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Ficción moderna y contemporanea

VALLEY FORGE, A CHRONICLE OF AMERICAN HEROISM (TAYLOR, FRANK HAMILTON) (Ficción moderna y contemporanea)

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EL CURS DE LES COSES (CAMILLERI, ANDREA) (Ficción moderna y contemporanea)

L?únic que fa el Vito per matar el temps és donar menjar a les gallines i ficar-se al llit amb la dona del veí. De fet, a la Sicília dels anys seixanta no es pot fer gaire cosa més, a banda, és clar, d?intentar no ficar-se en els assumptes de la màfia. Però un dia el Vito s?adona que potser algun capo s?ha equivocat de víctima: se salva, qui sap com, d?una bala anònima, li maten una pila ben bona de gallines i es troba dos assassins a sou a la porta. Tot això sabent que el marit de la seva amant és un tros de pa... A sobre, el mariscal Corbo ?que prefigura l?inoblidable comissari Montalbano? té un cas d?assassinat entre mans i acaba d?embolicar la situació del Vito, que ja era prou delicada. El curs de les coses submergeix el lector en les intrigues més inquietants, plenes d?humor i de vegades sanguinàries de la Sicília profunda.

EL LLIBRETER ASSASSÍ DE BARCELONA (MIQUEL I PLANAS, RAMON) (Ficción moderna y contemporanea)

La llegenda del llibreter assassí és l'apassionant reconstrucció d'un dels pocs mites romàntics ambientats a Barcelona: l'obscura existència d'un vell monjo, dedicat a la venda de llibres preciosos, que va ser recreada per autors de la categoria de Charles Nodier o Gustave Flaubert. El present volum, a més del procés detectivesc i sempre sorprenent de Ramon Miquel i Planas, que ens ofereix pas a pas la gestació de la llegenda, aporta els textos literaris més importants de la seva original trajectòria. Així, en un sentit o altre, llegint primer els contes i després els seus el·lements històrics o viceversa, podem gaudir a l'endinsar-nos en l'aventura laberíntica de la formació d'un personatge inusual, l'ànsia de possessió del qual, i els seus afanys obsessius, li va provocar la més destructora de les bogeries.

THE ISLAND NEIGHBORS (BLACKWELL, ANTOINETTE LOUISA BROWN) (Ficción moderna y contemporanea)

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EL HIJO DE LA NOVIA (J. CAMPANELLA JUAN / CASTETS FERNANDO) (Ficción moderna y contemporanea)

El hijo de la novia, nominada al Oscar como mejor película de habla no inglesa, es uno de los éxitos más espectaculares de la última década. Esta deliciosa e inolvidable película confirma una vez más que las pequeñas grandes historias llegan muy bienal público cuando cuentan con un director y unos actores estupendos: la desenvoltura de Ricardo Darín, la transparencia de Héctor Alterio y el carisma de Norma Aleandro.Suspicaz, irónico, agudo, triste, divertido y, sin lugar a dudas, tierno es el guión de esta entrañable historia con tintes autobiográficos. Hombres y mujeres que aman,odian, se equivocan, dudan y vuelven a empezar. Escenas cargadas de sarcasmo,diálogos ágiles y demoledores y una historia para reír, llorar y soñar.

THE TWENTY-SECOND PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY AND THE RINGGOLD BATTALION, 1861-1865 (FARRAR, SAMUEL CLARKE) (Ficción moderna y contemporanea)

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DEATH’S COMPANION (MENSAH, MONIQUE D.) (Ficción moderna y contemporanea)

The fear of a failed suicide attempt is the only thing that sustains Kameron?s life, and a fifth of vodka a day keeps a bleak reality away. After what happened in the past, she now has nothing to live for. After all, she?s nothing more than a low-level attorney, scraping by on the dregs of undesirable court-appointed cases. But when a concerned colleague reminds her of the bright and ambitious woman she once was, Kameron puts in a call to a recommended therapist for healing. She is willing to try anything to silence the pains of the past and gain a sliver of normalcy, even her new therapist?s unorthodox treatment. Bridget Garret?s psychotic husband disappeared five years ago and she should be ashamed of her overwhelming desire to have him back, but she?s not ashamed; she?s determined. When she hires a private investigator to track him down and bring him home, she never anticipated having to balance the task of finding her husband with the demands of her new suicidal client, Kameron Peace; nor did she expect that Kameron?s therapy sessions would play a vital role in bringing closure to a five-year-old myster