Fiction

A picturesque island. A shocking murder. A secret that could destroy everything.

It’s 1980, a time of peace and tranquility on a legendary island off the coast of New England. Inhabiting the island is a vibrant cast of locals that includes scallopers, tradespeople, and a mysterious recluse—the wealthiest man in Massachusetts. But that peace is shattered with the murder of a prominent lawyer, a pillar of the community.

For Peter Christie, a journalist seeking a fresh start, the case is more than just a headline—it’s a chance at redemption. As he delves into the island’s secrets, he finds himself drawn to Haddie Danville, a determined conservation ranger. But Haddie, reeling from her grandfather’s sudden death, begins to doubt both Peter and his true intentions.

Determined to win Haddie back, Peter sets out to solve the murder, joining forces with a local detective, navigating a web of confounding islanders, and pressing closer and closer to the heart of the tightly coiled secret . . . a secret that threatens to tear apart the idyllic island.

But it’s the dead folks that do him the damage. It’s the dead ones that lay quiet in one place and don’t try to hold him, that he can’t escape from. —William Faulkner, Light in August

There is an inexplicable gravity in a small town. It can be read and enjoyed like a favorite book for most of its inhabitants. Comforting are its streets and institutions, its wedding and obituary announcements. Banjo Grease is about life and death in a mill town where at each epiphany and rite of passage, the narrator yields a ration of innocence. Characters portray class as a marker as strong as race and gender, and distrust that they will ever escape in their lifetimes. Faulkner uses the term “eager fatalism.” These stories’ cumulative effect asks: When exchanging naivete for worldliness, what is lost in denying one’s past?

La desconocida y valiente historia de uno de los pocos mexicanos capturados por los Nazis.

Weimar, 1944. En pleno corazón de Alemania se alza uno de los campos de concentración más grandes del régimen nazi, Buchenwald, un lugar insólito que tiene fama no solo de ser uno de los más mortales sino de albergar un enorme zoológico atendido por los mismos prisioneros.

Cuando José Luis Salazar, un experto en armas, es capturado y trasladado hasta ahí, les asegura a sus captores que es mexicano, por lo que le cosen una pequeña letra «M» en el uniforme. Sin embargo, para sorpresa de todos, a los pocos días llega al campo otro joven, un estudiante de electrónica llamado Juan Rodrigo del Fierro, que también dice ser mexicano.

Esta coincidencia despierta las sospechas de los oficiales nazis, quienes han oído un creciente rumor sobre un intercambio de prisioneros entre el gobierno de México y el alemán. Bajo la constante vigilancia de los oficiales, el tiempo corre en contra de «los mexicanos», pues solo uno dice la verdad y el engaño puede costarles la vida a ambos, así que juntos deciden escapar y se enrolan en el plan de un grupo de reos que organiza un levantamiento dentro del campo.

Julio Godínez se basa en una increíble historia real de supervivencia para traernos una novela sobre el Holocausto como ninguna otra, un caso extraordinario en el que ser mexicano significó la diferencia entre la vida y la muerte. Un potente llamado a la esperanza y la lucha.

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Weimar, 1944. In the heart of Germany, one of the largest concentration camps of the Nazi regime, Buchenwald, stands—an unusual place known not only for being one of the deadliest but also for housing a large zoo cared for by the prisoners themselves.

When José Luis Salazar, a weapons expert, is captured and transferred there, he assures his captors that he is Mexican, so they sew a small letter "M" onto his uniform. However, to everyone's surprise, a few days later, another young man arrives at the camp—a student of electronics named Juan Rodrigo del Fierro, who also claims to be Mexican.

This coincidence raises suspicions among the Nazi officers, who have heard growing rumors about a prisoner exchange between the Mexican and German governments. Under the constant watch of the officers, time is running out for "the Mexicans", as only one of them is telling the truth, and deception could cost them both their lives. Together, they decide to escape, joining a group of inmates planning an uprising inside the camp.

Julio Godínez draws from an incredible true story of survival to bring us a Holocaust novel unlike any other, an extraordinary case in which being Mexican meant the difference between life and death. A powerful call to hope and resistance.

