Ficción moderna y contemporanea



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.



Un home i una dona han perdut el seu fill. Ara, cinc anys després, ell emprèn un viatge més enllà del temps per intentar connectar amb aquest noi que ja no parla, que ja no somriu... que ja no és. En el camí l'acompanya una llarga comitiva d'altres homes i dones que també han perdut un fill. Després d'anys de silenci, tots estan decidits a desafiar la mort i a donar veu al seu dolor, un dolor universal que queda «fora del temps». Fent servir les paraules per no caure en la follia, a Caigut fora del temps David Grossman tanca una història que va començar a Tota una vida. I amb aquest descens literari al món de la mort ens permet recórrer camins desconeguts que només estan a l'abast del geni d'un gran escriptor.«David Grossman escriu des d'una extrema vulnerabilitat totalment lliure de por, una vulnerabilitat a la vegada poderosa i poètica, sensible i apassionada, iracunda i tendra. Escriu no només per a la seva pròpia supervivència sinó també per a la nostra.» Die Zeit

Doris and Delores Morris, known to the local townsfolk as ?the two eccentric sisters,? spent their youths meticulously reassembling the shredded memoirs of their brother Horace on the walls of the family mansion. Shred by shred, they?re piecing together this gargantuan jigsaw puzzle diary in hopes of revealing a startling secret that could reunite them with their beloved brother, who, years ago, had inexplicably vanished. ? ? ?

Leila Garner never understood why her mother wouldn't let her make a wish... Never on her own birthday candles and not even when she would see a falling star. Now in her twenties, she discovers it was because of a semi-competent fairy godmother and a wish gone bad. But Leila is optimistic and excited to find this fairy godmother and make her own wish-what could possibly go wrong? Leila is willing to take a chance to get the highlife she's always imagined... She's not asking for all that much, really. Just a job with a top fashion magazine, designer clothing, and the love of gorgeous, successful Jackson King. It's time to make the ultimate wish, so she rushes to find fairy godmother Donna and set her future in motion. Has Donna learned anything since bungling Leila's mother's wish? Apparently not... While Leila technically gets what she wished for, Jackson King isn't living up to his name, and the dream job is anything but. When she meets Lucas Knight, she's sure she's made a terrible mistake, and this life isn't what she wants after all. Leila's only wish now is to find a way to set things

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En un moment de crisi vital, Joan Rogent decideix marxar de Barcelona i anar-se'n a viure a Mataró, en una casa que era propietat de Ramon Turú, un vell indiano que acaba de suïcidar-se. Mentre la policia investiga els fets, en Joan Rogent estira el fil de les seves informacions sobre el mort i emprèn un viatge a Colòmbia. Allà, tindrà sorpreses sobre la figura de l'indiano, però també sobre la seva pròpia família, que tenia negocis poc clars a Amèrica. La casa de l'indiano és una novel·la de secrets familiars que ens trasllada al món poc conegut dels indianos que buscaven fortuna a Amèrica entre finals del segle XIX i principis del XX.



Alan -a heart-broken and stubborn computer programmer-took much in his life for granted, including the vast supply of water in his town. But when the rains stop falling and the rivers dry up, he begins to realize how temporary it all can be. His life begins to unravel as, across town, a sinkhole threatens to swallow every bit of the place he has come to call home. Taken on a journey of self-discovery by the magical women in his life, Alan is drawn into an unexpected affair and comes face-to-face with a Mystic who walks through his dreams. For Alan, dreams become a new reality, and reality erodes into something of a dream. As his town transforms into an arid wasteland that crumbles beneath his feet, Alan is compelled by the inevitable to strike out into the unknown or perish.

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These are the chronicles of Amon Andrews. Of course, that wasn't always his name. Amon grew up having been taught to always put others first but when he stopped to think about what he wanted for himself, he realized he didn't quite know who he was. As a result, Amon embraced a life-long dream of his to simply vanish. On his journey, Amon grows and learns what's truly important to him; those irreplaceable connections to people who truly understand him. He then discovers just how far he is willing to go to protect those to whom he feels he connects. Written by Huxley Adams, The Track Walker Chronicles is an ongoing serial novel from TNM Publishing. Your subscription gets you a new chapter each month and an autographed copy of paperback compilations of major story arcs that are put into print during your subscription.