Fiction

El día comienza mal para Adela, joven neoyorquina de ascendencia cubana, cuando recibe la llamada de su madre. Llevan enfadadas más de un año, porque Adela no solo se ha trasladado a Miami, sino que vive con Marcos, un joven habanero recién llegado a Estados Unidos que la ha seducido por completo y al cual, por su origen, su madre rechaza. Marcos le cuenta a Adela historias de su infancia en la isla, arropado por un grupo de amigos de sus padres, llamado el Clan, y le muestra una foto de la última comida en que, siendo él niño, estuvieron juntos veinticinco años atrás. Adela, que presentía que el día se iba a torcer, descubre entre los rostros a alguien familiar. Y un abismo se abre bajo sus pies. 

Como polvo en el viento es la historia de un grupo de amigos que ha sobrevivido a un destino de exilio y dispersión, en Barcelona, en el extremo noroeste de Estados Unidos, en Madrid, en Puerto Rico, en Buenos Aires... ¿Qué ha hecho la vida con ellos, que se habían querido tanto? ¿Qué ha pasado con los que se fueron y con los que decidieron quedarse? ¿Cómo les ha cambiado el tiempo? ¿Volverá a reunirlos el magnetismo del sentimiento de pertenencia, la fuerza de los afectos? ¿O sus vidas son ya polvo en el viento? 

En el trauma de la diáspora y la desintegración de los vínculos, esta novela es también un canto a la amistad, a los invisibles y poderosos hilos del amor y las viejas lealtades. Una novela deslumbrante, un retrato humano conmovedor, otra obra cumbre de Leonardo Padura.

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Leyendo el periódico, actividad a la que Miss Marple se entrega cada día con placer, la anciana topa con la necrológica de Jason Rafiel, un millonario al que había conocido un año antes durante uno de sus viajes. Unos días más tarde, el abogado de Mr. Rafiel le entrega una carta que el acaudalado conocido había dictado antes de morir. En ella le comunica a Miss Marple que, si consigue resolver un crimen, recibirá la notable cantidad de 20.000 libras. Aunque el reto es enorme, pues la carta no especifica ni quién es la víctima, ni dónde ni cuándo tuvo lugar el fatal suceso, Jane Marple no tarda en aceptar el desafío e iniciar sus pesquisas.

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Christopher tiene siete años. 

Christopher es nuevo en la ciudad. 

Christopher tiene un amigo imaginario.

Kate Reese es madre soltera y vive una relación abusiva. Sabe que no quiere esa vida para su hijo Christopher, así que a la mitad de la noche toma las llaves de su auto y escapa con él a Mill Grove, Pensilvania, una ciudad pequeña y aislada, donde la comunidad es muy unida y en la que solo hay una carretera para entrar o salir. Parece el lugar perfecto para iniciar una nueva vida. 

Al llegar ahí, Christopher desaparece. Durante seis días nadie sabe nada de él, hasta que lo encuentran en el bosque a las afueras de la ciudad. Aparentemente está ileso, pero algo dentro de él ha cambiado. Una voz en su cabeza le ordena una misión que solo él puede llevar a cabo: debe construir una casa del árbol en el bosque antes de Navidad; de lo contrario, su madre y todos en la ciudad no volverán a ser los mismos. Con Las ventajas de ser invisible, Stephen Chbosky hizo a sus lectores sentirse infinitos. Veinte años después vuelve con una obra maestra de horror, la cual ha trabajado durante todo este tiempo y cuya grandeza y abundancia de emociones redefinen el género. Asegúrate de leerla con las luces encendidas. 

«Al igual que Las ventajas de ser invisible, Amigo imaginario nos hace saber que, sin importar qué tan oscuros sean los lugares en los que has estado o las cosas que has visto, nada, nadie y ningún lugar está más allá de la redención. Iluminación espiritual y horror. No sé cómo, pero lo logró. Es una obra maestra». —Emma Watson, actriz y activista

«Una inquietante y emocionante novela que rebosa de la empatía radical que hace tan especial el trabajo de Chbosky». —John Green, autor de Bajo la misma estrella

«Si no te enloquecen las primeras cincuenta páginas de Amigo imaginario, tu capacidad de asombro puede estar fallando». —Joe Hill, autor bestseller del New York Times 

«Lo más aterrador que he leído en mucho tiempo. Lleno de corazón y alma. Te enamorarás de los personajes y por eso se quedarán contigo, como una aparición». —R. J. Palacio, autor de Extraordinario, un bestseller del New York Times

«Amigo imaginario me recordó a una novela clásica de Stephen King de hace dos décadas, pero con el estilo inigualable de Chbosky. Una lectura maravillosa. Valió la pena la espera». —Blake Crouch, autor de Wayward Pines y Materia oscura

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En el año 2011, el narrador de esta novela y su familia llegaron, de un modo azaroso, a una vivienda casi en ruinas situada en un pequeño pueblo del sur de España. Un acuerdo con el propietario les permitiría hacer uso de ella mientras él encontraba financiación para construir allí unos apartamentos. Era solo cuestión de tiempo que la casa fuera derribada. Sin embargo, durante los años siguientes, pasaron largos periodos en ella, reparándola con sus propias manos, transformándola en un acogedor lugar de encuentro y celebración. 

Allí recibieron a vecinos y amigos; con ellos compartieron comida, música, trabajo y risa. Allí la familia llegó a convivir con una docena de gallinas, varios caballos y burros, dos perros y algún ratón. Nunca perdieron de vista que terminarían llegando las máquinas excavadoras, lo que convirtió la experiencia en aquella casa en una elocuente metáfora de la vida: nos entregamos a ella aun sabiendo que termina.

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Las mil y unas noches no sólo es un mosaico que contiene cuentos de los distintos pueblos que en un momento u otro los acogieron, sino que también es un mosaico de las diversas morales de los mismos. Y así, al lado de cuentos piadosos y de fábulas didácticas, se encuentran historias de tono subido, incluso de bestialismo y homosexualidad. Son, por tanto, un verdadero cajón de sastre, tanto en su temática como en su actitud moral.

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The gripping classic of Arabic literature that has fascinated so many authors, from Borges to Goethe, passing through Flaubert and Lovecraft.

Case era el mejor vaquero del ciberespacio: se ganaba la vida robando información y traspasando defensas electrónicas. Pero cometió el error de traicionar a la gente equivocada y como castigo dañaron su sistema nervioso con una toxina que extinguió su talento micrón a micrón. 

Desterrado del ciberespacio y prisionero en la cárcel de su cuerpo físico, Case coquetea con la muerte en los suburbios ultra tecnológicos. Hasta que se ve envuelto en un peligroso plan de objetivo desconocido que le ofrece una segunda oportunidad, y una cura, a cambio de un precio... 

Case was the sharpest data-thief in the matrix—until he crossed the wrong people and they crippled his nervous system, banishing him from cyberspace. Now a mysterious new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run at an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, a mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case is ready for the adventure that upped the ante on an entire genre of fiction.

Rain y Jack se odian. 

Rain y Jack pertenecen a planetas distintos.

 Rain y Jack no pueden tener menos cosas en común. 

Y, sin embargo, no dejan de cruzarse. Una y otra vez. 

Primero en el instituto, luego en un concierto e, inesperadamente, también unos años después, cuando ya creían que no volverían a encontrarse. Incluso se ven obligados a compartir una noche en una casa perdida en mitad del bosque. 

Rain piensa que las casualidades no existen. Jack, que las causalidades no lo explican todo. Los dos quieren tener la razón. Y los dos saben que se equivocan. 

Y ambos intuyen que, sea como sea, cuando se trata de amor no hay teoría científica que haga entender el mecanismo de un corazón cuando otro lo sacude.

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An enemies-to-lovers that will make you believe in love

Rain and Jack belong to different planets.

Rain and Jack couldn't have less in common. 

And yet, they keep crossing paths. 

Over and over again. 

First in high school, then at a concert and, unexpectedly, also a few years later, when they already believed that they would never meet again. They are even forced to share a night in a house lost in the middle of the forest.

A 2024 Silver Falchion Award Top Pick for Best Cozy Book
A 2024 American Fiction Awards Finalist for Best Cozy Mystery

Henny Wiley has a problem...she's a bit of a collector. Well, collector might be an understatement. She's a full-blown hoarder!

Henny doesn't see it that way though. She considers herself a finder of lost treasures and the only thing Henny loves more than a great deal at a yard sale is to head to the parking lot of her favorite hobby store and search through their dumpster for bright new shiny things.

During one such dumpster dive, Henny makes a horrific discovery...the dead body of a young woman she had a soft spot for. Determined to find out who murdered her friend Henny drags along her recently deceased husband Walter (who obviously has problems of his own!) and her long-suffering sister Ida Mae as back-up.

But the murderer is paying attention and if Henny's not careful, the next body dying in a dumpster will be her own!

With her reputation on the line, one woman must make the ultimate gamble to save her career, her client, and a young boy's life.

Jacqueline Stone is an accomplished criminal defense attorney whose tenacity to uncover the truth has earned her the reputation as the one lawyer who can win unwinnable cases. But when a mysterious car accident kills both her son and husband, leaving her the sole survivor, she is exiled from her prestigious firm. Battling personal demons, Jacqueline finds herself at a crossroads, ready to give up law altogether, until accused murderer Ryan Mitchell seeks her counsel and she sees an opportunity for redemption.

But with evidence mounting against her client, a child witness too traumatized to provide information, and a mysterious photograph leading to more questions than answers, this case will be no easy feat. Jacqueline must navigate treacherous waters to not only save her career but also protect Ryan’s young son from a relentless killer. In a high-stakes gamble, she must rely on the wisdom of a deceased woman, as she races against time to solve the murder and unravel a web of deceit that threatens to consume them all.

The frank and offbeat debut collection from award-winning comedian and broadcaster Josie Long

From a comic mastermind comes this brilliant collection of stories

Three teenagers believe they are witches.
A woman defaces a local billboard.
A bored landlord tries to influence his son's best friend.
A cul-de-sac WhatsApp group discusses eggs at length.
A heavily pregnant woman finds a way to time travel and a girl discovers joy on a stolen bicycle . . .

Each tale paints a life in miniature and offers an escape chute from the mayhem of modern life.

In the late fifteenth century, a young Dominican friar sets out on a journey from Paris to Florence in search of manuscripts of pre-Christian philosophy. Along the way, he encounters an ascetic alchemist in a small village. As the young man falls under the spell of the alchemist’s quest for enlightenment, a series of disasters—culminating in a total solar eclipse—strikes the village, with profound consequences.

Keiichiro Hirano’s Eclipse was a meteoric literary sensation when it first appeared in 1998. Its author, still an undergraduate, was hailed as a prodigy; the book received Japan’s most prestigious literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, and became a bestseller. Set on the eve of the Renaissance in Europe, Eclipse depicts a society that is on the surface vastly different from modern-day Japan. Yet its account of a challenge to dualistic binaries and ossified worldviews holds striking contemporary resonance and philosophical depth. Taking the form of a memoir, Eclipse brings together an evocative portrayal of its historical setting, including the lore of medieval alchemy, with a rich literary lexicon, lush imagery, and psychological intricacy. This vivid translation offers Anglophone readers a vital work by one of Japan’s most distinctive voices.

When a mysterious dog shows up during the renovation of the Big City Little Theatre, one woman falls in love with the victim of a century-old homicide who might not be as dead as she seems. And now it’s a race against time to ensure she stays that way.

On New Year’s Eve, in 1923, someone walked into Michelle “Mickey” McFadden’s queer speakeasy hidden beneath the Big City Little Theater and shot her and her dog, EZ, dead. Or . . . sort of, mostly, kind of dead, maybe? Because instead of crossing over, they become trapped within the bar’s cinderblock walls. And though EZ eventually manages to wriggle his way free, Mickey remains, her spirit frozen in time.

In 2022, employees of the Big City Little Theater begin encountering a stray dog sneaking in and around the premises. When Ciara, the theater’s bookkeeper, saves the dog from being hit by a truck, she begins to suspect there’s something odd about the mysterious canine and makes it her mission to catch him and either return him to his owners or keep him as her own.

That is until Ciara and her friends happen upon the sealed-up speakeasy in the theater’s subbasement —and find the dog inside. But how did he get in there when the door was locked? And why are there bullet holes in the otherwise beautifully preserved bar? Their discovery launches them on the investigation of a lifetime, complete with an ancient murder to solve, strange occurrences to explain, and a missing person to find.

When Mickey’s spirit, which has been trapped in the mysterious in-between for the past hundred years, begins to find her way out, she and Ciara finally come face-to-face. And it’s more than the speakeasy’s old wiring that makes sparks fly. Ciara’s falling hard for Mickey and Mickey for her. Can they solve the murder and figure out how EZ returned to the world of the living before the clock strikes midnight on the next New Year’s Eve?

Because if they don’t, they’re pretty certain Mickey’s time will finally be up—this time for good.

Follow the classic supernatural tale of forbidden love between a devout priest and a beautiful vampiress in The Dead Woman in Love.

At sixty-six years of age, an elderly priest is finally ready to tell the story of his first and only love. Over forty years ago, on the day of his Ordination, Lord Romulad lays eyes on a creature that shines brighter than the stars in heaven. With an almost hypnotic radiance, the young madonna's beauty almost convinces Romulad to abandon his religious duty but, ignoring his lustful feelings, he completes his ceremony to become a priest and is left knowing only her name, Clarimonde.

Unable to forget her, Romulad quickly becomes dissatisfied with his newfound priesthood, gaining the attention of Father Serapion who delivers a warning: the woman he seeks is not only dead, but has died many times–her tomb a place of filth and debachuary. However, undeterred by these rumors, Romulad follows a mysterious stranger to the castle of Clarimonde and thus begins the love affair that would change his life forever.

Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.

With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

Tessa is struggling to run her mother's beloved bookstore and the business is failing. At least she has her friend, and accidental heartthrob, Manny to support her. As single parents they understand each other, and their friendship is too important for Tessa to give in to the chemistry brewing between them.

With the sudden success of his home renovation show, Manny is shocked to discover just how much the internet knows about him. While he navigates his new and strange life, his feelings only grow for Tessa as he helps build a new coffee bar for the bookstore.

But when Tessa's soon-to-be ex-husband returns to Ivy Falls, she must make a choice: should she follow her heart, or does she owe it to her girls to fix their family?

A brilliant and darkly funny story of a friendship and its unraveling, and a powerful examination on the disruptive impact of social media on our lives

Once an ambitious and promising student at an elite university in Paris, Maia is now 26, living in Milan, and stuck in a dead-end job at a cafe and a dysfunctional relationship with an older man. Until one day her life seems to change: thanks to a friend’s recommendation, and despite not knowing anything about social media, she is hired to work for Gloria, an 18-year-old influencer with millions of followers.

Slowly, Maia understands that her disdain for the world of influencers is precisely why she was chosen for the job: as an outsider, Maia can keep Gloria grounded, tethered to reality—remind her that the image she projects online is only an illusion.

As the two women weave a complex and intense relationship, however, it is Maia’s life that starts to unravel. Exposed to the tricks and hypocrisy of social media, Maia is increasingly unable to avoid confronting the lies she’s been telling herself. The closer she gets to Gloria, the more porous the boundary between their feelings and identities becomes, in a dangerous game of mirrors that threatens Maia’s very sense of self.

Sharp, wry, and absorbing, The Other Profile is a revealing exploration of the light and dark of human relationships in the digital age.

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE

The English-language debut of one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Brazilian literature, The Tokyo Suite is a gripping exploration of the complexities of modern family dynamics and the tensions hiding just under the surface of ordinary lives. 

It’s a seemingly ordinary morning when Maju, a nanny, boards a bus with Cora, the young girl she’s been caring for, and disappears. The abduction, an act as impulsive as it is extreme, sets off a series of events that will force each character to confront their deepest fears and desires.