Una emocionante historia basada en hechos y héroes reales que arriesgaron su libertad y su vida para enfrentar la tiranía durante las horas más oscuras de la historia.

DURANTE EL VERANO DE 1942, en el corazón del régimen nazi, una serie de panfletos anónimos que denunciaban a Hitler y sus atrocidades aparecieron en plazas públicas y buzones de correo, e inundaron la Universidad de Múnich. Natalya Petrovich, una joven estudiante de enfermería, sabe quiénes están detrás de estos papeles que llaman a la resistencia: un grupo secreto conocido como la Rosa Blanca, dirigido por Sophie y Hans Scholl.

Tras su devastadora experiencia como enfermera en el frente ruso y el encarcelamiento de su padre por parte de las SS, acusado de poseer libros prohibidos, Natalya decide unirse a los hermanos Scholl en su lucha, arriesgando todo para que el poder de las palabras aliente a otros alemanes a desafiar al Tercer Reich. Sin embargo, pronto se dará cuenta de que incluso aquellos en quienes más confía pueden traicionarla, y tendrá que tomar las decisiones más difíciles para sobrevivir.

Una emocionante historia basada en hechos y héroes reales que arriesgaron su libertad y su vida para enfrentar la tiranía durante las horas más oscuras de la historia. Si La catadora de Hitler te gustó, La traidora te atrapará hasta la última página.

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An exciting story based on real events and true heroes who risked their freedom and lives to fight against tyranny during the darkest hours of history.

DURING THE SUMMER OF 1942, at the heart of the Nazi regime, a series of anonymous pamphlets denouncing Hitler and his atrocities appeared in public squares, mailboxes, and flooded the University of Munich. Natalya Petrovich, a young nursing student, knows who is behind these papers calling for resistance: a secret group known as the White Rose, led by Sophie and Hans Scholl.

After her devastating experience as a nurse on the Russian front and the imprisonment of her father by the SS, accused of possessing banned books, Natalya decides to join the Scholl siblings in their fight, risking everything so that the power of words encourages other Germans to challenge the Third Reich. However, she will soon realize that even those she trusts the most may betray her, and she will have to make the toughest decisions to survive.

An exciting story based on real events and true heroes who risked their freedom and lives to fight against tyranny during the darkest hours of history. If you enjoyed The Taster of Hitler, The Traitor will captivate you until the very last page.

Uno de los casos más desafiantes para Hércules Poirot.

Tres muchachas comparten piso en Londres. La primera es una fría y eficiente secretaria; la segunda, una talentosa artista; y la tercera sale en busca de Hércules Poirot, interrumpiéndole durante su desayuno de brioche y chocolate caliente, para confesarle que es la asesina de sus otras dos compañeras. Después desaparece misteriosamente.

En medio de rumores sobre armas de fuego, cuchillos automáticos y rastros de sangre, Poirot deberá emplear al máximo sus células grises para establecer, sin evidencia alguna, si la tercera muchacha es efectivamente culpable.

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One of the most challenging cases for Hercule Poirot.

Three young women share a flat in London. The first is a cold and efficient secretary; the second, a talented artist; and the third seeks out Poirot, interrupting his breakfast of brioche and hot chocolate, to confess that she is the murderer of her two roommates. Then, she mysteriously disappears.

Amid rumors of firearms, switchblades, and traces of blood, Poirot must fully employ his little grey cells to determine—without any evidence—whether the third woman is truly guilty.

N.º1 en Reino Unido. Un millón de ejemplares vendidos.

La Bridget Jones de la era millennial.

Tan salvajemente divertido y conmovedor como la vida de cualquier veinteañero que crece navegando entre desengaños amorosos y relaciones desastrosas.

La periodista Dolly Alderton se propuso dar cuenta de sus locos veinte años en este divertido libro trufado de amores y desamores, relaciones intensas por Messenger que fracasan en el cara a cara, trabajos precarios y amigos que siempre están ahí. Un novio que acaba saliendo del armario, borracheras que te llevan a cruzar el país en taxis que no puedes pagar, chicos sin redes sociales que se creen Sartre…, escenas todas ellas de nuestra lucha por entender que el amor más intenso e importante es el que sentimos por nuestros amigos y nosotros mismos.

