Ficción moderna y contemporanea

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¿Un psicópata o un psiquiatra con demasiada ambición? ¿Quién es el autor de los crímenes? En la sala de espera de la consulta de un psiquiatra se hallan varias personas. El protagonista de la novela, Bruno Zambrano, una persona educada en un entorno problemático, muerde el pezón de una de las pacientes. A partir de ahí se narran los acontecimientos que hacen que el protagonista se encuentre aguardando a que llegue el psiquiatra. Una serie de incidentes va marcando la vida de Bruno. Paralelamente, ocurren unos asesinatos que, aunque al principio parecen conectados, solo al final se descubren sus protagonistas y motivaciones. Hay una serie de hechos que dificulta que se aclaren estos acontecimientos, coincidiendo y divergiendo en ocasiones sus aparentes causas y escenarios. El autor de algunos de los asesinatos se ve acorralado, por lo que tiene que tomar algunas decisiones que no había previsto. El final imprevisto de la historia, así como distintos hechos novedosos que ocurren en una ciudad pequeña, algo impensable para sus habitantes, solo puede aclararse gracias a la perseverancia y determinación de la investigadora. Esto permitirá al lector conocer los detalles que llevan a la solución del caso y a provocarle una tensión sostenida hasta el final.

En la Extremadura profunda de los años sesenta, la humilde familia de Paco el Bajo sirve en un cortijo sometida a un régimen de explotación casi feudal que parece haberse detenido en el tiempo pero sobre el que soplan ya algunos aires nuevos. Es época de caza y Paco se ha tronzado el peroné. Las presiones delseñorito para que lo acompañe en las batidas a pesar de su estado sirven para retratar lacrueldad y los abusos de una clase instalada en unos privilegios que considera inalienables y que los protagonistas soportan con una dignidad ejemplar. «Tiene el lector en sus manos una de las grandes novelas de la literatura en español de todos los tiempos. Conviene decirlo ya desde el primer momento: Los santos inocentes de Miguel Delibes es una cumbre artística y literaria, una obra perfecta. La novela fue publicada en 1981 y no ha dejado desde entonces de sumar lectores y ediciones, hasta convertirse en un clásico popular de la cultura española.» MANUEL VILAS

Encara que sembli estrany, la movida madrileña va néixer a Barcelona. A començaments dels anys setanta, Madrid era encara una ciutat massa grisa i funcionarial perquè hi florís una generació d'artistes joves amb ganes de trencar esquemes. Les condicions eren més favorables en la Barcelona inconformista que va veure néixer el boom de la narrativa hispanoamericana, la gauche divine, la Nova Cançó i les reivindicacions polítiques. En aquest ambient de canvi i revolta van fer els primers passos músics com Alaska o Ramoncín, el productor Gay Mercader, artistes plàstics com Mariscal, Ouka Lele o la fotògrafa Maria Espeus, periodistes musicals com Àngel Casas o Carlos Bosch, editors de revistes mítiques de la dècada, el fundador de Zeleste, Víctor Jou, o Antoni Miró, que abans de ser dissenyador de moda va provar la seva faceta com a músic. Aquest llibre és una radiografia d'aquell moment; un llibre de veus amb els representants d'aquesta generació heterogènia que va introduir les noves tendències artístiques dels convulsos anys setanta: del reagge al punk passant per l'estètica pop que, a l'Estat espanyol van cristal·litzar en la dècada següent.

La mataría de buena gana, pero no sé muy bien qué es lo que me lo impide. Rayando lo absurdo, unos hechos disparatados muestran las pequeñas y grandes preocupaciones de un hombre corriente del siglo XXI. Vive atrapado en la incertidumbre laboral y en unas carencias que le hacen reclamar atención y afecto. Una espiral que se va reduciendo hasta llegar a un punto que es la raíz o el origen de todo: la supervivencia.

She wants to know the truth, but some secrets might be better left alone... Kate Thayer has a good life as a veterinarian, running the family horse farm-until she uncovers an act of unimaginable treachery by those she trusted most and learns that everything she knew about herself was a lie. Her paternal grandmother, the woman who raised her, is behind a number of devastating secrets Kate is compelled to discover. But the deeper she digs, the more betrayal she finds, changing her life in ways she could have never foreseen.

What a witty look at Continuing Care Retirement Communities! It laughs at their schizophrenic business model. The faster you die the more money they make, yet? they really do try to keep you alive! Can such Communities survive if, like purple jelly fish and eight other organisms, humans learn to live forever. If we do, will we jump off into outer space like lemmings into the sea?? This amalgam of the profound and absurd makes an electric read. ?

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Charles Balanda té quaranta-set anys i porta una vida que molta gent envejaria: una feina d'arquitecte d'èxit, viatges amunt i avall i, regularment, breus estades a París amb la seva família. La notícia de la mort de l'Anouk, però, un vell amor d'infantesa i joventut, farà trontollar tot aquest món d'aparent perfecció. Balanda perd la son, la gana i, de cop i volta, tots els plans i projectes deixen d'interessar-li. Les llums i ombres de la seva ja llarga vida se li ofereixen amb tota cruesa. Seran dues dones -el record de l'Anouk i la trobada amb la Kate- el que li donarà forces per emprendre un gir radical.Tendra i plena d'humor, El consol és, en essència, una història d'amor. Un tractat de l'arquitectura interior i de les emocions sobre les quals es pot construir i donar sentit a la vida.

Nestled in the glittering deserts of the Southwest, the city of Santa Fe allures many to her doorstep with legends of buried treasure, visions of fame, and blue skies that make heaven seem closer.? Treasure hunter, Larry Averie, has rediscovered New Mexico?s richest and most famous lost gold mine, the Lost Adams Diggings?or so he says. Beautiful opera apprentice, Nan Larson, longs to perform a leading role on the opera stage, but she is lost in the chorus. Art Schreiber, a blind Christian mystic, pursues his plan to bring spiritual seekers closer to God by building a white marble church in the desert. How the destinies of these three collide and the directions they go (at least for those who survive) is revealed in Final Act, a story of mystery and adventure.?

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Un viatger de la segona meitat del xix dispara una foto davant de l?hostal de cal Calones, a la República d?Andorra. En tornar al seu país i revelar la placa s?adona que la imatge que hi apareix no té res a veure amb el que havia de

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