Fernanda, Cora's mother, is a successful executive who is so engulfed in her own personal crisis that she initially fails to notice her daughter's disappearance. Her marriage is strained, and she finds solace in an affair, distancing herself further from her family. Meanwhile, her husband, overwhelmed by the complexities of their domestic life, remains emotionally detached. As Maju navigates the streets of São Paulo with Cora, the “white army” of nannies, a term coined by Fernanda, seems to watch her every move, heightening her sense of paranoia and urgency. 

Madalosso’s narrative delves deep into the human psyche, examining themes of maternal guilt, societal expectations, and the search for personal identity. Rich and multi-layered, The Tokyo Suite is a poignant and gripping tale that captures the essence of modern urban life and the lengths to which people will go to reclaim a sense of control and meaning in their lives. 

A mega best-seller in Sweden, with rights sold to over a dozen countries and a TV adaptation underway, Annika Norlin’s debut novel The Colony is the biggest Swedish literary phenomenon since Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove.

“A disturbing, engrossing portrait of a tiny community living beyond society.”—Joumana Khatib, The New York Times Book Review

Winner of the Vi Literature Award and Swedish Radio’s Novel Prize, two of Sweden’s biggest literary awards, The Colony is a gripping portrayal of contemporary society and its alternatives.

Burnt-out from a demanding job and a bustling life in the city, Emelie has left town to spend a few days in the country. Once there, in the peaceful, verdant hills, down by the river she encounters a mysterious group of seven people, each with personal stories full of pain, alienation, and the longing to live differently. They are misfits, each in their own way, and all led by the enigmatic and charismatic Sara.

How did they end up there? Are they content with the rigid roles they’ve been assigned? And what happens when an outsider appears and is initially drawn to their alternative lifestyle but cannot help but stir things up?

A masterful blend of humor, emotion, unforgettable characters, and sharp social commentary, The Colony is a magnetic and deeply touching story about love, community, and the unfathomable power we other others and that others have over us.

★ “Norlin’s writing (as translated by Olsson) is clever and incisive, poking fun at modern society and the woodland community in equal measure... Ultimately, this is a treatise on humanity, on the things people need and the power and frailty of human connection. This is a novel that will stick with you.”—Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

El triunfal regreso a la novela de una de las voces más celebradas de la literatura norteamericana con una tragicomedia inolvidable.

Finn es un profesor de mediana edad que se ve forzado a tomarse un descanso del trabajo cuando lo alertan de que su expareja, Lily, tiene graves problemas. Juntos inician un último viaje que hará que Finn se replantee cuestiones ineludibles sobre lo cómico y lo trágico de la vida, la muerte y el pasado compartido.

con su inigualable humor negro, su desbordante imaginación y un talento único para desafiar los géneros, Lorrie Moore firma una prodigiosa novela que funciona como una caja mágica que contiene tanto una historia de amor memorable como un irónico cuento de fantasmas y un misterio anclado en el siglo XIX. Un atrevido libro sobre la pérdida que nos recuerda que deberíamos atesorar los fugaces momentos de felicidad.

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A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ • From “one of the most acute and lasting writers of her generation” The New York Times—a ghost story set in the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, an elegiac consideration of grief, devotion (filial and romantic), and the vanishing and persistence of all things—seen and unseen.

A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, NPR, Vulture, Lit Hub

“Who else but Lorrie Moore could make, in razor-sharp irresistible prose, a ghost story about death buoyant with life?” —People

“Is it an allegory? Is it real? It doesn’t matter...[It’s] a novel with big questions, no answers, and it’s absolutely brilliant.” —Lit Hub

“[A] triumph of tone and, ultimately, of the imagination.” —The Guardian

Lorrie Moore’s first novel since A Gate at the Stairs—a daring, meditative exploration of love and death, passion and grief, and what it means to be haunted by the past, both by history and the human heart.

A teacher visiting his dying brother in the Bronx. A mysterious journal from the nineteenth century stolen from a boarding house. A therapy clown and an assassin, both presumed dead, but perhaps not dead at all...

With her distinctive, irresistible wordplay and singular wry humor and wisdom, Lorrie Moore has given us a magic box of longing and surprise as she writes about love and rebirth and the pull towards life. Bold, meditative, theatrical, this new novel is an inventive, poetic portrait of lovers and siblings as it questions the stories we have been told which may or may not be true.

I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home takes us through a trap door, into a windswept, imagined journey to the tragic-comic landscape that is, unmistakably, the world of Lorrie Moore.

Las lealtades y traiciones de una familia, que cambiaron el destino de México.

Francisco Cienfuegos, un joven mestizo que se rebela contra el mundo de su padre criollo, ve su destino cambiar cuando se une a las fuerzas insurgentes. Con el transcurso de los años, y gracias a su inteligencia y ambición, Francisco forja alianzas con figuras clave de la historia de México como Santa Anna, logrando ascender a general de brigada. Sin embargo, a medida que su influencia crece, también lo hacen sus conflictos internos y familiares. La llegada de Benito Juárez al poder, y posteriormente la de Maximiliano de Habsburgo, desatan una serie de dilemas para Francisco, cuyo apoyo al Segundo Imperio divide a su familia.

En medio de intrigas políticas, el patriarca de los Cienfuegos se ve obligado a tomar decisiones difíciles. Con su legado en juego y enfrentando a sus propios hijos, Francisco tendrá que decidir hasta dónde está dispuesto a arriesgar para preservar todo por lo que ha luchado.

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The loyalties and betrayals, of a family, which changed the destiny of Mexico.

Francisco Cienfuegos, a young mestizo who rebels against the world of his Creole father, sees his destiny change when he joins the insurgent forces. Over the years, and thanks to his intelligence and ambition, Francisco forged alliances with key figures in Mexican history such as Santa Anna, managing to rise to brigadier general. However, as their influence grows, so do their internal and family conflicts. The arrival of Benito Juárez to power, and later that of Maximilian of Habsburg, unleash a series of dilemmas for Francisco, whose support for the Second Empire divides his family.

In the midst of political intrigues, the patriarch of the Cienfuegos is forced to make difficult decisions. With his legacy at stake and facing his own children, Francis will have to decide how far he is willing to risk to preserve everything he has fought for.

«Me gustaría acordarme de cada una de mis caminatas y de todas las ventanas a las que me he ido asomando en Manhattan…» Con este propósito, Antonio Muñoz Molina en primera persona, escritor y personaje a un tiempo, visita en estas páginas los rincones más personales de Nueva York. Se convierte así en observador cómplice de una realidad próxima a la ficción que configura nuestro imaginario vital y cultural. Fruto de sus prolongadas estancias a lo largo de varios años, este libro es un canto apasionado a la ciudad de contrastes por antonomasia.

Nueva York esconde tantas caras como ventanas exhibe: las de los decorados de los musicales de Broadway, las de los edificios iluminados del otro lado de Central Park, las que cayeron con las Torres Gemelas aquel 11 de septiembre, las tachadas con tablones en el reverso sombrío del Bronx o de Harlem. La ventana es el marco de una pintura de Hopper, una acuarela de Katz, la presencia ausente en una película de Hitchcock o la literatura de Cheever, el eco del jazz de Duke Ellington o John Coltrane.

Como Ardor guerrero y Sefarad, este libro participa a la vez de la novela y del relato de hechos reales: lo que predomina en él es, por una parte, la naturaleza envolvente de un estilo tan sugerente y un timbre de voz tan personal como los que han venido caracterizando al autor desde sus inicios, llevados aquí a una desplegada y soberana madurez, y, por otra parte, una actitud ética y estética ante la pesadilla y maravilla de la gran ciudad que, en la línea del Lorca de Poeta en Nueva York, construye con material verídico una alucinación y una compleja fábula moral.

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"I would like to remember each of my walks and all the windows I have been looking out of in Manhattan..." With this purpose, Antonio Muñoz Molina in the first person, writer and character at the same time, visits in these pages the most personal corners of New York. He thus becomes an observer and accomplice of a reality close to fiction that shapes our vital and cultural imaginary. The result of his prolonged stays over several years, this book is a passionate hymn to the city of contrasts par excellence.

New York hides as many faces as it exhibits windows: those of the sets of Broadway musicals, those of the illuminated buildings on the other side of Central Park, those that fell with the Twin Towers on September 11, those crossed out with planks on the dark reverse of the Bronx or Harlem. The window is the frame of a painting by Hopper, a watercolor by Katz, the absent presence in a film by Hitchcock or the literature of Cheever, the echo of the jazz of Duke Ellington or John Coltrane.

Like Ardor guerrero and Sefarad, this book participates both in the novel and in the recounting of real events: what predominates in it is, on the one hand, the enveloping nature of a style as suggestive and a timbre of voice as personal as those that have been characterizing the author since his beginnings, brought here to a deployed and sovereign maturity, and, on the other hand, an ethical and aesthetic attitude towards the nightmare and wonder of the great city that, in the line of Lorca in Poet in New York, he constructs with true material a hallucination and a complex moral fable.

NO LEAS ESTE LIBRO. ES ALTAMENTE INAPROPIADO.

Si te gustó Corrupt, devorarás Hideaway, la nueva sensación del dark romance.

"Los escondites son secretos peligrosos; descubrirlos, mi pasión." BANKS

 Entre las sombras de la ciudad, hay un hotel llamado Pope. Está abandonado y lo rodea un misterio olvidado. Pero, Kai, tú crees en la historia del duodécimo piso oculto, ¿verdad? Se dice que hubo un huésped que nunca se registró, pero tampoco se marchó de allí. Y crees que puedo llevarte hasta ese escondite, ¿no es así?

Tú y tus amigos podéis intentar asustarme o manipularme. Y aunque luche por ocultar todo lo que siento cuando me miras, nunca le traicionaré.

Así que siéntate a esperar.

"En la Noche del Diablo, la caza te alcanzará." KAI

No tienes idea de lo que busco, pequeña. Nadie puede imaginarse en lo que me he convertido después de tres años en la cárcel. Una condena por un delito que volvería a cometer.

Quiero encontrar ese hotel y quiero que todo esto termine. Quiero mi vida de vuelta. Pero cuanto más cerca estoy de ti, más me doy cuenta de que este nuevo yo es quien debo ser.

Así que vamos, pequeña. No te acobardes. Mi casa está en la colina. Puedes entrar por donde quieras, pero buena suerte encontrando una salida.

Conozco tu escondite. ¿Quieres ver el mío?

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All the twisted games are back as Devil's Night returns in this dark romance fromNew York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas.

Buried in the shadows of the city, there’s an abandoned hotel called The Pope, surrounded by a mystery about the hidden twelfth floor and the guest who never checked out. Banks knows the local legend, but Kai Mori believes the myth around the hotel. He and his friends think they know her, think they can scare her, but Banks knows something they don’t. Even though she struggles to hide everything she feels when Kai looks at her, the person he seeks is much closer than he’ll ever realize.

She’ll never reveal her secret. This Devil’s Night, Kai will be the hunted one.

But Banks doesn’t know what Kai had to turn into to survive three years in prison. He wants the hotel, its guest, and his life back. But the more he’s around Banks, the more Kai realizes this new version of himself is exactly who he was meant to be.

Kai’s seen her hideaway. It’s time for Banks to see his.

Christie es la autora más traducida del mundo con ediciones en al menos 103 idiomas.

Una supuesta falla médica, dos muertes y, tal vez, un suicidio, atraen la atención de Poirot, quien descubrirá que algunos pacientes tienen en común mucho más que un doctor.

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In this edition from the Queen of Mystery, the meticulous detective Hercule Poirot suspects the worst of the death of a dentist.

Even the great detective Hercule Poirot harbored a deep and abiding fear of the dentist, so it was with some trepidation that he arrived at the celebrated Dr. Morley’s surgery for a dental examination. But what neither of them knew was that only hours later Poirot would be back to examine the dentist, found dead in his own surgery.

Turning to the other patients for answers, Poirot finds other, darker, questions...

Paco Ignacio Taibo II rinde homenaje al periodismo, la última barrera que nos impide caer en la barbarie, a través de Olga Lavanderos, la periodista más entrañable de la narrativa policiaca mexicana.

La joven periodista Olga Lavanderos esta empeñada en descubrir qué hay detrás de los crímenes que investiga, para publicar sus hallazgos en el diario La Capital. Acompañada de un niño de cuatro años, que habla español como futbolista brasileño, y de su abuelo, prófugo durante cincuenta años tras huir con un barco repleto de petróleo el día de la expropiación petrolera, Olga desciende a los infiernos del DF. Su voluntad inquebrantable la lleva a jugarse la vida, con el único objetivo de encontrar la verdad y conseguir algo de justicia en una de las ciudades más corruptas del planeta.

Con un sentido del humor hilarante y un ritmo excepcional, Paco Ignacio Taibo II rinde homenaje al periodismo, "la última pinche barrera que nos impide caer en la barbarie", a través de la periodista más entrañable de la narrativa policiaca mexicana.

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Paco Ignacio Taibo II pays tribute to journalism, the last barrier that prevents us from falling into barbarism, through Olga Lavanderos, the most endearing journalist of Mexican crime fiction.

The young journalist Olga Lavanderos is determined to discover what is behind the crimes she investigates, to publish her findings in the newspaper La Capital. Accompanied by a four-year-old boy, who speaks Spanish like a Brazilian soccer player, and her grandfather, a fugitive for fifty years after fleeing with a boat full of oil on the day of the oil expropriation, Olga descends into the hell of Mexico City. Her unbreakable will leads her to risk her life, with the sole objective of finding the truth and getting some justice in one of the most corrupt cities on the planet.

With a hilarious sense of humor and exceptional pacing, Paco Ignacio Taibo II pays tribute to journalism, "the last barrier that prevents us from falling into barbarism", through the most endearing journalist in Mexican crime fiction.

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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a powerful and evocative novel that captures the struggles of the Joad family, displaced by the Dust Bowl and economic hardship during the Great Depression. Set against the backdrop of the American Midwest, the story follows Tom Joad and his family as they journey westward in search of a better life in California.

Un juego peligroso. Un resultado mortal.

«El asesinato más sofisticado de su carrera... Mrs. Christie nunca ha sido tan ingeniosa.» Daily Mail

Mr. Shaitana es muy conocido por las fiestas que da en su casa. Sin embargo, se trata de un hombre extravagante del que todos desconfían. Además, tiene una afición poco usual: coleccionar criminales que han evadido la justicia.

En una de sus cenas, convoca a cuatro sospechosos de asesinato y a cuatro criminólogos, entre los cuales se encuentra Hércules Poirot. Tras una partida de bridge, descubren que el anfitrión ha sido asesinado por uno de los invitados…

Para averiguar el culpable, Poirot tendrá que ahondar en la psicología de cada sospechoso. ¿Quién de ellos tiene la mente fría de un asesino sin compasión?

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In Agatha Christie’s classic mystery, Cards on the Table, the wily Hercule Poirot is on the case when a bridge night turns deadly.

Mr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he is a man of whom everybody is a little afraid. So when he boasts to Hercule Poirot that he considers murder an art form, the detective has some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana’s “private collection.”

Indeed, what begins as an absorbing evening of bridge is to turn into a more dangerous game altogether.…

Explora el lado más oscuro de la literatura con cuentos góticos y de horror clásico. Obras maestras del siglo XIX disponibles en español.

Descubre el legado de Edgar Allan Poe, uno de los autores más influyentes de la literatura de terror y misterio. Su estilo ha inspirado a escritores como Stephen King y artistas como Manet y Gauguin. Este libro reúne diez de sus mejores cuentos, incluyendo clásicos como La carta robada y El gato negro, considerados verdaderas joyas de la literatura universal.

Ideal para amantes del suspenso, lo gótico y las historias oscuras que siguen fascinando generación tras generación.

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Discover timeless gothic horror stories from 19th-century America. Perfect for fans of mystery, madness, and the supernatural.

Discover the legacy of Edgar Allan Poe, one of the most influential voices in horror and mystery literature. His unique style has inspired writers like Stephen King and captivated artists such as Manet and Gauguin. This collection brings together ten of Poe’s finest short stories, including timeless classics like The Purloined Letter and The Black Cat—true masterpieces of world literature.