«Casi todo lo que sé sobre el amor lo he aprendido charlando con mis amigas de toda la vida. He aprendido que el amor es júbilo desenfrenado, bailar borracha sobre el fango de un festival de música, los cruces de miradas en un autobús nocturno, los polvos de una noche. Pero también he aprendido que el amor no son las relaciones tediosas, ni las horas de obsesivo seguimiento en Instagram al chico que te gusta, ni los orgasmos fingidos.»

«No quería que acabara nunca», Marian Keyes

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#1 Bestseller in the UK. Over a million copies sold.

The Bridget Jones of the millennial era.

As wildly funny and deeply moving as the life of any twenty-something navigating heartbreak and disastrous relationships.

Journalist Dolly Alderton set out to recount her chaotic twenties in this hilarious book, packed with love and heartbreak, intense Messenger romances that fail face-to-face, unstable jobs, and friends who are always there.

A boyfriend who comes out, drunken nights that lead to cross-country taxi rides you can’t afford, guys without social media who think they’re Sartre—each moment is a snapshot of our struggle to understand that the deepest and most important love is the one we have for our friends and ourselves.

"Almost everything I know about love, I’ve learned from chatting with my lifelong friends. I’ve learned that love is unrestrained joy, drunken dancing in the mud at a music festival, fleeting glances on a night bus, one-night stands. But I’ve also learned that love is not tedious relationships, obsessive Instagram stalking of the guy you like, or fake orgasms."

"I never wanted it to end." — Marian Keyes

La primera novela de Jane Austen y una de las más divertidas de la autora.

Catherine Morland es una joven de diecisiete años que deja su hogar para adentrarse en la ajetreada vida de la alta sociedad de Bath. Es una chica sencilla, ingenua y fantasiosa que lo último que espera es conocer al atractivo Henry Tilney, por quien empieza a sentir un profundo interés.

El padre del joven, quien erróneamente cree que Catherine es una rica heredera, la invita a su residencia en la abadía de Northanger, donde influenciada por la lectura de novelas góticas y una gran imaginación, sospecha que se esconden terribles secretos.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Jane Austen’s first novel and one of her most entertaining works.

Catherine Morland is a seventeen-year-old who leaves home to immerse herself in the bustling social life of Bath. She is simple, naive, and imaginative, and the last thing she expects is to meet the charming Henry Tilney, for whom she soon develops a deep interest.

Henry’s father, mistakenly believing Catherine to be a wealthy heiress, invites her to stay at Northanger Abbey. There, under the influence of Gothic novels and her vivid imagination, she begins to suspect that terrible secrets are hidden within its walls.

Científicos nucleares, intriga internacional y un toque de romance.

Agatha Christie lleva a sus lectores a un fascinante viaje lejos de las casas de campo y los acogedores asesinatos de Inglaterra.

Un eminente científico británico, Thomas Betterton, desaparece misteriosamente después de un congreso celebrado en París. Al parecer, no se trata de un caso aislado, sino de la continuación de una serie de episodios parecidos que han sucedido reiteradamente en los últimos tiempos. Siempre se trata de hombres de ciencia que desaparecen sin ningún rastro de violencia y van a parar voluntariamente al otro lado del famoso Telón de Acero.

Hilary Craven, por su parte, ha perdido toda ilusión por vivir. Cuando conoce al agente Jessop, empeñado en descubrir el destino de un científico desaparecido, se verá envuelta en una peligrosa expedición al norte de África, con el objetivo de encontrar al científico y descubrir el motivo de su desaparición.

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Nuclear scientists, international intrigue, and a touch of romance.

Agatha Christie takes her readers on a fascinating journey, far from English country houses and their cozy murders.

A prominent British scientist, Thomas Betterton, mysteriously disappears after a conference in Paris. It seems this is not an isolated case but part of a series of similar incidents occurring repeatedly in recent times. Each time, it involves scientists who vanish without a trace of violence, only to end up voluntarily behind the Iron Curtain.

Meanwhile, Hilary Craven has lost all hope in life. When she meets Agent Jessop, determined to uncover the fate of a missing scientist, she becomes entangled in a dangerous expedition to North Africa, with the mission of finding the scientist and uncovering the reason behind his disappearance.

