from her best friend, nine-year-old Tawny gags down a piece of dog kibble. Suddenly she can hear and talk to dogs, including her own dog, an enormous and demanding Great Dane named Dinky. Dinky explains to Tawny that his fondest wish is to be a tiny lap dog and Tawny promises to help him become one. From helicopters to the five o'clock news, Tawny soon finds out what it means to make a promise to a friend. Along the way, her parents can't help but question her sanity and her best friend Jenny turns into her worst enemy. If Tawny can just keep her own thoughts straight, maybe she can make things right in her family, get her best friend back, and decide for herself how she will handle having such a special gift. Kibble Talk, the first in the Kibble Talk series, is a funny and fast moving fiction story perfect for readers aged 7 to 12, or as a read-a-loud.

Detrás de la penumbra es una historia sorprendente que proyecta una trama sobre la evolución futura de la humanidad. A través de unos personajes se teje una historia policiaca de intriga y misterio, mezclada con masonería y sociedades secretas. La falta de valores que ha ido aumentando con el paso del tiempo ha dado importancia suma al dinero y el poder en detrimento de lo espiritual. ¿Cómo terminará? La novedad en las técnicas literarias, las metáforas fantásticas y lo extraordinario de la acción hacen que la obra sea amena e interesante.

El contacte d'una punta de sabata amb una tofa de cabells estesa a terra, al passadís, a tocar de la sala, pot ser un fet incontrovertible. També ho poden ser un cistell o una senalla plens de verdura, i el rastre d'un caragol. Però que siguin incontestables no vol dir que siguin fets unívocs, ni tan sols idèntics a ells mateixos. Cada detall conté sempre una munió de possibilitats latents, i aquesta novel·la les expressa. Sense exterioritzar mostres massa clares de neguit, el protagonista de Betum perd progressivament la noció de la seva edat, del seu estat civil, del seu domicili, fins i tot del seu sexe, i no sembla que s'escarrassi prou a distingir entre el somni i la vigília. Potser no és capaç de fer-ho, o s'hi resisteix. Però de mica en mica ens deixa intuir una història sòrdida que tant pot ser un malson d'infantesa com una recança recent. O totes dues coses. Al costat d'aquest personatge a la seva falda, si hi accedim, o amb ell al damunt, si no vigilem assistirem a estranyes persecucions dintre d'un pis de ciutat que no és del tot segur que sigui el seu. I l'acompanyarem al llarg del camí que va del poble al riu, més enllà del convent enrunat. O pel sender que, des del mas, porta a un gorg d'aigües negres.



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A lo largo de la obra de Alejo Carpentier se formula toda una teoría de lo que ha de ser la novela latinoamericana en la actual etapa de su evolución, y al mismo tiempo se realiza una novelística que en todo responde a esa formulación teórica.