Perfect for fans of suspense, gothic tales, and dark stories that continue to mesmerize readers across generations.

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Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte. The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centers (as an adjective, wuthering is a Yorkshire word referring to turbulent weather).

The narrative tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them.

La primera de las novelas de la Terra Alta. Y la presentación de un personaje inolvidable, Melchor Marín, un hombre justo en un mundo que no lo es.

«Javier Cercas debuta en la novela policiaca y escribe un clásico.» Antonio Manzini
«Una novela de una potencia impresionante.» Christian Authier, Le Figaro
«Una novela suntuosa.» Guy Duplat, Lire
«Un éxito estrepitoso.» Alexandre Fillon, Les Echos

Un crimen terrible sacude la apacible comarca de la Terra Alta: los propietarios de su mayor empresa, Gráficas Adell, aparecen asesinados tras haber sido sometidos a atroces torturas. Se encarga del caso Melchor Marín, un joven policía y lector voraz llegado desde Barcelona cuatro años atrás, con un oscuro pasado a cuestas que le ha convertido en una leyenda del cuerpo y que cree haber enterrado bajo su vida feliz como marido de la bibliotecaria del pueblo y padre de una niña llamada Cosette, igual que la hija de Jean Valjean, el protagonista de su novela favorita: Los miserables.

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The first of the novels of Terra Alta. And the presentation of an unforgettable character, Melchor Marín, a righteous man in a world that is not.

"Javier Cercas makes his debut in detective novels and writes a classic." Antonio Manzini
"A novel of impressive power." Christian Authier, Le Figaro
"A sumptuous novel." Guy Duplat, Lire
"A resounding success." Alexandre Fillon, Les Echos

A terrible crime shakes the peaceful region of Terra Alta: the owners of his largest company, Gráficas Adell, are found murdered after having been subjected to atrocious torture. Melchor Marín is in charge of the case, a young policeman and voracious reader who arrived from Barcelona four years ago, with a dark past on his back that has made him a legend of the force and who he believes he has buried under his happy life as the husband of the village librarian and father of a girl named Cosette. just like the daughter of Jean Valjean, the protagonist of his favorite novel: Les Misérables.

Born at the turn of the 21st century, The Storyteller, also known as Ishkwegaabawiikwe (Last Standing Woman), carries her people’s past within her memories. The White Earth Anishinaabe people have lived on the same land for over a thousand years. Among the towering white pines and rolling hills, the people of each generation are born, live out their lives, and are buried.

The arrival of European missionaries changes the community forever. Government policies begin to rob the people of their land, piece by piece. Missionaries and Indian agents work to outlaw ceremonies the Anishinaabeg have practised for centuries. Grave-robbing anthropologists dig up ancestors and whisk them away to museums as artifacts. Logging operations destroy traditional sources of food, pushing the White Earth people to the brink of starvation.

Battling addiction, violence, and corruption, each member of White Earth must find their own path of resistance as they struggle to reclaim stewardship of their land, bring their ancestors home, and stay connected to their culture and to each other.

In this highly anticipated 25th anniversary edition of her debut novel, Winona LaDuke weaves a nonlinear narrative of struggle and triumph, resistance and resilience, spanning seven generations from the 1800s to the early 2000s.

Memories. Some memories are elusive, fleeting, like a butterfly that touches down and is free until it is caught. Others are haunting. You'd rather forget them, but they won't be forgotten. And some are always there. No matter where you are, they are there, too.

In this moving story of legacy and reclamation, two young sisters are taken from their home and family. Powerless in a broken system, April and Cheryl are separated and placed in different foster homes. Despite the distance, they remain close, even as their decisions threaten to divide them emotionally, culturally, and geographically. As one sister embraces her Métis identity, the other tries to leave it behind.

Will the sisters’ bond survive as they struggle to make their way in a society that is often indifferent, hostile, and violent?

Beloved for more than 40 years, In Search of April Raintree is a timeless story that lingers long after the final page. This anniversary edition features a foreword by Governor General’s Award–winning author Katherena Vermette, and an afterword by University of Regina professor, Dr. Raven Sinclair (Ôtiskewâpit), an expert on Indigenous child welfare.

★ [Akiwenzie-Damm's] luminescent prose in this book dances "like jingle dress dancers," and is somehow still compressed to shining perfection - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

In the Anishnaabe language and worldview, stones are alive, infused with life force or spirit. Although many of the stories are about loss, under that surface they are alive, celebrating the beauty and preciousness of life.—Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm

In these 14 unique stories, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm takes on complex and dangerous emotions, exploring the gamut of modern Anishinaabe experience. Through unforgettable characters, these stories—about love and lust, suicide and survival, illness and wholeness—illuminate the strange workings of the human heart.

Captains Wanted blends metaphysical and literary fiction to send readers on a journey of mind, body, and spiritual healing.

Inspired by personal anecdotes with indigenous ceremonial and Western therapeutic modalities that author Andres Schabelman sought after working at some of Silicon Valley’s largest tech companies, this captivating story combines elements of magical realism and literary fiction to offer an experimental take on success and self-growth.

Captains Wanted tells the story of what happens when people are willing to follow a new path, especially one they don’t logically understand. Through a collection of ceremonial anecdotes that touch upon each of the senses, readers are invited to not merely observe but actively participate in the quest for self-discovery. In the end, they are encouraged to draw their own conclusions about what has occurred and embark on a personal odyssey, where the meaning and significance unfold uniquely for each individual.

“Rip-roaring action sequences and the mystery of Madrenga’s curious powers propel the story through a series of consistently surprising twists and turns.” —Publishers Weekly

“Foster's brisk and eventful novel should please any reader looking for a quick and diverting adventure." —Booklist

“Alan Dean Foster is the modern-day Renaissance writer, as his abilities seem to have no genre boundaries.” —Bookbrowser

“One of the most consistently inventive and fertile writers of science-fiction and fantasy.” —The Times (London)

He is plainly too young and too inexperienced for the mission, but on the advice of her aged adviser Natoum, and with her husband off at war, the Queen reluctantly assigns the task of delivery to…

Madrenga.

Accompanied only by a runt of a pony and a scrap of a pup, he sets off to transport the royal message to its destination. No matter what it might take.

But things are not always what they seem. Heroes are sometimes made of the strangest stuff, and love is to be found in the most unexpected places.

If one doesn’t die while treading the lethal path…

Último libro de la serie Twisted que se puede leer como un libro independiente.

Él hará lo que sea para tenerla...incluso mentir.

Encantador, peligroso y lo suficientemente inteligente como para ocultarlo, a CHRISTIAN HARPER le resulta poco útil la moral y aún menos el amor, pero no puede negar la extraña atracción que siente hacia la mujer que vive justo un piso debajo de él. Ella es el único rompecabezas que no puede resolver. Y cuando surge la oportunidad de tenerla cerca, rompe sus propias reglas para ofrecerle un trato imposible de rechazar. Todos tenemos un punto débil. Ella es el suyo.

Su obsesión.
Su adicción.
Su única excepción.

Dulce, tímida e introvertida a pesar de su fama en las redes sociales, STELLA ALONSO protege con cautela su corazón. Entre sus dos trabajos, tiene poco tiempo y ningún deseo de iniciar una relación. Pero cuando una amenaza de su pasado la lleva a los brazos (y a la casa) del hombre más peligroso que jamás haya conocido, caerá en la tentación de permitirse sentir algo por primera vez en mucho tiempo. Porque él la hace sentir completa cuando están juntos.

Apasionada.
Protegida.
Anhelada.

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A fake-dating billionaire romance from New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Ana Huang.

It's the fourth and final book in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.

He'll do anything to have her...including lie.

Charming, deadly, and smart enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ink, the Rot and Ruin series, and the creator of V-Wars.

The undead walk. Vicious, relentless, and never tiring.

Hungry.

And the dead have their stories.

Bram Stoker Award-winner Jonathan Maberry is a master of the zombie tale. Empty Graves: Tales of the Living Dead is emotionally charged and disturbing. These stories range across the genres of horror, science fiction, and biological thriller without ever straying from the fascinating humanity at the core.

Together in a single action-packed collection, these 15 gritty tales of the living dead span Maberry's career, including an exclusive never-before-published short story.

Lord Derryk is in love with the foundling he and King Eirik discovered seventeen years ago. Then, he was but a child. Now, he is ready to court and marry her. Renata, however, believes she doesn’t belong and is unworthy of Derryk’s love. She tries to be a perfect wife, ultimately exhausting herself.

When temptation comes in the form of a professed friend, Iollan, she falls for his seductive lies, and betrays Derryk, breaking his heart.

Repeatedly, Derryk forgives and tries to draw her back. But Renata doesn’t believe Derryk can truly forgive or love her again. Renata continues be unfaithful, until Derryk signs a divorce.

Away from Derryk’s protection, Renata sees the truth about Iollan. At her lowest point, desperate, she returns to Eorden for help. She is offered a hut on the edge of his lands with only basic food to sustain her.

But Derryk has vanished and an army bears down on the kingdom. Iollan discovers Renata’s hideout and charges her with many crimes, including murder. Derryk’s servants are distraught, not knowing what to do.

The king arrives in time for the trial, where Renata is sentenced to death. At the last minute, Derryk steps out of the crowd and offers to take her punishment. What follows is a public hanging and a turn of events no one expects. Derryk’s love ultimately vanquishes all enemies and wins Renata’s heart forever in beautiful reconciliation.

First published in 1851, Henry Murger’sScènes de la vie de bohèmebrought together the stories he had written for a small arts newspaper in Paris. These semi-fictionalized tales, drawn from the daily lives of Murger and his friends, portray the struggles and celebrations, the loves and losses, of young writers and artists as they eked out an existence on the impoverished margins of society. While the nineteenth-century Parisian setting is fascinating in itself, the stories have retained their contemporary relevance as the continuing popularity of Puccini’s opera adaptation (La Bohème) and the Broadway success of Jonathan Larson’s Rent—both based on Murger’s stories—have demonstrated. 

Life in bohemia continues to attract young people in great numbers, just as it has done for almost two centuries, and it is Murger’s bohemia, with all its energy and eccentricities, that underlies that appeal. Balancing humor and despair, and optimism and desperation, Murger’s characters, much like today’s bohemians, manage to confound landlords and bill collectors, endure cold and hunger, find love and lose it, party without restraint and confront the devastating deaths of friends and lovers. 

With this new translation, readers can once again encounter the point of origin for the bohemian cultures that have flourished ever since, not only the source for Puccini’s and Larson’s phenomenally popular musical works as well as for numerous films and songs over many decades but also a classic work of literature that will re-introduce English readers to Rodolphe and Mimi, Marcel and Musette, Schaunard and Colline, after too long an absence.

A través de una fábula, Orwell expone de forma magistral los horrores de los regímenes totalitarios.

Uno de los alegatos más potentes contra el totalitarismo de cualquier especie.

Cansados de sufrir abusos, los animales de la granja de los Jones deciden rebelarse contra sus amos. Tras echar al propietario, establecen un nuevo orden basado en la igualdad. Sin embargo, pronto surge entre ellos una nueva clase de burócratas, los cerdos, que, con astucia, codicia y prepotencia se imponen sobre el resto de animales.

Concebida como una sátira mordaz del estalinismo, el carácter universal de su mensaje convierte esta novela en un extraordinario análisis de la corrupción que engendra el poder, una furibunda diatriba contra los totalitarismos y un lúcido examen de las manipulaciones que sufre la verdad histórica en los momentos de transformación política.

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Through a fable, Orwell masterfully exposes the horrors of totalitarian regimes.

One of the most powerful arguments against totalitarianism of any kind.

Tired of being abused, the animals on the Jones' farm decide to rebel against their masters. After the owner is kicked out, they establish a new order based on equality. However, a new class of bureaucrats soon emerges among them, the pigs, who, with cunning, greed and arrogance, impose themselves on the rest of the animals.

Conceived as a scathing satire of Stalinism, the universal nature of its message makes this novel an extraordinary analysis of the corruption that power engenders, a furious diatribe against totalitarianism, and a lucid examination of the manipulations that historical truth undergoes in moments of political transformation.

PRÓXIMAMENTE UNA GRAN PELÍCULA PROTAGONIZADA POR BLAKE LIVELY.

Más de 7 millones de ejemplares vendidos.

«Nadie escribe sobre sentimientos como Colleen Hoover.» Anna Todd, New York Times bestselling author

Lily no siempre lo ha tenido fácil, pero eso nunca le ha impedido luchar por la vida que quiere y ha recorrido un largo camino para llegar donde está ahora. Su vida comienza a cambiar el día que Ryle Kincaid, un extraordinario neurocirujano, se fija en ella. Ryle es asertivo, terco, tal vez incluso un poco arrogante, pero también es sensible, tremendamente atractivo, brillante, y tiene una debilidad total por ella. Todo en él es perfecto salvo su completa aversión a las relaciones, así que cuando Lily se da cuenta de que ella es la excepción a su regla de «no tener citas», no puede evitar preguntarse por qué ha tomado esa decisión.

A medida que las preguntas sobre su nueva relación la asaltan, también lo hacen los pensamientos sobre Atlas Corrigan, su primer amor y un vínculo con el pasado que dejó atrás. Él era su alma gemela, su protector. Cuando Atlas reaparece repentinamente y Ryle comienza a mostrar su verdadera cara, todo lo que Lily ha construido con él se ve amenazado.

A veces quien más te quiere es quien más daño te hace.

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SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING BLAKE LIVELY.

In this “brave and heartbreaking novel that digs its claws into you and doesn’t let go, long after you’ve finished it”. Anna Todd, New York Times bestselling author

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All Your Perfects, a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can’t stop thinking about her first love.

Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life seems too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating” rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan—her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.

An honest, evocative, and tender novel, It Ends with Us is “a glorious and touching read, a forever keeper. The kind of book that gets handed down”.USA Today.

(Large print edition)

In rural Tennessee, two young people struggle to make a life in a town rife with poverty, guns, and alcohol.

"Holding On To Nothing is a resonant song of the South, all whiskey, bluegrass, Dolly Parton, tobacco fields, and women who know better but still fall for the lowdown men whom they know will disappoint them."—Lauren Groff, National Book Award finalist author of Fates and Furies and Florida

Lucy Kilgore has her bags packed for her escape from her rural Tennessee upbringing, but a drunken mistake forever tethers her to the town and one of its least-admired residents, Jeptha Taylor, who becomes the father of her child. Together, these two young people work to form a family, though neither has any idea how to accomplish that, and the odds are against them in a place with little to offer other than bluegrass music, tobacco fields, and a Walmart full of beer and firearms for the hunting season. Their path is harrowing, but Lucy and Jeptha are characters to love, and readers will root for their success in a novel so riveting that no one will want to turn out the light until they know whether this family will survive.

This new paperback edition features a readers' guide in the back of the book with questions for discussion and an interview with the author.

Trailblazing author, Marianne K. Martin asks, “How much are you willing to sacrifice to protect your students and the woman you love?” in this powerful and timely novel.

Johanna Beals decided sixteen years ago to sacrifice everything to raise her daughter Kayla as a single mother. She knew it was the right decision even when it led to lonely nights and broken relationships, and even when adolescent secrets challenged their mother/daughter bond. But the decision to go it alone seems easy compared to the one she is about to face.

Secrets and bouts of teenage angst don’t only challenge parents. English teacher, Miya James, has dealt with her fair share of them over the years. But Kayla Beals seems to be whispering to the wind, an act that stirs uncomfortable memories of Miya’s fractured childhood. As the school year progresses, she finds she wasn’t prepared for this student, for her mother, or for the sparks that add fuel to the teeming atmosphere of unrest, bullying, and homophobia that leaves her school district grappling with life-changing decisions for everyone involved.

Eran la pareja perfecta... Hasta que ella desapareció

Casey Fletcher, una célebre actriz que acaba de perder a su esposo en un trágico accidente, intenta escapar de su dolor y una racha de malas críticas cuando decide refugiarse en la casa de su familia junto a un lago en Vermont. Equipada con un par de binoculares y varias botellas de licor, dedica su tiempo a observar a Tom y Katherine Royce, la atractiva pareja que vive en la casa al otro lado del lago. Parecen ser el matrimonio ideal: Tom, un rico empresario de tecnología, y Katherine, una hermosa ex modelo.