Una lúcida mirada sobre la España actual a través de la memoria íntima de una familia a lo largo del último siglo.

«Un magistral acto de fe en la escritura como depósito de memoria», Domingo Ródenas de Moya, Babelia, El País.

«Un viaje en el tiempo hacia un pasado de calores y esfuerzos no prescritos [...], un soberbio abanico de emociones y sentimientos», Santos Sanz Villanueva, El Cultural.

«Un libro inolvidable», Jesús Ferrer, La Razón.

Madrid, junio de 2020. Tras un encierro de tres meses, el narrador asiste desde su balcón al despertar de la ciudad a la llamada nueva normalidad, mientras revive los recuerdos de su infancia en una cultura campesina cuyos últimos supervivientes ahora están muriendo. A la dolorosa constatación de que con él desaparecerá la memoria familiar, se le suma la certeza de que en este nuevo mundo nacido de una crisis global sin precedentes aún prevalecen unas prácticas dañinas que podríamos haber dejado atrás.

Volver a dónde es un libro de una belleza sobrecogedora que reflexiona sobre el paso del tiempo, sobre cómo construimos nuestros recuerdos y cómo éstos, a su vez, nos mantienen en pie en momentos en que la realidad queda en suspenso; un testimonio imprescindible para entender un tiempo extraordinario y la responsabilidad que adquirimos con las nuevas generaciones.

Certero observador de la actualidad, Antonio Muñoz Molina ofrece en estas páginas, a modo de una suerte Diario del año de la peste de Daniel Defoe contemporáneo, un lúcido análisis de la España actual a la vez que refleja la transformación irreversible de nuestro país durante el último siglo.

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"A masterful act of faith in writing as a vessel of memory." — Domingo Ródenas de Moya, Babelia, El País.

"A journey through time to a past filled with warmth and unrecorded struggles [...], a magnificent range of emotions and feelings." — Santos Sanz Villanueva, El Cultural.

"An unforgettable book." — Jesús Ferrer, La Razón.

Madrid, June 2020. After three months of lockdown, the narrator watches from his balcony as the city awakens to the so-called new normal, while reliving memories of his childhood in a rural culture whose last survivors are now passing away. Along with the painful realization that his family’s memory will vanish with him, he also faces the certainty that in this new world, born from an unprecedented global crisis, harmful practices still persist—ones we could have already left behind.

Volver a dónde is a stunningly beautiful book that reflects on the passage of time, how we construct our memories, and how they, in turn, keep us standing in moments when reality feels suspended. A must-read for understanding an extraordinary era and the responsibility we carry for future generations.

A keen observer of the present, Antonio Muñoz Molina delivers in these pages a modern version of Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year, offering both a sharp analysis of Spain today and a reflection on the country’s irreversible transformation over the past century.

Callahan
Soy el hermano Kane al que todos critican a puerta cerrada. Heredero mimado. Atleta fracasado. Alcohólico funcional. Nadie me conoce de verdad, solo Alana, mi mejor amiga de la infancia y la única mujer a la que he amado. Cuando le rompí el corazón hace seis años, prometí no volver jamás a Lake Wisteria.

Cumplí mi palabra… hasta que el testamento de mi abuelo lo cambió todo. La condición para recibir mi herencia era pasar un verano en la casa del lago de la familia antes de venderla. La petición era simple, pero solo sobre el papel, ya que todo estalló el primer día. Resulta que Lana no solo vive en la casa, sino que también asegura ser la dueña.

Alana
Enamorarme de Callahan Kane fue un error. Él mismo me lo dijo antes de destrozar mi corazón y nuestra amistad hace seis veranos.

Cuando me prometió que no regresaría, fui una ingenua y le creí. Pero ahora Cal reapareció con la intención de vender la casa del lago de su abuelo. ¿El mayor inconveniente para su propósito? Las escrituras también están a mi nombre.

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Final installment of the romantic Dreamland trilogy, written by today's most celebrated romance author, with over 2.5 million copies sold.

Sometimes, first love just needs a second chance.

Callahan
is the Kane brother everyone criticizes behind closed doors—spoiled heir, failed athlete, functional alcoholic. No one truly knows him except for Alana, his childhood best friend and the only woman he's ever loved. Six years ago, he broke her heart and swore he'd never return to Lake Wisteria.

He kept his promise—until his grandfather's will changed everything. The only way to receive his inheritance is to spend a summer at the family lake house before selling it. Simple on paper, but a disaster in reality, as he soon discovers Alana not only lives there, but claims she owns it.

Alana
once believed loving Callahan Kane was a mistake. He made sure she knew it before shattering her heart and their friendship six summers ago. She was naïve enough to trust him when he promised never to return.

But now he's back, intent on selling his grandfather’s lake house. The biggest problem? Her name is also on the deed.

NO LEAS ESTE LIBRO. ES ALTAMENTE INAPROPIADO.

Si te gustaron Corrupt, Hideaway y Kill Switch, no puedes perderte la nueva entrega de este dark romance.

EMORY
Blackchurch es una mansión oculta en un lugar remoto, donde los más ricos envían a sus hijos rebeldes para que aprendan de sus errores.

Will Grayson siempre fue salvaje e imprudente. Disfrutaba arrinconándome en la escuela cuando nadie nos estaba mirando, así ni un alma sabría que al chico popular le gustaba una perdedora como yo.

Ahora me odia y está justificado. Porque es todo culpa mía. Todo. La Noche del Diablo. Los vídeos. Que lo arrestaran a él y a sus amigos.

Es mi culpa, pero no me arrepiento de nada.

WILL
Nunca me importó estar encerrado. Aprendí hace mucho tiempo que ser tratado como un animal te da permiso para actuar como tal.

No sé quién la trajo ni por qué, pero Emory también está en Blackchurch. Su presencia no cambia nada, mi meta es la misma: obtener venganza.

Aquí hay cinco prisioneros, y como no hay dónde esconderse, yo soy solo uno de sus problemas.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

DO NOT READ THIS BOOK. IT IS HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE.

If you loved Corrupt, Hideaway, and Kill Switch, you can’t miss the latest installment in this dark romance.

EMORY
Blackchurch is a hidden mansion in a remote location, where the wealthy send their rebellious children to learn from their mistakes.

Will Grayson was always wild and reckless. He enjoyed cornering me at school when no one was watching, so not a soul would know that the popular boy liked a loser like me.

Now he hates me, and it’s justified. Because it’s all my fault. Everything. Devil’s Night. The videos. The arrests. His and his friends’.

It’s my fault, but I don’t regret a thing.

WILL
Being locked up never bothered me. I learned a long time ago that when people treat you like an animal, it gives you permission to act like one.

I don’t know who brought her here or why, but Emory is in Blackchurch too. Her presence changes nothing—my goal remains the same: revenge.

There are five prisoners here, and with nowhere to hide, I am just one of their problems.

La historia que ha tocado el corazón de miles de lectores en Wattpad en una edición especial con capítulos inéditos.

«Inma escribe palabras que se transforman en pura emoción. La química entre Logan y Leah va mucho más allá del papel, una vez que los conozcas no podrás olvidarlos jamás.» —ALINA NOT

La vida no es justa, y eso Logan lo sabe muy bien. Después de una dolorosa pérdida, su corazón se ha vuelto hermético, frío e inquebrantable. Por eso no le importa que todos crean que es el malo de la historia.

Leah nunca se ha sentido la protagonista de la suya. Vive con la cabeza enterrada en los libros, intentando pasar desapercibida, y se refugia en la gran comunidad de lectores que tiene en internet.

Leah no es el tipo de chica que Logan está buscando.

Y Logan es la clase de chico que Leah trata de evitar.

Quizá por eso lo que hay entre ellos funciona tan bien.

Tras el éxito de Hasta que nos quedemos sin estrellas, Inma Rubiales vuelve con una historia que no olvidarás.