Un día en el lago, Casey salva milagrosamente a Katherine de ahogarse, y las dos comienzan a entablar una amistad. Pero cuanto más se conocen y más tiempo pasa Casey observándolos, queda claro que el matrimonio no es tan armonioso y perfecto como parece. Cuando repentinamente Katherine desaparece, Casey no cree que haya regresado a Manhattan como sugieren sus publicaciones en redes sociales, presiente que algo turbio ha ocurrido y se obsesiona con tratar de descubrirlo. Además, una serie de nuevas desapariciones la hacen sospechar que algo mucho más oscuro existe detrás.

Descubrir la verdad será solo la antesala de un misterio mucho más espeluznante de lo que pudo haber imaginado.

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They were the perfect couple... Until she disappeared

Casey Fletcher, a celebrated actress who just lost her husband in a tragic accident, tries to escape her grief and a streak of bad reviews when she decides to take refuge in her family's lakeside home in Vermont. Equipped with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of liquor, she spends her time observing Tom and Katherine Royce, the attractive couple who live in the house across the lake. They seem to be the ideal marriage: Tom, a wealthy tech entrepreneur, and Katherine, a beautiful former model.

One day at the lake, Casey miraculously saves Katherine from drowning, and the two begin to strike up a friendship. But the more they get to know each other and the more time Casey spends observing them, it becomes clear that the marriage is not as harmonious and perfect as it seems. When Katherine suddenly disappears, Casey doesn't believe she's returned to Manhattan as her social media posts suggest, senses that something shady has happened, and becomes obsessed with trying to figure it out. In addition, a series of new disappearances make her suspect that something much darker exists behind it.

Uncovering the truth will be just the prelude to a mystery far more horrifying than he could have imagined.

El año de la langosta es la obra de un gran observador de la realidad política que domina perfectamente la acción más trepidante.

Si, como Kane, eres un espía de la CIA en una Zona de Acceso Restringido, los límites no significan nada para ti. Tu misión es entrar, hacer lo que sea necesario y salir de nuevo, cueste lo que cueste. Sabes cuándo correr, cuándo esconderte y cuándo disparar. Pero algunos lugares no siguen ninguna regla. Algunos lugares son demasiado peligrosos, incluso para un hombre con la experiencia de Kane. Las tierras baldías donde se unen las fronteras de Pakistán, Irán y Afganistán son uno de esos territorios en los que la violencia es la única forma de sobrevivir. Kane viaja allí para buscar a un hombre con información vital para la seguridad de Occidente, pero se encuentra con un adversario que pretende llevar al mundo al borde de la extinción. Un hombre aterrador, inteligente y cruel, con sangre en las manos y venganza en el corazón…

Un thriller geopolítico impecable, adictivoy altamente cinematográfico que transporta al lector de Washington a Irán, pasando por Rusia o Nueva York, en un increíble viaje alrededor del mundo. Una novela imponente que ha fascinado a cientos de miles de lectores en todo el mundo.

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The Year of the Locust is the work of a great observer of political reality who perfectly masters the most frenetic action.

If, like Kane, you're a CIA spy in a Restricted Access Zone, boundaries mean nothing to you. Your mission is to get in, do whatever it takes, and get out again, whatever it takes. You know when to run, when to hide, and when to shoot. But some places don't follow any rules. Some places are too dangerous, even for a man with Kane's experience. The wastelands where the borders of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan meet are one of those territories where violence is the only way to survive. Kane travels there to search for a man with information vital to the security of the West, but he encounters an adversary who aims to bring the world to the brink of extinction. A terrifying, intelligent and cruel man, with blood on his hands and revenge in his heart...

An impeccable, addictive and highly cinematic geopolitical thriller that transports the reader from Washington to Iran, passing through Russia or New York, on an incredible journey around the world. An imposing novel that has fascinated hundreds of thousands of readers around the world.

Un legado invaluable que nos invita a seguir leyendo, escribiendo y soñando.

México crecía vertiginosamente, el mundo atravesaba un momento angustioso, la Ciudad de México se convertía en una metrópoli moderna, todo parecía al alcance de la mano, el aire tenía un aroma a novedad. La vida era una aventura, los niños jugaban a la guerra en Oriente Próximo: batallas en el desieron que se decidían en patios terregosos. Fue la época en que Carlos soñaba y recorría las calles de la colonia Roma con impaciencia propia de su edad. Aunque el mundo giraba presuroso, nada fue tan determinante para él cono el día en que conoció a la madre de su mejor amigo y en ella descubrió los resquemores que acompañan al primer amor y ponen fin a la infancia. 

Obra atemporal de la literatura mexicana y universal, José Emilio Pacheco recrea una época -la de un país que perdía su inocencia- y rescata ese momento en que nos despedimos de la niñez para arrojarnos al lacerante desafío que es crecer.

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An invaluable legacy that invites us to continue reading, writing and dreaming.

Mexico was growing vertiginously, the world was going through a distressing moment, Mexico City was becoming a modern metropolis, everything seemed within reach, the air had a smell of novelty. Life was an adventure, children played war in the Middle East: battles in the Middle East, fought in earthy courtyards. It was the time when Carlos dreamed and walked the streets of the Roma neighborhood with impatience typical of his age. Although the world was spinning quickly, nothing was as decisive for him as the day he met his best friend's mother and in her he discovered the resentments that accompany first love and put an end to childhood. 

A timeless work of Mexican and universal literature, José Emilio Pacheco recreates an era – that of a country that was losing its innocence – and rescues that moment when we said goodbye to childhood to throw ourselves into the lacerating challenge that is growing up.

Un legado invaluable que nos invita a seguir leyendo, escribiendo y soñando.

En la pieza que da título a este volumen (premio Xavier Villaurrutia), Jorge, un muchacho que no entiende por qué la vida es como es, crece en una sociedad de doble moral cuyas contradicciones se acentúan a medida que lo consume el amor por una joven mayor que él. A esta novela corta siguen los cuentos «La zarpa», donde una mujer confiesa a un sacerdote las decisiones que tomó en el pasado; «La fiesta brava», que narra la vida de un infravalorado escritor que recibe una última oportunidad; «Langerhaus», en el que el misterio persigue a un difunto que nadie parece recordar; «Tenga para que se entretenga», donde el mismo lector debe atar cabos para resolver el caso de un niño desaparecido y, finalmente, «Cuando salí de La Habana, válgame Dios», en el cual un nervioso agente de ventas se enamora en un viaje en altamar. 

Este libro inclasificable deambula por la fantasía, la literatura policiaca, la novela de crecimiento, el realismo y el simbolismo, y al hacerlo, nos confirma por qué la obra de José Emilio Pacheco es universal.

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An invaluable legacy that invites us to continue reading, writing and dreaming.

In the title piece of this volume (Xavier Villaurrutia Prize), Jorge, a boy who does not understand why life is the way it is, grows up in a society of double standards whose contradictions are accentuated as he is consumed by love for a young woman older than him. This short novel is followed by the stories "La zarpa", where a woman confesses to a priest the decisions she made in the past; "La fiesta brava" (Bullfighting), which narrates the life of an underrated writer who receives one last chance; "Langerhaus", in which mystery haunts a deceased person that no one seems to remember; «Tenga para que se entretenga» (Have to Keep You Entertained), where the same reader must connect the dots to solve the case of a missing child and, finally, «Cuando salí de La Habana, válgame Dios» (When I left Havana, God Bless Me), in which a nervous sales agent falls in love on a trip on the high seas.

This unclassifiable book wanders through fantasy, detective literature, the coming-of-age novel, realism and symbolism, and in doing so, confirms why José Emilio Pacheco's work is universal.

Una novela para leer a escondidas en la oficina.

La presentadora del pódcast Arsénico Caviar debuta con una afilada novela sobre una mujer harta del trabajo.

El descontento es la historia de Marisa, una mujer en sus treinta que vive anestesiada mediante ansiolíticos y videos de YouTube para soportar las rutinas y pesares de su día a día en una agencia de publicidad. Tan solo acude presencialmente a la oficina para ahorrar dinero en aire acondicionado durante el sofocante agosto madrileño. Marisa odia el trabajo. Sin embargo, no puede dejarlo: le gustan demasiado las cosas bonitas.

La semana previa a un team building organizado por su empresa, la ansiedad de Marisa se dispara; compartir un fin de semana entero con sus compañeros le resulta insoportable y el recuerdo enterrado de una tragedia ocurrida tiempo atrás vuelve para atormentarla. A medida que pasan los días, su máscara social, tan cuidada y pulida a lo largo de los años, se irá resquebrajando hasta hacerlo volar todo por los aires. 

Esta novela es un dardo afilado que atraviesa al lector con cada palabra. Una radiografía magistral sobre las crisis vividas por cualquier persona que trabaja; sobre la soledad, la necesidad de vínculos y conexiones para encontrar la chispa y no tirarse delante de un autobús un lunes por la mañana.

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A novel to read secretly in the office.

The host of the Arsénico Caviar podcast debuts with a sharp novel about a woman fed up with work.

Discontent is the story of Marisa, a woman in her thirties who lives anesthetized through anxiolytics and YouTube videos to endure the routines and sorrows of her day-to-day life in an advertising agency. Just go to the office in person to save money on air conditioning during Madrid's sweltering August. Marisa hates work. However, she can't give it up: she likes beautiful things too much.

The week before a team building organized by her company, Marisa's anxiety skyrockets; Sharing a whole weekend with her classmates is unbearable for her and the buried memory of a tragedy that occurred some time ago comes back to haunt her. As the days go by, his social mask, so neat and polished over the years, will crack until he blows everything up. 

This novel is a sharp dart that pierces the reader with every word. A masterful x-ray of the crises experienced by anyone who works; about loneliness, the need for bonds and connections to find the spark and not throw yourself in front of a bus on a Monday morning.

Una bella actriz. Un lord déspota.

¿Un divorcio que acaba en asesinato?

Hércules Poirot y su fiel amigo, el capitán Hastings, reciben un encargo inusual de una bella actriz, Jane Wilkinson. Casada con el déspota aristócrata inglés lord Edgware, éste se niega a concederle el divorcio, de ahí que requiera la ayuda del célebre investigador belga. Sin embargo, para sorpresa de Poirot, el aristócrata afirma que hace ya tiempo envió una carta a su esposa aceptando su demanda.

La alegría de la actriz al conocer la noticia es inmensa, pero lo que parecía un asunto resuelto se complica de forma inesperada: lord Edgware aparece apuñalado en su mansión, y la secretaria y el mayordomo del noble asesinado afirman que la mujer vestida de negro que solicitó ver a lord Edgware la noche de su muerte no era otra que su esposa, Jane Wilkinson.

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A beautiful actress. A despotic lord.

A divorce that ends in murder?

Hercule Poirot and his faithful friend, Captain Hastings, receive an unusual commission from a beautiful actress, Jane Wilkinson. Married to the English aristocratic despot Lord Edgware, he refuses to grant her a divorce, which is why she requires the help of the famous Belgian researcher. However, to Poirot's surprise, the aristocrat claims that he sent a letter to his wife some time ago accepting his demand. 

The actress's joy at hearing the news is immense, but what seemed to be a settled matter is unexpectedly complicated: Lord Edgware is found stabbed in his mansion, and the secretary and butler of the murdered nobleman claim that the woman dressed in black who requested to see Lord Edgware on the night of his death was none other than his wife, Jane Wilkinson.

Siete intensas historias sobre el desamor y la compleja relación entre hombres y mujeres.

Haruki Murakami ofrece a los lectores siete relatos —entre ellos el que nspiró la película ganadora en Cannes 2021, en los Globos de Oro y nominada al Óscar, Drive my car— sobre la soledad que precede o sigue a la relación amorosa. Hombres que han perdido a una mujer, o cuya relación ha estado marcada por el desencuentro, asisten inermes al regreso de los fantasmas del pasado y son incapaces de establecer una comunicación plena con la pareja o ven extrañamente interrumpida su historia de amor. Otros experimentan atormentados amores no correspondidos o, incluso, como en el relato protagonizado por una metamorfosis kafkiana, desconocen todavía los mecanismos del afecto y del sexo.

Sin embargo, las verdaderas protagonistas de estas historias son ellas, las mujeres que, misteriosas, irrumpen en la vida de los hombres para luego desaparecer. 

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Seven intense stories about heartbreak and the complex relationship between men and women.

Haruki Murakami offers readers seven stories – including the one that inspired the winning film at Cannes 2021, at the Golden Globes and nominated for an Oscar, Drive my car – about the loneliness that precedes or follows the love relationship. Men who have lost a woman, or whose relationship has been marked by disagreement, witness the return of the ghosts of the past helplessly and are unable to establish full communication with their partner or see their love story strangely interrupted. Others experience tormented unrequited love or, even, as in the story starring a Kafkaesque metamorphosis, they are still unaware of the mechanisms of affection and sex.

However, the real protagonists of these stories are them, the women who, mysteriously, burst into men's lives and then disappear.

Es una invitación a adentrarnos en una prosa aguda y corruscante, que tomándonos en broma nos cuestiona de manera profunda y radical.

La obra de Juan José Arreola (Jalisco, 1918- 2001) es un despliegue notable de temas y estilos; del cuento fantástico a la fábula de animales, de lo mágico a lo fantasmagórico, del amor idealizado a las más hermosas metáforas del dolor y de la muerte, los relatos reunidos en este Confabulario recorren ese espacio de ingenuidad y sapiencia que constituye el núcleo de su obra.

Una obra cuyos orígenes se remontan a las literaturas clásicas y en la que el lector –como resaltó un crítico– descubrirá a un narrador de poderosa y sorprendente imaginación, a un orfebre de las palabras y a un mago con los poderes de la imaginación.

“Soy autodidacto, es cierto. Pero a los doce años y en Zapotlán el Grande leí a Baudelaire, a Walt Whitman y a los principales fundadores de mi estilo: Papini y Marcel Schwob… Y oía canciones y los dichos populares y me gustaba mucho la conversación”, escribió el propio Arreola, una de las mayores voces, junto a Juan Rulfo, de la literatura mexicana contemporánea.

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It is an invitation to delve into a sharp and coruscant prose, which, taking us as a joke, questions us in a profound and radical way.

The work of Juan José Arreola (Jalisco, 1918-2001) is a remarkable display of themes and styles; from the fantastic tale to the fable of animals, from the magical to the phantasmagoric, from idealized love to the most beautiful metaphors of pain and death, the stories gathered in this Confabulario travel through that space of naivety and wisdom that constitutes the core of his work.

A work whose origins go back to classical literatures and in which the reader – as one critic pointed out – will discover a narrator of powerful and surprising imagination, a goldsmith of words and a magician with the powers of imagination.

"I'm self-taught, it's true. But at the age of twelve and in Zapotlán el Grande I read Baudelaire, Walt Whitman and the main founders of my style: Papini and Marcel Schwob... And I listened to songs and popular sayings and I liked the conversation very much," wrote Arreola himself, one of the greatest voices, along with Juan Rulfo, of contemporary Mexican literature.

Un secreto puede afectar al futuro de España.

En esta obra, Muñoz Molina vuelve a un tiempo gris y cansado de la historia española como fueron los años finales de la dictadura franquista. En un Madrid desdibujado y sórdido los protagonistas de este espléndido relato se ven atrapados por la maquinaria de una conjura para cambiar el destino político de España.

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A secret can affect the future of Spain.

In this work, Muñoz Molina returns to a gray and tired time in Spanish history such as the final years of the Franco dictatorship. In a blurred and sordid Madrid, the protagonists of this splendid story are trapped by the machinery of a conspiracy to change the political destiny of Spain.