«Una historia increíble, pasional, sentimental y reflexiva. Al leer siempre te quedas con ganas de más. Sin duda, un libro que no te decepcionará en absoluto.» —@Nereadg05

«Desde el primer capítulo ya supe que iba a ser mi nueva obsesión. Inma te hace conectar con los personajes capítulo a capítulo y nunca querrás dejar de leer.» —@martagarber3

«El arte de ser nosotros es de esos libros que desde los primeros capítulos se te mete en el corazón y sabes que va a dejar huella.» —@booksbydaniela

«Una historia sobre las luces y las sombras del amor, la amistad y el miedo.» —@_queriend0te

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The story that has touched thousands of Wattpad readers, now in a special edition with exclusive chapters.

"Inma writes words that transform into pure emotion. The chemistry between Logan and Leah goes far beyond the pages—once you meet them, you’ll never forget them." —Alina Not

Logan knows life is unfair. After a painful loss, his heart has become closed off—cold and unbreakable. That’s why he doesn’t care if people believe he’s the villain of the story.

Leah has never felt like the protagonist of her own life. She keeps her head buried in books, hoping to remain unnoticed, and finds solace in the strong online community of readers she has built.

Leah isn’t the kind of girl Logan is looking for.

And Logan is exactly the type of guy Leah tries to avoid.

Maybe that’s why whatever is between them works so well.

Following the success of Hasta que nos quedemos sin estrellas, Inma Rubiales returns with a story you’ll never forget.

Con una prosa incisiva que combina humor y empatía, Nora de la Cruz devela el rostro menos romántico de la maternidad, y en Duerme, cicatriz muestra el carácter femenino en su momento más vulnerable.

Una tarde de sábado en casa de sus padres, el tiempo de pronto se detiene para Lina. Es esa sensación fugaz pero certera de que algo escapa de su entrepierna con velocidad y en el peor momento: eso sin duda es sangre. En otras circunstancias no sería motivo de preocupación, pero en su caso representa una amenaza inminente: es una mujer de casi cuarenta años que está embarazada por primera vez. Reacia a recurrir a su familia, Lina atraviesa el periplo de la seguridad social mientras recuerda las experiencias que la definieron: su adolescencia y juventud, el amor, el sexo, la amistad y un embarazo que no necesariamente ha elegido.

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With sharp prose that blends humor and empathy, Nora de la Cruz unveils the less romantic side of motherhood, and in Duerme, cicatriz, she portrays the female spirit at its most vulnerable.

One Saturday afternoon at her parents’ house, time suddenly freezes for Lina. It’s that fleeting yet unmistakable sensation that something is escaping from between her legs—fast and at the worst possible moment: blood, without a doubt. In different circumstances, it wouldn’t be a reason for concern, but for her, it signals an imminent threat—she is a woman nearing forty, pregnant for the first time. Reluctant to turn to her family, Lina navigates the maze of social healthcare while reflecting on the experiences that have shaped her—her teenage years, youth, love, sex, friendship, and a pregnancy she hasn’t necessarily chosen.

La segunda entrega de la serie Vancouver Storm.

¿La mejor manera de vengarme de mi horrible ex? Fingir que estoy saliendo con Rory Miller, su eterno rival, una estrella del hockey profesional y el arrogante jugador al que tutoricé en el instituto.

Este falso amor es divertido y adictivo. Además, a pesar de su apariencia de chico malo, Rory Miller es dulce, gracioso y protector.

Me enseña a patinar y gasta demasiado dinero en mí. Duerme en mi cama, me besa como si fuera real y… empiezo a preguntarme si su amor es tan falso como dice.

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The second installment in the Vancouver Storm series.

What’s the best way to get revenge on my terrible ex? Pretend I’m dating Rory Miller—his longtime rival, a professional hockey star, and the arrogant player I once tutored in high school.

This fake romance is fun and addictive. And despite his bad-boy image, Rory Miller is sweet, funny, and protective.

He teaches me how to skate and spends way too much money on me. He sleeps in my bed, kisses me like it’s real, and… I start to wonder if his love is really as fake as he says.

Todo lo que siempre has querido saber sobre Murakami y el jazz, contado por el propio autor.