1986. La ciudad bajo toque de queda. Los casetes suenan. Un chico busca a otro. ¿Es el momento indicado?

Tomás Mena cuenta los minutos para entrar a la universidad e inaugurar una nueva etapa de su vida: la familia, el barrio y la dictadura, que oprime y ahoga, no dan para más. No quiere seguir sintiéndose incompleto y tiene ansias de experimentarlo todo, de comerse el mundo que se abre ante sus ojos, de ser distinto. Al otro lado de la ciudad, Clemente Fabres espera terminar cuarto año de Periodismo para tomar sus cosas y volver a Inglaterra, donde él cree que pertenece. Santiago de Chile le parece aburrido, asfixiante y gris. Lo único que lo mantiene a salvo es escribir un fanzine de música, películas y libros, que distribuye gratuitamente y que lo llevará a encontrarse con Tomás en disquerías, cines y fiestas under. Mientras la atmósfera del país se vuelve sofocante, ellos luchan, con el rabioso ímpetu de la juventud, por iluminar esos años oscuros.

Caleidoscópica e irreverente, a la vez que tierna y emotiva, incluso política, Ciertos chicos reafirma la maestría de Alberto Fuguet para construir novelas generacionales. Una hermosa y peligrosa historia de amor que funciona como homenaje a la escena contracultural de los años ochenta.

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1986. The city under curfew. The cassettes are playing. One boy looks for another. Is the time right?

Tomás Mena is counting down the minutes to enter the university and inaugurate a new stage of his life: the family, the neighborhood and the dictatorship, which oppresses and suffocates, cannot take it anymore. He does not want to continue feeling incomplete and is eager to experience everything, to take on the world that opens up before his eyes, to be different. On the other side of town, Clemente Fabres hopes to finish his fourth year of journalism to take his things and return to England, where he believes he belongs.

Santiago de Chile seems boring, suffocating and gray to him. The only thing that keeps him safe is to write a fanzine of music, movies and books, which he distributes for free and that will take him to meet Tomás in record stores, cinemas and underground parties. As the atmosphere of the country becomes suffocating, they struggle, with the rabid impetus of youth, to illuminate those dark years.

Kaleidoscopic and irreverent, at the same time tender and emotional, even political, Ciertos chicos (Certain Boys) reaffirms Alberto Fuguet's mastery of constructing generational novels. A beautiful and dangerous love story that works as a tribute to the countercultural scene of the eighties.

La novela que ha inspirado la serie LA TIERRA DE LAS MUJERES de AppleTV+, protagonizada por Eva Longoria y Carmen Maura.

Descubrieron su pasado, comprendieron su presente, dibujaron su futuro.

Gala Marlborough viaja con sus dos hijas, Kate y Adele, a un pequeño pueblo del Empordà con la única intención de cobrar la herencia de un familiar desconocido y retomar cuanto antes su vida en Nueva York. Ignora que esa decisión activará una perfecta, sutil y acompasada maquinaria dispuesta a desempolvar mentiras enterradas, secretos familiares y sanar almas entregadas a la amargura del dolor.

Después de Reír al viento, su debut literario, éxito arrollador de crítica y lectores, Sandra Barneda se confirmó como narradora con La Tierra de las Mujeres, su segunda novela. Un viaje fascinante al corazón de La Muga, un diminuto lugar del planeta gobernado por un singular círculo de ancianas de corazón infinito, sabedoras de que lo minúsculo puede llegar a ser inconmensurable.

Reflexiva, contemporánea, mágica, rebelde..., una apasionada vuelta a los orígenes, un redescubrimiento, la certeza de que con la fuerza y el consentimiento de los antepasados cualquiera puede tentar al destino.

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The novel that has inspired the AppleTV+ series LA TIERRA DE LAS MUJERES (THE LAND OF WOMEN), starring Eva Longoria and Carmen Maura.

They discovered their past, they understood their present, they drew their future.

Gala Marlborough travels with her two daughters, Kate and Adele, to a small town in the Empordà with the sole intention of collecting the inheritance of an unknown relative and resuming her life in New York as soon as possible. He ignores that this decision will activate a perfect, subtle and rhythmic machinery ready to dust off buried lies, family secrets and heal souls given over to the bitterness of pain.

After Reír al viento (Laughing in the Wind), her literary debut, an overwhelming success with critics and readers, Sandra Barneda confirmed herself as a narrator with La Tierra de las Mujeres, her second novel. A fascinating journey to the heart of La Muga, a tiny place on the planet ruled by a unique circle of old women with infinite hearts, knowing that the minuscule can become immeasurable.

Reflective, contemporary, magical, rebellious..., a passionate return to the origins, a rediscovery, the certainty that with the strength and consent of the ancestors anyone can tempt fate.

Un fiel retrato de los sueños, la realidad, los deseos y las frustraciones de la Cuba actual.

En una terraza habanera con vistas al Malecón, un grupo de viejos amigos se reúne para celebrar el inesperado regreso de Amadeo, exiliado en España durante dieciséis años. Lo que empieza siendo una velada festiva en la que se recuerdan entre risas historias y melodías de su juventud, se convierte, a medida que avanza la noche, en un encuentro catártico hasta el estremecimiento.

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A faithful portrait of the dreams, reality, desires and frustrations of today's Cuba.

On a Havana terrace overlooking the Malecón, a group of old friends gather to celebrate the unexpected return of Amadeo, exiled in Spain for sixteen years. What begins as a festive evening in which stories and melodies from his youth are remembered with laughter, becomes, as the night progresses, a cathartic encounter to the point of shuddering.

El desgarrador viaje vital de una niña atrapada en un cuerpo que no sabe habitar. Una novela deslumbrante que no se parece a nada que hayas leído. Un fenómeno literario internacional antes de su publicación.

«La mala costumbre nos enseña a volver >a mirarlo todo otra vez y a entenderlo mejor.» Bob Pop

«Un libro hermosísimo, cruel y redentor sobre el camino que recorremos hasta convertirnos en quienes somos.» Elena Medel

>«Una escritora en mayúsculas, cruda y brillante. Un debut arrebatador lleno de buenos augurios. Una herida sin nombre que por fin podrá cicatrizar.» María Sánchez

Narrada desde una singular y desgarradora voz en primera persona, La mala costumbre recorre la adolescencia de una niña atrapada en un cuerpo que no sabe habitar, que intenta comprenderse a sí misma y al mundo en el que vive, desde su infancia en una familia de clase obrera en el barrio de San Blas, arrasado por la heroína en los años ochenta, hasta las noches clandestinas en el centro de Madrid de los noventa. Como en una versión bastarda del viaje del héroe, yonquis, divas pop y ángeles caídos la acompañan en un viaje vital en el que, al final, serán otras mujeres quienes le ayuden a superar la violencia que encuentra a cada paso.

La mala costumbre es una novela cruda y feroz, pero también poética y conmovedora, en la que los extremos se tocan para mostrarnos por qué el resentimiento y la rabia contra el sistema son completamente válidos para sobrevivir en una sociedad que no acepta a los que son diferentes. Dueña de un universo creativo único en el que conviven el teatro, la historia clásica y el activismo, Alana S. Portero debuta en la ficción con esta novela deslumbrante que se ha convertido en un fenómeno editorial internacional antes de su publicación.

Puedes escuchar la banda sonora de la novela en: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0gQEfjdfg1iInLPl5JPoho?si=rirNC6yaRsautEDcBe27GA

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The heartbreaking life journey of a girl trapped in a body she doesn't know how to inhabit. A dazzling novel that is unlike anything you've ever read. An international literary phenomenon before its publication.

"La mala costumbre (The Bad Habit) teach us to look at everything again and to understand it better." Bob Pop

"A beautiful, cruel and redemptive book about the path we take to become who we are." Elena Medel

"A writer in capital letters, raw and brilliant. A captivating debut full of good omens. A nameless wound that can finally heal." Maria Sanchez

Narrated from a unique and heartbreaking first-person voice, La mala costumbre covers the adolescence of a girl trapped in a body she does not know how to inhabit, who tries to understand herself and the world in which she lives, from her childhood in a working-class family in the neighborhood of San Blas, devastated by heroin in the eighties, to the clandestine nights in the center of Madrid in the nineties. As in a bastard version of the hero's journey, junkies, pop divas and fallen angels accompany her on a life journey in which, in the end, it will be other women who help her overcome the violence she encounters at every step.

You can listen to the soundtrack of the novel at: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0gQEfjdfg1iInLPl5JPoho?si=rirNC6yaRsautEDcBe27GA 

La mala costumbre is a raw and fierce novel, but also poetic and moving, in which extremes touch to show us why resentment and rage against the system are completely valid to survive in a society that does not accept those who are different. Owner of a unique creative universe in which theater, classic history and activism coexist, Alana S. Portero makes her fiction debut with this dazzling novel that has become an international publishing phenomenon before its publication.

Una amistad inesperada

Una segunda oportunidad que cambiará su vida

Con toda su familia y amigos ya muertos, Murray McBride, un anciano centenario y exjugador de beisbol, no ve una razón para seguir viviendo. Sin embargo, el inesperado encuentro con Jason Cashman, un niño de diez años que tiene un defecto cardiaco terminal, le enseñará que, incluso a su avanzada edad, puede vivir nuevas experiencias que le den sentido a su vida.

Jason tiene una lista de cinco cosas que quiere hacer antes de morir, por lo que juntos intentarán ganar la batalla contra el tiempo para cumplir cada uno de sus deseos.

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An unexpected friendship

A second chance that will change your life

With all his family and friends now dead, Murray McBride, a centenarian and former baseball player, sees no reason to go on living. However, the unexpected encounter with Jason Cashman, a ten-year-old boy who has a terminal heart defect, will teach him that, even at his advanced age, he can live new experiences that give meaning to his life.

Jason has a list of five things he wants to do before he dies, so together they will try to win the battle against time to fulfill each of his wishes.

International Latino Book Awards 2025 - Mejor libro traducido de ficción, Inglés a Español. MEDALLA DE ORO

«Podría convertirse en una buena película o serie de televisión.» —Comentario de los jueces del ILBA

«Divertidísima… Un deslumbrante drama de amor, política, corrupción... protagonizado por una familia puertorriqueña en Brooklyn». People

Olga y su hermano, Pedro «Prieto» Acevedo, un carismático congresista, han alcanzado un estatus privilegiado en la ciudad de Nueva York. Olga es una reconocida organizadora de bodas de la élite de la ciudad, y su trabajo es recompensado con cifras astronómicas. Su hermano, «Prieto» Acevedo, representa a la comunidad latina en su barrio natal de Brooklyn.

Lo que pocos saben es que, a pesar de sus exitosas vidas, los Acevedo se criaron con su abuela cuando su madre, Blanca, los abandonó para entregarse al activismo político con los Young Lords. Ahora, tras sobrevivir al huracán María, ella reaparece súbitamente en sus vidas.

Con el telón de fondo de la ciudad de Nueva York en los meses posteriores al devastador huracán, Olga muere soñando explora la corrupción política, los conflictos familiares y el verdadero significado del sueño americano.

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International Latino Book Awards 2025 - Best Translated Fiction Book, English to Spanish. GOLD MEDAL

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK · WINNER OF THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PRIZE • INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD FINALIST

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Kirkus, Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Vogue, Esquire, Book Riot, Goodreads, EW, Reader's Digest, and more!

"Don’t underestimate this new novelist. She’s jump-starting the year with a smart romantic comedy that lures us in with laughter and keeps us hooked with a fantastically engaging story." —The Washington Post

A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots—all in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro “Prieto” Acevedo, are boldfaced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn, while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan’s power brokers. 

Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the 1 percent but she can’t seem to find her own. . . until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets.

Olga and Prieto’s mother, Blanca, a Young Lord turned radical, abandoned her children to advance a militant political cause, leaving them to be raised by their grandmother. Now, with the winds of hurricane season, Blanca has come barreling back into their lives.

Set against the backdrop of New York City in the months surrounding the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico’s history, Xochitl Gonzalez’s Olga Dies Dreaming is a story that examines political corruption, familial strife, and the very notion of the American dream—all while asking what it really means to weather a storm.

Get ready for a wild ride where danger and hilarity intertwine, and where the line between friend and foe blurs under the scorching Florida sun.

As the band sets the tropical soundtrack, investment advisor Tom McCall aims to bring some cool to the sizzling scene. But is he who he claims to be?

Enter Florida Freddi and Missy Mudd, the dynamic duo of real estate known as the Bikini Real Estate team. Their latest sale to Jules Armand takes an unexpected turn when suspicions arise—is Armand truly who he says he is, or is he the notorious Russian scam artist Boris Nabokov? Tom, alias for former cop turned private investigator Rick Dante, is on the case, unraveling a web of deceit that intertwines with Freddi's secret life as Sabrina, agent for exotic dancers. But their investigations lead to a darker truth—a female trafficking ring operated by ruthless Russians.

As Freddi and Rick's paths collide, sparks fly in more ways than one, igniting a magnetic attraction despite their mutual suspicions. With a colorful cast of characters, including Boomer the horse and The Squid, their journey will have you holding on tight as you barrel towards a chaotic and uproarious showdown.

International Latino Book Awards 2025 - Mejor novela de Ciencia Ficción. MEDALLA DE BRONCE

«Este libro es una lectura obligada para todos los que aman la ciencia ficción. ¡Lo tiene todo!» —Comentario de los jueces del ILBA

«Un resonante experimento literario» –XOCHITL GONZALEZ, AUTORA DE OLGA MUERE SOÑANDO

Inspirado en el clásico de Mary Shelley y combinando elementos de ciencia ficción, horror, sátira política y romance, Frankenstein Chicano confronta los prejuicios de una sociedad en crisis y cuestiona el verdadero significado de ser humano.

Los «reanimados» están casi completamente integrados en nuestra sociedad, aunque continúan empleados en los trabajos que nadie más quiere hacer. Devueltos a la vida a través de un controvertido proceso en el que se emplean partes de distintos cadáveres, viven en el límite de un mundo que los rechaza casi tanto como los necesita. Y es que, en Estados Unidos, la primera mujer que ha ganado la presidencia tras una campaña electoral anti-reanimación, insiste en que los «zurcidos» son criminales que han llegado para robar los trabajos de sus ciudadanos.

En Los Ángeles, un asistente legal lleva una vida monótona después de que el proceso de reanimación borrara su memoria. Pero todo cambia cuando se enamora de la abogada Faustina Godínez. Al adentrarse en su mundo —lleno de amigos, risas, chilaquiles y pan dulce— el hombre comienza a indagar sobre sus orígenes y a conocer detalles de su propia vida anterior. Pero la incertidumbre a la que se enfrenta no será el único obstáculo que tendrá que superar: los simpatizantes de la causa anti- reanimación siguen sus pasos cada vez más de cerca...

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International Latino Book Awards 2025 - Best Novel, SciFi. BRONZE MEDAL

«'This was a must read for everyone who loves sciencefction! It had everything.» —Insight from the ILBA judges

A modern retelling of the Mary Shelley classic that addresses issues of belonging and assimilation.

An unnamed paralegal, brought back to life through a controversial process, maneuvers through a near-future world that both needs and resents him. As the United States president spouts anti-reanimation rhetoric and giant pharmaceutical companies rake in profits, the man falls in love with lawyer Faustina Godínez. His world expands as he meets her network of family and friends, setting him on a course to discover his first-life history, which the reanimation process erased. With elements of science fiction, horror, political satire and romance, Chicano Frankenstein confronts our nation’s bigotries and the question of what it truly means to be human.

Essien of Alkebulan returns in this gripping sequel to Descendants of Fire & Water.

Rescued from the clutches of President Gabriel by Enyemaka, Essien flees into the wilderness of Alkebulan, finding herself amongst a group of rebels who seek to dismantle the very regime she used to serve. She quickly becomes a reluctant participant of the rebel cause, desperate to gain control over the flames that threaten to overwhelm her, only to discover she’s simply traded one captivity for another.

Determined not to be caged, she goes on the run from both the rebels and the President. But Gabriel cannot be so easily shaken, nor ignored. Using Enyemaka as leverage, Gabriel convinces Essien to return to him, this time bonded, to fulfill the Mothers’ prophecy of the pair ruling Alkebulan together. But first, Essien must convince all of Alkebulan to crown her Queen. As the pressures of the campaign and Gabriel’s desire threaten to break her, Essien must decide what pieces of herself she’s willing to sacrifice for the good of her people.

Seductive and disturbing, Wielders of Floods & Flames takes readers on a journey of captivity, resistance, and reclamation.

Clay Blackburn—poet, book scout, and sometimes detective—cruises the mean, and sometimes not so mean, streets of Berkeley. With his accomplices, a soldier of fortune, a “defrocked” FBI agent, and a smooth and sexy con man, he lives a life of bisexual sensation with a little crime solving on the side. As such, Blackburn is a sly, witty, and more or less reliable raconteur of the last thirty something years of the Bay Area’s radical bohemia and bookselling. And in the tradition of Ian Rankin’s Edinburgh, and Jean-Claude Izzo’s Marseilles, bears uncomfortable witness to Berkeley’s descent from countercultural paradise to neoliberal inferno.

This omnibus collection collects the novels The Chandler Apartments (2002), The Incredible Double (2010), and the previously unpublished Mayakovsky's Bugatti (2025), and includes the Blackburn short story “Righteous Kill” (2021).

“Yet the more we get to know him, the more we’re persuaded Blackburn is a Pure Product of Berkeley. He’s not only queer, but a queer sort of all else he declares himself to be: a queer sort of detective, a queer sort of Communist or Anarchist, and beyond—a queer sort of gourmet, ethical thinker, cat owner, and—for certain—a queer sort of narrator.”—Jonathan Lethem, from the Foreword

James Kelman has made use of the short form all of his writing life, calling on the different traditions where such stories are central within the culture, beginning and ending in freedom, the freedom to create.

This collection of nearly a hundred pieces of very short fiction spans five decades and reveals James Kelman’s mastery of the form. As ever, Kelman insists on his characters telling their stories in their own voices, whether in working-class Glaswegian dialect or the dull menace of bureaucratic babble. Everyday tragedy and bleak humor color these marvels of narrative efficiency, yet at their core they are tender and full of human truth.

It’s 2012, and post-revolution Egypt is sparking with political energy—but Hannah and Zain are numb.

The flight from New York to Cairo is long—longer still for two siblings on a journey to bury their mother. When they discover their father’s unforgivable betrayal, what’s left of their family crumbles.

Hannah gives up her spot at Columbia Law to remain in Egypt, where she navigates romantic entanglements and a new culture. Back in America, Zain’s self-destructive behavior begins to catch up with him, leaving him to wonder whether he’s any different from his father.

When the siblings reunite in Cairo months later, Zain is nearing rock bottom, and Hannah finds herself in the middle of the Arab Spring uprising. Together they confront shared secrets and reconcile their conservative upbringing with their new beliefs as adults. Will they heal together, or has the loss of their only bridge—their mother—set them permanently adrift?

A tender reflection on the effects of grief and loss, this deeply felt novel explores how siblings come together to mend a fractured family and, in the process, find themselves.

4 a.m., New York City. A silent disaster.

There is no flash of light, no crumbling, no quaking. Each person in New York wakes up on an unfamiliar block when the buildings all switch locations overnight. The power grid has snapped, thousands of residents are missing, and the Empire State Building is on Coney Island—for now. The next night, it happens again.

Esme Green and Arjun Varma work for the City of New York’s Emergency Management team and are tasked with disaster response for the Unmapping. As Esme tries to wade through the bureaucratic nightmare of an endlessly shuffling city, she’s distracted by the ongoing search for her missing fiancé. Meanwhile, Arjun focuses on the ground-level rescue of disoriented New Yorkers, hoping to become the hero the city needs.

While scientists scramble to find a solution—or at least a means to cope—and mysterious “red cloak” cults crop up in the disaster’s wake, New York begins to reckon with a new reality no one recognizes. For Esme and Arjun, the fight to hold the city together will mean tackling questions about themselves that they were too afraid to ask—and facing answers they never expected. With themes of climate change, political unrest, and life in a state of emergency, The Unmapping is a timely and captivating debut.

There can be no victory without betrayal.

Hara Duja Gatdula, queen of the island nation of Maynara, holds the divine power to move the earth. But her strength is failing and the line of succession gives her little comfort. Her heir, Laya, is a danger—a petty and passionate princess who wields the enormous power of the skies with fickle indifference. Circling the throne is Imeria Kulaw—the matriarch of a traitorous rival family who wields recklessly enhanced powers of her own—with designs to secure a high-ranking position for her son and claim the crown for her family. Each woman has a secret weakness—a lover, a heartbreak, a lie. But each is willing to pay the steepest price to bring down her rivals once and for all.

Filled with passion, romance, betrayal, and divine magic, Black Salt Queen journeys to a gorgeous precolonial island nation where women—and secrets—reign.

Best New Books for Spring 2025! —Bustle

Desperate to find a plot for her second novel, author Mallory Shepard attends her estranged best friend’s wedding in Austin, where she and six friends try to settle old scores—with unexpected deadly consequences—in this debut for fans of Veronica Mars, Tara Isabella Burton, and Tana French.

In PEOPLE ARE TALKING, the debut novel by Amanda Eisenberg, Mallory Shepard has her back against the wall. Her girlfriend dumped her, her landlord wants to evict her and her literary agent is about to drop her—unless she can come up with a compelling follow-up to her debut novel. A book deal would solve her problems, which is why she agrees to attend an estranged college friend’s wedding in Texas. It’ll be the first time she’s seen that friend group since an incident tore them apart nine years earlier, and Mal intends to secretly squeeze her ex-friends for information. The plan is nearly foolproof, except that her still-raw hurt and righteous anger threatens to expose her agenda, as does her weakness for her college nemesis: Andrew Rosen.

Danit Leibowitz is—was Mal’s best friend. Together they transformed the Newts, a secret society, into a group that tracks alleged rapists long after they graduated from the prestigious halls of Weston College. Now a rising lefty political star, Dani is asked to come up with another plan to reinvent the Newts, which Gen Z deems out of touch amid ever-changing gender and sex politics. When she learns Mal will be there, Dani hatches a plan to appease the Newts and win back her friend, all in 72 hours.

Crammed into an Austin rental for the weekend, the six friends seek to settle old scores and win back ex-friends and lovers. But when the Newts infiltrate the wedding, with deadly consequences, Mal and Dani are forced to consider whether they’re willing to separate the personal from the political—even at the expense of protecting the people they love.

Washington, DC’s notorious detective, former street denizen Dickie Cornish, faces off with bloodthirsty cops and the justice department in the latest thrilling release by award-winning noir author Christopher Chambers.

In StreetWhys, underground detective Dickie Cornish faces a vindictive murder rap from his past if he doesn’t agree to help prove that the fentanyl ravaging the streets of DC is bankrolled by shadowy donors of a certain former president. Broke and desperate, Cornish soon finds himself on a collision course with shady public defenders and corrupt police officers, forcing him to use his street connections to flip their plan. Or die.

Chambers’s Dickie Cornish series has met with widespread critical acclaim. Publishers Weekly dubbed the series debut, Scavenger, “[A] no-holds-barred crime novel...a 21st-century twist on traditional hardboiled noir.” The Strand Magazine selected Standalone, the second book in the series, as one of the “Top 25 Mystery Novels of the Year,” adding “It’s apparent that the modern heir to Chandler, Woolrich, and Cain is Christopher Chambers, enough said.” And renowned crime author George Pelecanos raves that the series "really nails Washington, DC in the current environment."

Chambers is an award winning author of mystery, noir, pulp, and graphic novels. He sits on the board of the Bouchercon World Mystery Writers Convention and is a judge for Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Awards. He lives in Washington, DC.

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, literary voices of the Vietnamese-American diaspora as well as Vietnam-based authors speak to the experience of those who left and those who stayed in THE COLORS OF APRIL, a collection of new short fiction curated by award-winning translators and editors Quan Manh Ha and Cab Tran.

For much of the twentieth century, Vietnam played an outsized role on the global stage, charting the destinies of superpowers and reshaping the world’s politics. Now fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War comes an anthology of fiction that finally speaks to the global Vietnamese experience: voices of both those who left and those who stayed, what was gained and lost in the half century since, and—for the generations that followed—what it means to be Vietnamese.

More than two dozen distinct literary voices are featured in this collection, including Viet Thanh Nguyen (Pulitzer Prize winner, The Sympathizer), Andrew Lam (PEN/Beyond Margins Award winner, Perfume Dreams), Barbara Tran (Lannan Foundation Award winner, In the Mynah Bird's Own Words), Vu Tran (Whiting Award winner, Dragonfish) and many more.

The stories are as diverse in style, tone, and subject matter as the ancestral lands of the Vietnamese people. From the rubble of the Ancient Citadel in Quảng Trị to the makeshift orphanages outside Sài Gòn, from Palo Alto to a tony Lincoln Park apartment in Chicago, the narratives straddle continents and generations, the political as well as the personal. But what they share is much greater than their differences. They speak to a common language, to a culture steeped in history and myth and storytelling that vividly captures the enduring spirit of the Vietnamese people.

Editor Quan Manh Ha is Professor of English at the University of Montana and the co-translator of Other Moons: Vietnamese Short Stories of the American War and Its Aftermath, among other titles. Co-editor Cab Tran holds an MFA from University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Vagabond: Bulgaria’s English Monthly, Black Warrior Review, The Iconoclast, and elsewhere. He teaches fiction for Gotham Writers Workshop. In 2023, Ha and Tran co-translated and co-edited Bảo Ninh’s Hà Nội at Midnight.

Complete list of contributors in alphabetical order: BẢO Thương, Thuy DINH, ĐỖ Thị Diệu Ngọc, Anvi HOÀNG, HOÀNG Phượng Mai, LẠI Văn Long, Andrew LAM, LÊ Phương Anh, LÊ Vũ Trường Giang, LƯU Vĩ Lân, Vi Khi NAO, NGÔ Thế Vinh, Annhien NGUYEN, NGUYỄN Minh Chuyên, NGUYỄN Huy Cường, NGUYỄN Thị Kim Hòa, NGUYỄN Mỹ Nữ, Phùng NGUYỄN, NGUYỄN Thu Trân, NGUYỄN Đức Tùng, Viet Thanh NGUYEN, Kevin D. PHAM, Tuan PHAN, Gin TO, Barbara TRAN, Elizabeth TRAN, TRẦN Thị Tú Ngọc, Vu TRAN, VĂN Xương, Christina VO, VŨ Cao Phan, and VƯƠNG Tâm

“A masterful work, catapulting the reader through the intricate history of Outermark with a sense of immersion that is rare in contemporary fiction. Full of quiet grace, breathtaking moments of violence, splendor, and all manners of beauty, this novel is an indelible achievement—and not to be missed.”
—Nathan Harris, author of The Sweetness of Water

"Engrossing . . . [a] moving tale of ritual and survival."
—Wall Street Journal

Outermark is a haunting and bittersweet story about the power of the places that shape us from Jason Brown, winner of the Maine Book Award, “a pure and accomplished talent” (New York Times).

The tiny, fictional island of Outermark sits thirty miles off the coast in the waters between Maine and Nova Scotia. When Corson Wills, one of the last people to have lived on the island, is asked to recount its history, he begins by describing it as "a rock in the ocean where no one lives anymore.” Corson’s tale, and those of his ancestors who also lived there, ferry the reader between the 1980s, when lobster fishing is the only remaining industry, and the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, days of great sailing ships to the East Indies but also of conflicts between the earliest Native residents and newly arrived colonial settlers.

During Corson’s boyhood, life on the island becomes increasingly tenuous as the lobster stocks decline and debt and hard feelings abound. Some of the islanders have started to run drugs, and many others have abandoned their homes to move to the mainland. Tensions between neighbors reach a tipping point the night of a catastrophic house fire. Residents of Outermark suffer the loss of livelihood and community that many in small towns have experienced in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. As the stories in Outermark reveal, as impossible as life was on the island, life off of it never feels quite right for those who had no choice but to leave it behind.

“Move over, Onegin—we’ve a new Eugene for the ages. In Michael Weingrad’s wildly charming and profound telling, young Eugene Nadelman’s adolescence in 1980s Philadelphia unfolds in iambic tetrameter, with each crush and clash and heartache feeling as epic as they do for the young and the hopeful. If you’ve ever spun the bottle or leered furtively at someone across the dancefloor, you’ll find yourself transformed by Weingrad’s wit, wonder, and heart, and, like young Eugene himself, grow wiser.”
—Liel Leibovitz, editor at large, Tablet Magazine

“[A] wistful and emotionally resonant novel that finds true poetry in teenage life."
—Foreword Reviews

"Weingrad is a true talent, and this book is a joy.”
—Jewish Journal

Full of humor, pathos, and pop cultural references, Eugene Nadelman is a tale of young love and American manners in the era of Ronald Reagan and MTV—written in the witty sonnet form of Alexander Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin.

It’s 1982, and teenaged Eugene attends his cousin’s bar mitzvah in suburban Philadelphia. There he meets a kindred spirit in the savvy, sensitive Abigail. But when Eugene’s best friend also becomes smitten with Abby, a tragic rivalry ensues and, just as in the Pushkin poem, one character kills another in a duel. (Well, in a Dungeons & Dragons game, in this case.) 

Eugene and Abby’s romance deepens against a backdrop of '80s music, fashion, and VHS rentals—with serious world events like AIDS and the Cold War hovering overhead. But when Eugene leaves for sleepaway camp and Abby for Europe, temptations abound, and one question becomes paramount: can their love survive a summer separation?

A gripping pulse-pounding tale of danger and suspense, where every moment counts, and every decision could mean life or death.

Case Younger has a hair-trigger on his anger issues that he has kept under control by dedicating his life to serving his country. First as an Army Ranger and most recently as a Federal Air Marshal. On a fateful trans-Atlantic flight Case uses his skills to stop a hijacker but his team pays a heavy price in the ensuing violence. The media seizes the opportunity to elevate Case to hero, a role he wants no part of. Seeking to escape the spotlight, he decides it’s time to face his past and return home.

What begins as a warm welcome back is soon interrupted by a sinister gang that has infested his once quiet hometown. Assessing the situation, Case feels duty-bound to act. With time running out, he puts his anger and highly tuned abilities to use. Gathering resources and beginning a covert operation, he unravels a shocking conspiracy and finds himself face to face with a formidable and ruthless adversary.

As the action intensifies, alliances are tested, an old rivalry resumes, and loyalties are questioned. Case races against the clock with every twist and turn, determined to save those he holds dear and bring justice to those who seek to destroy everything sacred.

Un amor tan intenso y cálido como una tarde de verano

El sol baña los acantilados y las aguas turquesas del mar de Cornualles cuando Jane Bellamy y Cedric Stone se conocen en el verano de 1939. No están destinados a ser una ecuación perfecta, pero son jóvenes y el amor lo arrolla todo a su paso. Así que esta historia comienza como otras muchas: él y ella se enamoran. Hay primeras palabras, primeras miradas y primeros besos. Y luego la guerra, la nada. Solo oscuridad. Todo cambia.

Años más tarde, en un hospital de Edimburgo, Margot Abbot sostiene en la mano un anillo que pertenece al paciente que dormita en la cama, Cedric Stone. Ella todavía no lo sabe, pero está a punto de abrir un baúl de recuerdos y descubrir qué ocurrió tras aquellos luminosos días de estío que quedaron atrás.

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A love as intense as the summer sun.

The sun is shining over the cliffs and turquoise waters of the Cornwall seas when Jane Bellamy y Cedric Stone meet in the summer of 1939. They’re not destined to have a perfect romance, but they’re young, naïve, and filled with passion. Their story begins like any other: there are sweet words, longing gazes, first kisses...and then, war, nothingness. Darkness. Everything changes.

 Years later, in an Edinburgh hospital, Margot Abbot holds a ring belonging to one of her patients, Cedric Stone. She doesn’t know it yet, but she is about to discover a trove of memories and find out what happened on those long-gone, luminous summer days.