«Una joya.» Jorge Coscarón, Esquire
«Tan hermoso como ameno.» Eduardo Bravo, GQ
«Un libro perfecto para leer con los oídos mientras rinde un excepcional tributo a unos artistas imprescindibles.» Martín Page, El Cultural
«Demuestra la capacidad de Murakami para convertir las notas musicales en una prosa inigualable que nos envuelve en su melodía.» Iván Orio, El Correo
«Murakami logra atrapar en estos textos de forma prodigiosa el vínculo íntimo, emocional y subjetivo que establecemos con las creaciones artísticas.» Mauricio Bach, Letra Global
«Si les gusta el jazz, no deben perderse este libro de Murakami.» Luis M. Alonso, La Nueva España

Haruki Murakami regentó durante años un club de jazz, llamado Peter Cat, antes de dedicarse a tiempo completo a la escritura. Sin duda, al abrir este volumen el lector tendrá la sensación de haberse sentado a una de las mesas del local mientras el propio Murakami le cuenta anécdotas y pormenores de las canciones que se escuchan, en un tono confidencial, cálido y entusiasta. La pasión del escritor japonés por el jazz le llevó a escribir este libro compuesto por cincuenta y cinco retratos de músicos de jazz, acompañados de una ilustración del artista japonés Wada Makoto y de un comentario sobre un álbum de cada músico. Gracias a Murakami, cada «entrada» se convierte en una pequeña y deliciosa historia, en un fragmento de memoria autobiográfica, en consejos a la hora de escuchar a un intérprete, o en frescas pinceladas para describir a un artista o una época. Así, desde el mítico Chet Baker hasta Ella Fitzgerald, por el libro desfilan grandes figuras como Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans o Art Pepper.

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Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Murakami and Jazz—Told by the Author Himself.

“A gem.” — Jorge Coscarón, Esquire
“As beautiful as it is engaging.” — Eduardo Bravo, GQ
“A perfect book to listen to as you read, paying exceptional tribute to essential artists.” — Martín Page, El Cultural
“Murakami masterfully transforms musical notes into prose, wrapping us in his melody.” — Iván Orio, El Correo
“He brilliantly captures the intimate, emotional, and personal connection we form with artistic creations.” — Mauricio Bach, Letra Global
“If you love jazz, you can’t miss this book by Murakami.” — Luis M. Alonso, La Nueva España

Before dedicating himself entirely to writing, Haruki Murakami ran a jazz club called Peter Cat for years. Open this book, and you’ll feel like you’ve taken a seat at the bar, listening to Murakami himself as he shares anecdotes and stories about the songs playing—his tone warm, personal, and full of enthusiasm.

Murakami’s deep love for jazz led him to craft this book, which features fifty-five portraits of legendary jazz musicians. Each profile is paired with an illustration by Japanese artist Wada Makoto and Murakami’s thoughts on an essential album from each musician’s repertoire. Thanks to Murakami’s storytelling, every entry transforms into a delightful little tale—a glimpse into his own memories, advice on how to listen to a performer, or vivid brushstrokes that bring an artist or an era to life.

From the iconic Chet Baker to Ella Fitzgerald, this book is filled with legends: Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Art Pepper, and many more.

A forced farewell. An unbreakable love. A destiny shaped by war.

Barcelona, 1937. En medio del caos de la Guerra Civil Española, Pere Roda toma una decisión que lo perseguirá toda la vida: envía a sus tres hijas a México, convencido de que así las salvará del hambre y la guerra. Pere oculta su decisión a Celia, la madre de las niñas, sabiendo que ella preferiría cualquier cosa antes de apartarse de ellas. Las tres hermanas viajan junto con más de quinientos niños refugiados hacia el otro lado del océano, donde enfrentarán los crueles desafíos del exilio: la separación de los padres, la pérdida de la identidad y el miedo constante de no saber qué les deparará el futuro. Mientras la distancia entre la familia crece y el tiempo avanza, Pere desaparece por completo de la vida de Celia, y ella, sin conocer la verdad, comienza la búsqueda incansable de sus hijas, temiendo siempre lo peor: que hayan perecido víctimas de los bombardeos y la guerra.

La maletita azul es una historia conmovedora sobre la fuerza inquebrantable del amor entre una madre y sus hijas y sobre cómo este lazo puede desafiar el tiempo, la distancia y los horrores de la guerra.