In the 1860s, on Virginia’s Appalachian frontier, the fates of five people are forever linked as they navigate love, loss, and the cost of buried secrets amid the strife and turmoil of an unimaginable civil war.

In 1854, on the lawless western edge of Virginia, Elizabeth Young stands among the throngs and watches as her beloved uncle is hanged for murder. She can tell that there is more to this spectacle than meets the eye, and she vows then and there she’ll discover the truth then leave these godforsaken mountains. She’ll go where the land is flat, where life is in the open, where dreams have room to roam.

But fate has another idea. Three strangers with dreams and secrets of their own come into her life: Patrick Hagan, Irish Catholic immigrant and a bright young attorney with a dogged determination to do good and make good; Mary Lenore Kitchens, the sophisticated teacher who’s come to Virginia’s hinterlands, for who knows why; handsome Ben Grubb, local boy, banjo prodigy, a mischievous sort who wants only to play. Soon their lives become inextricably linked, along with that of Red Hopkins, an old friend to Elizabeth’s Papa, and in marches the Civil War.

Punctuated by class and the realities of a devastating conflict, That Which Binds Us is a broad work of historical fiction that celebrates our best and explores our worst, serving to remind us that across continents and cultures and generations, love holds the greatest power of all.

Spaceships aren’t programmed to seek revenge—but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception.

Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying—and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system, Steward, would have her believe. These are paranormal murders, and they began when one nasty, ancient vampire decided to board Demeter and kill all her humans.

To keep from getting decommissioned, Demeter must join forces with her own team of monsters: A werewolf. An engineer built from the dead. A pharaoh with otherworldly powers. A vampire with a grudge. A fleet of cheerful spider drones. Together, this motley crew will face down the ultimate evil—Dracula.

The queer love child of pulp horror and ​classic ​sci-fi, Of Monsters and ​Mainframes ​is a dazzling, heartfelt odyssey that probes what it means to be one of society’s monsters—and explores the many types of friendship that make us human.

An ancient evil lurks on the American frontier, and seven contestants from around the world must compete to eradicate it.

In 1865, from a law office in Paris, seven ornate envelopes are sent to the most fearsome killers around the world, a samurai, sharpshooter, war hero, and serial killer among the recipients. Inside the gilded envelopes is a letter inviting each of them to participate in the contest of a lifetime. On the cold plains of the American frontier there roams a beast. Kill it and the million dollar prize is theirs. 

Despite mystery shrouding the competition's host, each man agrees to participate. But when the contestants arrive for the hunt, they soon realize there's more to this Contest than meets the eye. Strange sounds float across the plains, warning of an otherworldly threat. Their target is not a mere animal but a fearsome beast of legend hunting them in return. Can the contestants survive the cold, creatures, and each other long enough to kill the beast? Or will they soon find they were right to fear the dark?

WINNER, IPPY BOOK AWARDS, LGBTQ+ FICTION

WINNER, 2023 BEST INDIE BOOK AWARD, LGBTQ2 FICTION

SHORT LIST, VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD

ON LAMBDA LITERARY REVIEW'S SEPTEMBER MOST ANTICIPATED LIST

ONE OF QUEER FORTY'S BEST PRIDE READS FOR SUMMER 2023!

Three gay men in pre-Stonewall New York City find their fates thrown together in the police raid of a Village bar.

Roger Moorhouse is a Wall Street banker and Westchester family man with a preciously guarded secret. As the shouting begins and flashlights blaze in his face, the life he’s carefully curated over the years—a fancy new office overlooking lower Broadway, a house in Beechmont Woods, his wife and children—is about to come crashing down around him.

Columbia literature professor Julian Prince lives a comparatively uncloseted life when he finds his first committed relationship tested to its limits. How could he explain to Gus, a fearless young artist, that he couldn’t stay with him that weekend because the woman who was still technically Julian’s fiancée would be visiting? But when Gus is struck unconscious by a police baton, Julian comes out of hiding to protect him, even if exposure means losing everything.

For Danny Duffy, an Irish kid from the Bronx with a sassy mouth and a diverse group of friends, the raid is a galvanizing, Spartacus moment. Danny doesn’t have too much left to lose; his family has just disowned him. But once his name appears in the newspaper, he’ll be fired from his job at Sloan’s Supermarket, where he’s risen to assistant manager of produce, and begin a journey that veers between political enlightenment and violent revenge.

The three men find themselves in a police wagon together, their hidden lives threatened to be revealed to the world. Blackmail, a private investigator, Gus’s disappearance, and Danny’s quest for retribution propel Disorderly Men to its piercing conclusion, as each man meets the boundaries of his own fear, love, and shame. The stakes for each are different, but all of them confront a fundamental question: How much happiness is he allowed to have . . . and what share of it will he lay claim to?

En Todo el oro de Lisboa, Juan Patricio Riveroll expone hasta qué punto pueden arrastrarnos los pecados de las generaciones pasadas cuando se revela el rostro oculto de la familia.

Desde que la escuchó en una intensa noche de juerga en Lisboa, el narrador se obsesionó con la misteriosa historia del padre de Santiago, Pol Espasí, un catalán exiliado en Portugal durante la Guerra Civil española, quien murió dejando una estela de interrogantes relacionadas con varios documentos vinculados con el contrabando de piezas de arte y una red de espionaje nazi.

A través de investigaciones y hallazgos extraordinarios, el protagonista y Santiago pretenden desenredar la maraña alrededor de la muerte del posible espía, su implicación con agentes alemanes durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la inusual vida literaria del bisabuelo del narrador, que escribió una versión alterna del Quijote, comparando sus delirios con los del ingenioso hidalgo. Desvelar esos misterios pondrá a los dos amigos frente a una realidad que quizá no estén preparados para enfrentar.

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In Todo el oro de Lisboa (All the Gold of Lisbon), Juan Patricio Riveroll exposes the extent to which the sins of past generations can drag us down when the hidden

Ever since he heard it on an intense night of revelry in Lisbon, the narrator became obsessed with the mysterious story of Santiago's father, Pol Espasí, a Catalan exiled in Portugal during the Spanish Civil War, who died leaving a trail of questions related to several documents linked to the smuggling of pieces of art and a Nazi espionage network.face of the family is revealed.

 Through extraordinary research and discoveries, the protagonist and Santiago intend to unravel the tangle surrounding the death of the would-be spy, his involvement with German agents during World War II and the unusual literary life of the narrator's great-grandfather, who wrote an alternate version of Don Quixote, comparing his delusions to those of the ingenious gentleman. Unveiling those mysteries will put the two friends in front of a reality they may not be prepared to face.

El origen del mito Murakami: las dos primeras novelas del célebre autor japonés, en un solo volumen.

Después de darle muchas vueltas, Haruki Murakami atendió a las peticiones de sus lectores y accedió a que se tradujeran al español estas dos obras tempranas, sólo publicadas en japonés e inglés, al tiempo que añadió un prólogo donde relata su génesis.

Escucha la canción del viento (1979), ópera prima del autor, sigue las vicisitudes de un joven estudiante que, durante unas vacaciones en su ciudad natal, disfruta la compañía de su mejor y original amigo, apodado ""el Rata"", una chica con cuatro dedos y el barman del Jay´s Bar, personajes a los que se suma la figura de un escritor suicida (e inventado): Derek Hearfield, con quien se abre y se cierra la obra.

Tres años después, en Pinball 1973 (1980), ese mismo joven vive en Tokio, con dos gemelas idénticas, mientras ""eL Rata sigue viendo pasar la vida en el Jay´s Bar, en una novela melancólica (con gatos, pozos y antiguas novias) y de atmósfera poética, que contiene las mejores escenas de pinball de la historia de la literatura.

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National Bestseller

Wind/Pinball, a unique two-in-one volume, includes, on one side, Murakami’s first novel Hear the Wind Sing. When you flip the book over, you can read his second novel, Pinball, 1973. Each book has its own stunning cover.

In the spring of 1978, a young Haruki Murakami sat down at his kitchen table and began to write. The result: two remarkable short novels that launched the career of one of the most acclaimed authors of our time.

These powerful, at times surreal, works about two young men coming of age—the unnamed narrator and his friend the Rat—are stories of loneliness, obsession, and eroticism. They bear all the hallmarks of Murakami’s later books, and form the first two-thirds, with A Wild Sheep Chase, of the trilogy of the Rat. 

Wind/Pinball gives us a fascinating insight into a great writer’s beginnings.

Una brillante e imaginativa versión feminista del clásico de Orwell coincidiendo con el 75 aniversario de la primera publicación de 1984.

Mejor Libro del Año 2023 según The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, Esquire, LitHub, People Magazine y Marie Claire.

Airstrip One, Londres, año 1984. Julia Worthing trabaja como mecánica en el Ministerio de la Verdad. Gobiernan el Partido y su líder, el Gran Hermano. Julia infringe las reglas con frecuencia, pero también coopera con el régimen cuando le conviene. Sabe cómo sobrevivir en un mundo de vigilancia constante. Pero cuando se siente intrigada por un colega, Winston Smith, todo a su alrededor se desmorona.

Julia, nos muestra 1984 desde una nueva perspectiva. Subversiva, sagaz y tremendamente cautivadora, va más allá de la conocida historia de Winston Smith y enseña cómo es para las mujeres sobrevivir en el mundo feroz de Gran Hermano.

Un viaje fascinante al totalitarismo de Orwell en 1984—The Guardian

Newman no solo moderniza 1984, hace que sea esencial leerlo. — Sunday Times

Una escritora poderosa e inteligente. Una novela maravillosamente escrita. ― The Times

Newman demuestra ser una digna sucesora de Orwell—Los Angeles Times

Subversiva. Inteligente. Y su final ¡Oh, si sólo pudiéramos hablar del final!—The Washington Post

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A PEOPLE Magazine Must-Read Book for Fall 2023 | An Esquire Best Book of Fall 2023 | A Guardian Biggest New Book of 2023 | A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2023

An imaginative, feminist, and brilliantly relevant-to-today retelling of Orwell’s 1984, from the point of view of Winston Smith’s lover, Julia, by critically acclaimed novelist Sandra Newman.

Julia Worthing is a mechanic, working in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth. It’s 1984, and Britain (now called Airstrip One) has long been absorbed into the larger trans-Atlantic nation of Oceania. Oceania has been at war for as long as anyone can remember, and is ruled by an ultra-totalitarian Party, whose leader is a quasi-mythical figure called Big Brother. In short, everything about this world is as it is in Orwell’s 1984.

All her life, Julia has known only Oceania, and, until she meets Winston Smith, she has never imagined anything else. She is an ideal citizen: cheerfully cynical, always ready with a bribe, piously repeating every political slogan while believing in nothing. She routinely breaks the rules, but also collaborates with the regime when necessary. Everyone likes Julia.

Then one day she finds herself walking toward Winston Smith in a corridor and impulsively slips him a note, setting in motion the devastating, unforgettable events of the classic story. Julia takes us on a surprising journey through Orwell’s now-iconic dystopia, with twists that reveal unexpected sides not only to Julia, but to other familiar figures in the 1984 universe. This unique perspective lays bare our own world in haunting and provocative ways, just as the original did almost seventy-five years ago.

Más de 200.000 lectores ya se han emocionado con Andrea Longarela. 

El amor suena bien en todas sus versiones.

Juliette vive en un agujero. Se sienta en él y ve la vida pasar. No le gusta su trabajo. No tiene inquietudes. No recuerda lo que significa soñar. Y hace tiempo que renunció al amor.

Pero, entonces, un hombre muere.

Y todo cambia.

De repente, se encuentra en un pequeño pueblo de casas de colores y su camino se cruza con el de otras personas que acabarán siendo imprescindibles para ella. Una anciana a la que le atormenta la tristeza de las flores, un niño sin voz que las roba, un hombre que ama los libros y las cosas brillantes con la misma intensidad, un pintor incapaz de acabar un cuadro…

Todos ellos, junto a un puñado de cartas olvidadas, ayudarán a Juliette a entender que el amor existe y que es maravilloso en todas sus versiones.

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Love sounds good in all its versions.

Juliette lives in a hole. He sits on it and watches life go by. He doesn't like his job. He has no concerns. He does not remember what it means to dream. And he gave up on love a long time ago.

But then a man dies.

And everything changes.

Suddenly, she finds herself in a small town of colorful houses and her path crosses with that of other people who will end up being essential for her. An old woman who is tormented by the sadness of flowers, a voiceless child who steals them, a man who loves books and shiny things with the same intensity, a painter incapable of finishing a painting...

All of them, along with a handful of forgotten letters, will help Juliette understand that love exists and that it is wonderful in all its versions.

Madre de Dios es un ecothriller que revela el espantoso atentado que se comete todos los días contra el bosque tropical más extenso del mundo.

Marcela, una activista en profundo duelo tras el asesinato de su esposo, intenta explicarse el crimen ocurrido cuando ambos filmaban un documental sobre el ecocidio perpetrado por la minería ilegal en la región de Madre de Dios, Perú, donde, violando las normas ambientales y en complicidad con funcionarios del gobierno y grupos criminales, los mineros extraen oro de los lechos de los ríos. A pesar de la tragedia, Marcela decide continuar con el proyecto documental y se sumerge en un viaje tanto físico como emocional por la Amazonía. Pero la misma película que su marido dejó inconclusa podría revelar al homicida, alguien que Marcela no imaginaba y que pondrá en evidencia que la violencia ha infectado también el corazón mismo de los pueblos amazónicos.

Con un ritmo espectacular, Madre de Dios se adentra además en el pasado de los protagonistas y sus más oscuros miedos.

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Madre de Dios is an ecothriller that reveals the horrific attack that is committed every day against the largest tropical forest in the world.

Marcela, an activist in deep mourning after the murder of her spouse, tries to explain the crime that occurred when they were both filming a documentary about the ecocide perpetrated by illegal mining in the Madre de Dios region of Peru, where, in violation of environmental regulations and in complicity with government officials and criminal groups, miners extract gold from riverbeds. Despite the tragedy, Marcela decides to continue with the documentary project and immerses herself in both a physical and emotional journey through the Amazon. But the same film that her husband left unfinished could reveal the murderer, someone Marcela did not imagine and who will show that violence has also infected the very heart of the Amazonian peoples.

With a spectacular rhythm, Madre de Dios also delves into the past of the protagonists and their darkest fears.

La perfección del #darkromance: jamás has leído nada igual. Si te gustó El olvido más dulce, La locura más ardiente será tu nueva obsesión. 

En un mundo corrupto, el amor es su salvación.

«Líneas firmes. Hombros anchos. Ojos azules, un azul ardiente. Es un hombre aparentemente frío, pero hay algo arde bajo la superficie. Algo que lleva demasiado tiempo cubierto por una capa de hielo. Y quiero verlo derretirse».

Gianna se ríe demasiado fuerte, su ropa es demasiado ajustada y sus tacones demasiado altos. Pero lo que nadie sabe es que todo eso es solo un disfraz para ocultar sus ataques de pánico.

Con un corazón de piedra, fama de corrupto, y una tendencia problemática al control y al número tres, Allister es un agente del FBI que nunca ha sentido la tentación de desviarse de su camino… hasta ahora.

Ambos saben que no tienen manera de ganar, que un final feliz no está en sus cartas pero, a veces, ni los mejores jugadores saben cuándo dejar de apostar.

*Se puede leer de forma independiente.

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She fears the dark. He rules it. Her dresses are too tight, her heels too tall. She laughs too loudly, eats without decorum, and mixes up most sayings in the book. Little do most know it’s just a sparkly disguise, there to hide one panic attack at a time. Nobody can crack Gianna’s facade . . . no one anyway, until he comes along.

Most see a paragon of morality; a special agent upholding the law. In the New York underworld, others know him as a hustler, a killer, his nature as cold as the heart of ice in his chest. Christian Allister has always followed the life plan he’d envisioned in his youth, beneath the harsh lights of a frigid, damp cell. With a proclivity for order and the number three, he’s never been tempted to veer off course. But perhaps one should never say never . . .

One winter night and their lives intertwine. She hates him—his stone-cold demeanor, his arrogance and too-perceptive eye—but over the years, even as their games consist of insulting each other’s looks and intelligence, she begins to live to play with him. Nowhere in Christian’s plans had he ever prepared for Gianna. She’s chaos embodied, not his type, and married, but none of that can stop his eyes from following her wherever she goes. All along, she doesn’t even know that she’s his—his frustration, his fascination. His maddest obsession.

*Can be read as a standalone.

Llega la esperada segunda parte de La letra pequeña. 

Enamorarse no era parte del contrato.

Tras la muerte de su abuelo, Declan está destinado a convertirse en el nuevo director del imperio audiovisual. Hasta aquí todo estaría bien, si no fuera por la cláusula que su excéntrico abuelo puso en la herencia: tiene que formar una familia.

A Iris le pareció una buena idea ofrecerse voluntaria para este matrimonio concertado con su jefe. Al fin y al cabo, no puede ser tan difícil y ambos han puesto unas reglas claras para que su matrimonio sea un mero arreglo. Pero, ¿qué ocurre cuando fingir estar enamorados es cada vez más fácil?

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Declan
I’m destined to become the next CEO of my family’s media empire.
The only problem? My grandfather’s inheritance clause.
Fulfilling his dying wish of getting married and having an heir seemed impossible until my assistant volunteers for the job.
Our marriage was supposed to be the perfect solution to my biggest problem.
But the more we act in love for the public, the more unsure I feel about our contract.
Caring about Iris was never part of the deal.
Especially not when breaking her heart is inevitable.

Iris
My plan to marry Declan was simple in theory.
Move in together. Throw a wedding. Have a baby.
We set rules to prevent any kind of issues.
Ones that were never meant to be broken, no matter how much Declan tempts me.
But what happens when our fake relationship bleeds into our real one?
Falling in love was never an option.
At least not for me.

La primera parte de la Saga Sangre Mestiza, que sacudió Booktok antes de su lanzamiento.

Mi cuerpo está hecho de cicatrices; algunas me las hicieron otros, pero la mayoría me las hice yo misma.

Keera es una asesina. Como Espada del rey es la espía más despiadada de todo el reino, y la preferida del monarca. Durante años ha cumplido rigurosamente la misión de acabar con quien ponga en peligro la paz del reino de Elverath, y nadie ha podido escapar de ella. Hasta ahora.

Cuando surgen rumores sobre un rebelde que se hace llamar la Sombra y que busca romper con el débil equilibrio de Elverath, Keera empieza una cacería que la llevará a deshacerse de sus vicios y a recobrar la fuerza que creía perdida. En su búsqueda, cruzará las tierras mágicas de los fae, tratando de discernir si su enemigo es mortal, elfo o mestizo, como ella. Con cada paso se cuestionará quién es el verdadero enemigo: ¿la Sombra que amenaza la paz?, ¿o el rey que destruyó a su pueblo y la convirtió en una asesina a sangre fría?

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The BookTok sensation from debut author Melissa Blair.
 
"Gripping and fierce. This is much-needed fantasy with its fangs honed sharp by the power of resistance. Melissa Blair has built a tremendous world."—Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights
 
My body is made of scars,
some were done to me,
but most I did to myself.
 
Keera is a killer. As the King's Blade, she is the most talented spy in the kingdom. And the king’s favored assassin. When a mysterious figure moves against the Crown, Keera is called upon to hunt down the so-called Shadow. She tracks her target into the magical lands of the Fae, but Faeland is not what it seems . . . and neither is the Shadow. Keera is shocked by what she learns, and can't help but wonder who her enemy truly is: the King that destroyed her people or the Shadow that threatens the peace?
 
As she searches for answers, Keera is haunted by a promise she made long ago, one that will test her in every way. To keep her word, Keera must not only save herself, but an entire kingdom.

Fans of fast-paced high fantasy such as A Court of Thorns and Roses series,The Inadequate Heir, and From Blood and Ash author Jennifer L. Armentrout, will enjoy the fierce female characters, sapphic representation, and fantasy romance of A Broken Blade.

La inolvidable historia del capitán Ahab y el mítico monstruo marino.

«El lector, sin duda algo aturdido por su larga navegación, se encuentra abrumado en el trágico final: más adelante, cuando vuelva a abrir Moby Dick, por el comienzo o no, aunque ya sepa todo el desarrollo, no dejará de sentirse de nuevo arrastrado por la voz de Melville a navegar de nuevo, páginas y páginas. Es eso, en definitiva, lo que hace que algunas raras obras sean verdaderamente “clásicas”, esto es, inolvidables y siempre nuevas.»De la introducción de José María Valverde

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The unforgettable story of Captain Ahab and the mythical sea monster.

"The reader, no doubt somewhat dazed by his long navigation, finds himself overwhelmed at the tragic end: later on, when he reopens Moby Dick, at the beginning or not, even if he already knows the whole development, he will not fail to feel dragged again by Melville's voice to navigate again, pages and pages. It is this, in short, that makes some rare works truly 'classic', that is, unforgettable and always new." From the introduction by José María Valverde.

Una muerte en el metro de Londres, una enigmática nota, un barco y unos diamantes son las piezas de un misterioso rompecabezas que solo la hija de un arqueólogo podrá recomponer.

Anne Beddingfeld, hija de un eminente antropólogo que acaba de fallecer, es una joven en busca de aventuras. Estas, para su sorpresa, no tardan en llegar: en la estación de metro Hyde Park Corner de Londres es testigo de la muerte de la caída de un hombre a las vías. Un misterioso individuo de traje marrón, que asegura ser médico, examina el cuerpo y, tras confirmar que el hombre ha fallecido, desaparece entre la multitud dejando caer una nota con las misteriosas palabras «Kilmorden Castle». Al día siguiente, en el mismo barrio, una mujer desconocida aparece asesinada y Anne empieza a sospechar que ambos sucesos están relacionados. El misterio está servido.

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Newly-orphaned Anne Beddingfield is a lovely English girl hoping for a bit of adventure in London. Anne is on the platform at Hyde Park Corner tube station when a man falls onto the live track, dying instantly. A doctor examines the man, pronounces him dead, and leaves, dropping a note on his way. Anne picks up the note, which reads "17.1 22 Kilmorden Castle". The next day the newspapers declare that a gorgeous ballet dancer has been discovered dead there brutally strangled. A tremendous fortune in diamonds has disappeared. And now, aboard the extravagance liner Kilmorden Castle, spooky strangers loot her cabin and try to choke her.

What are they looking for? Why should they want her dead? Lovely Anne is the last person on earth suited to solve this mystery... and the only one who can! Anne's journey to untwist the mystery takes her as far afield as Africa and the strain mounts with every step... And Anne finds herself toiling to unmask a faceless assassin known only as 'The Colonel.' “A Colourful Murder Mystery”

Una colección de relatos del centenario maestro de la ciencia ficción, Ray Bradbury.

En estos veintidós relatos, Bradbury nos transporta una vez más a estos lugares increíbles, los destinos del corazón, revelados como no los hemos visto nunca antes, ni en la luz brillante del día ni en la oscuridad de la noche. Inolvidables excursiones a lo fantástico, viajes gloriosos a través del tiempo y la memoria, intercalados con extraños e inesperados desvíos a lo incómodo y desconcertante, donde las sorpresas esperan detrás de cada curva y más allá de cada señal del camino.

Sobre el diseño de portada: Al ser una antología de relatos variados, se ha usado una imagen que hace referencia al título y que también es uno de las historias. Se ha trabajado la imagen de un coche retro americano y una carretera imposible. Es un concepto de corte fantástico que podría ilustrar el trasfondo del cuento del vendedor de coches ambulante, atormentado por la deformidad su cara.

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The incomparable Ray Bradbury is in the driver's seat, off on twenty-two unforgettable excursions through fantasy, time and memory, and there are surprises waiting around every curve and behind each mile marker. The journey promises to be a memorable one.

Un debut magistral acerca del paso del tiempo, los vínculos y la maternidad.

«Ana Navajas transforma el diario de un ama de casa en una original autoficción con destellos poéticos.» Clarín

«Con sobriedad, emoción, ironía y verdad, Navajas se aprovecha de la muerte para reflexionar sobre cuidar y ser cuidada, sobre ser hija como una condición tan activa y tan arquetípicamente femenina como ser madre.» Tamara Tenenbaum

Estás muy callada hoy sigue los pasos la narradora en Buenos Aires tras la muerte de su madre y sus ocasionales viajes a provincias para visitar a su padre, que ahora vive solo en la casa donde ella creció. El lector la ve en diferentes roles: como madre de dos hijos, esposa, hija, hermana, pero también como una niña sin madre. Con el paso de los años empieza a preguntarse quién es cuando está sola, sin tener que cuidar de nadie más, cuando deja de atender las necesidades de las personas que la rodean.

Recordando su infancia, sus relaciones con sus hermanos y con su madre, notando que ella no está más cerca de su padre ahora que antes de enviudar, también ve crecer a sus hijos. Sus dos hijas, Rosa y Elena, ya no necesitan mucho de ella, pero el menor, Pedro, tiene extrañas obsesiones y sufre mucho. Y frente a ella, siente que cada vez tiene menos en común con su marido, lo que le llevará a replantearse su matrimonio.

«Mucho se habla de la literatura del yo, de su valor. La escritura de Ana Navajas reluce en ese género por su suave honestidad: no esconde sus heridas, pero tampoco las deja sangrar en un regodeo morboso. Cada momento que narra tiene un lugar para la reflexión, para la ironía y sobre todo para la ternura» (Página 12).

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A masterful debut about the passage of time, bonds and motherhood.

«Ana Navajas transforms the diary of a housewife into an original autofiction with poetic flashes.» Clarín

"With sobriety, emotion, irony and truth, Navajas takes advantage of death to reflect on caring for and being cared for, on being a daughter as an active and archetypically feminine condition as being a mother." Tamara Tenenbaum

You Are Very Quiet Today follows in the footsteps of the narrator in Buenos Aires after the death of her mother and her occasional trips to the provinces to visit her father, who now lives alone in the house where she grew up. The reader sees her in different roles: as a mother of two, a spouse, a daughter, a sister, but also as a child without a mother. Over the years she begins to wonder who she is when she is alone, without having to take care of anyone else, when she stops attending to the needs of the people around her.

Remembering her childhood, her relationships with her siblings and her mother, noticing that she is no closer to her father now than she was before she was widowed, she also sees her children grow up. Her two daughters, Rosa and Elena, no longer need much from her, but the youngest, Pedro, has strange obsessions and suffers a lot. And in front of her, she feels that she has less and less in common with her husband, which will lead her to rethink her marriage.

"Much is said about the literature of the self, about its value. Ana Navajas's writing shines in this genre for its gentle honesty: she does not hide her wounds, but neither does she let them bleed in a morbid gloating. Each moment he narrates has a place for reflection, for irony and above all for tenderness" (Page 12).

«El mejor cuentista actual en lengua inglesa» (Time) regresa con una colección de cuentos tan malvados como divertidos para tratar de dar sentido a un mundo cada vez más problemático.

George Saunders regresa con una colección de cuentos magistral en la que explora las ideas de poder, ética y justicia, y llega al corazón mismo de lo que significa vivir en comunidad con nuestros semejantes. Con su prosa característica, malvadamente divertida, desprovista de sentimentalismo y perfectamente afinada, Saunders continúa desafiando y sorprendiendo: sus cuentos abarcan la alegría y la desesperación, la opresión y la revolución, la fantasía extraña y la realidad brutal.

«Gul» se desarrolla en una sección de temática infernal de un parque de atracciones subterráneo en Colorado, y sigue las hazañas de un personaje solitario y moralmente complejo llamado Brian, quien comienza a cuestionar todo lo que da por sentado sobre su realidad. En «El Día de la Madre», dos mujeres que amaron al mismo hombre llegan a una decisión existencial en medio de una granizada. Y en «Elliott Spencer», a nuestro protagonista de ochenta y nueve años le lavan el cerebro como parte de un proyecto por el que personas pobres y vulnerables son reprogramadas y utilizadas como manifestantes políticos.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “One of our most inventive purveyors of the form returns with pitch-perfect, genre-bending stories that stare into the abyss of our national character. . . . An exquisite work from a writer whose reach is galactic.”—Oprah Daily
 
Booker Prize winner George Saunders returns with his first collection of short stories since theNew York Times bestseller Tenth of December.

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Oprah Daily, NPR, Time, USA Today, The Guardian, Esquire, Newsweek, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Library Journal

The “best short-story writer in English” (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. With his trademark prose—wickedly funny, unsentimental, and exquisitely tuned—Saunders continues to challenge and surprise: Here is a collection of prismatic, resonant stories that encompass joy and despair, oppression and revolution, bizarre fantasy and brutal reality.

Together, these nine subversive, profound, and essential stories coalesce into a case for viewing the world with the same generosity and clear-eyed attention Saunders does, even in the most absurd of circumstances.

Víctima de la edad de «la punzada», León, de catorce años, acaba de terminar el segundo grado de secundaria y vive el momento con la locura propia de la edad. Inquieto e inconforme con la estricta disciplina de su padre, decide comprar un boleto de autobús con sus ahorros para ir tras Osbelia, su amor platónico que está de vacaciones en Guadalajara. Pero el camino desde el Distrito Federal se convierte en toda una odisea abundante en aventuras, con misteriosos personajes que lo llevan a descubrir lo duro, y también emocionante, que es crecer.

Longseller que ha seducido a varias generaciones desde su publicación (1991), Un hilito de sangre —obra que le dio un lugar eminente a Eusebio Ruvalcaba en la literatura mexicana— es una novela de formación que logra ese entrañable vínculo entre la recreación de una época y la nostalgia por la juventud perdida.

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León, fourteen years old, has just finished the second grade of secondary school and lives the moment with the madness of age. Restless and dissatisfied with his father's strict discipline, he decides to buy a bus ticket with his savings to go after Osbelia, his crush who is on vacation in Guadalajara. But the road from Mexico City becomes an odyssey abundant in adventures, with mysterious characters that lead him to discover how hard, and also exciting, it is to grow up.

A longseller that has seduced several generations since its publication (1991), Un hilito de sangre (A Trickle of Blood) —a work that gave Eusebio Ruvalcaba an eminent place in Mexican literature— is a novel of formation that achieves that endearing link between the recreation of an era and nostalgia for lost youth.

Si el amor es una competencia, ellos juegan para ganar.

Me llamo Rachel Price y hace dos meses me alejé del hombre perfecto tras una noche inolvidable, sin nombres ni ataduras.

Pensé que jamás volvería a verlo.

Me equivoqué.

Él es el jugador estrella del nuevo equipo de hockey en el que trabajaré como fisioterapeuta. Su mejor amigo, el jefe de equipo más antipático del mundo, no deja de estar encima de mí. Y el portero se cree capaz de ocultarme su lesión.

Todo cambia tras una inesperada noche y un secreto que sale a la luz. Los tres miembros del equipo están dispuestos a poner a prueba todos mis límites. No puedo enamorarme de un jugador... y mucho menos de tres.

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If love is a game, these guys are playing to win.

My name is Rachel Price, and two months ago, I walked away from the perfect man. Sweet and funny, and so hot it should be illegal—we shared one magical night. No names. No strings. I never thought I’d see him again.

I was wrong. It turns out Mr. Perfect is the playboy grinder for the Jacksonville Rays, the NHL’s hottest new hockey team…and I’m his new physical therapist. Oh, and the jerk doesn’t even recognize me!

This fellowship is going to be the longest ten months of my life. Mr. Perfect Mistake will do anything to get back on my good side. Meanwhile, his best friend is the surly new equipment manager always riding my case. Worst of all, I’ve got an uncooperative goalie who thinks I can’t tell he’s hiding an injury!

This is my chance to prove myself, and I’m not risking it for anything. But with one unexpected night, one secret revealed, these men are ready to test all my limits. I can’t fall for a player…let alone three.