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A forced farewell. An unbreakable love. A destiny shaped by war.

Barcelona, 1937. In the midst of the chaos of the Spanish Civil War, Pere Roda makes a decision that will haunt him for the rest of his life: he sends his three daughters to Mexico, convinced that this will save them from hunger and war. Pere hides his decision from Celia, the girls' mother, knowing that she would prefer anything rather than being separated from them. The three sisters travel along with more than five hundred refugee children to the other side of the ocean, where they will face the cruel challenges of exile: separation from parents, loss of identity, and the constant fear of not knowing what the future holds. As the distance between the family grows and time advances, Pere disappears completely from Celia's life, and she, without knowing the truth, begins the tireless search for her daughters, always fearing the worst: that they have perished, victims of the bombings and the war.

La maletita azul (The Little Blue Suitcase) is a moving story about the unbreakable strength of a mother's love for her daughters and how this bond can defy time, distance, and the horrors of war.

After the Chinese Civil War, the Kuomintang imposed authoritarian rule on Taiwan in the name of anticommunism. The White Terror, as martial law and state repression were known, would last for decades, casting a pall of uncertainty and fear over Taiwanese society—and its legacies still haunt Taiwan today. Kaori Lai’s Portraits in White explores everyday life under the White Terror, illuminating how the violence of martial law pervades even the most mundane moments.

The book is composed of three novellas, each telling the story of an ordinary person. Mr. Ch’ing-chih, a schoolteacher, keeps his head down and avoids harming others despite pressure to do intelligence work. Ms. Wen-hui, an old woman who had served as a housekeeper for elites of different backgrounds since the Japanese occupation, faces death alone in the digital age. Ms. Casey, discriminated against for not being of mainlander descent, moves to Europe and must navigate the politics of diaspora. Even if only alluded to obliquely, the White Terror always hovers in the background, shaping the characters’ experiences and inner worlds. Elegantly written and keenly observed, Portraits in White provides a panoramic view of the ways authoritarianism seeps into daily life.

After the Chinese Civil War, the Kuomintang imposed authoritarian rule on Taiwan in the name of anticommunism. The White Terror, as martial law and state repression were known, would last for decades, casting a pall of uncertainty and fear over Taiwanese society—and its legacies still haunt Taiwan today. Kaori Lai’s Portraits in White explores everyday life under the White Terror, illuminating how the violence of martial law pervades even the most mundane moments.

The book is composed of three novellas, each telling the story of an ordinary person. Mr. Ch’ing-chih, a schoolteacher, keeps his head down and avoids harming others despite pressure to do intelligence work. Ms. Wen-hui, an old woman who had served as a housekeeper for elites of different backgrounds since the Japanese occupation, faces death alone in the digital age. Ms. Casey, discriminated against for not being of mainlander descent, moves to Europe and must navigate the politics of diaspora. Even if only alluded to obliquely, the White Terror always hovers in the background, shaping the characters’ experiences and inner worlds. Elegantly written and keenly observed, Portraits in White provides a panoramic view of the ways authoritarianism seeps into daily life.

The lost fiction—fantasy and horror—of the famous Christian writer.

A revered priest’s horrifying metaphysical secret that is revealed only after his death. A sculptor’s obsessive desire to craft the horrific face that haunts his dreams and drives him to madness. A journey upriver to an unspoiled realm whose denizens revile anything tainted by humans. The sole survivor of an island shipwreck and the terrifying ancient being he confronts.

Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941) is best known for her groundbreaking and accessible studies on Christian mysticism: over forty books and hundreds of articles and lectures on spiritual practices, including her most famous work, Mysticism (1911). Yet even the most avid Underhill reader does not know that she spent her youth writing some seriously weird fiction: supernatural short stories that H.P. Lovecraft might have enjoyed. Here for the first time is a collection of short stories, poetry, and an essay written by the foremost Christian mystic of the twentieth century. Furthermore, Underhill’s brief fiction career represents an important step in her mystical and spiritual development. Understand these stories and you go a long way toward understanding how Underhill became the transformational thinker and mystic the world knows her to be.

Climates of Migration examines through transregional and transhistorical lenses how environmental and migration issues intersect, and how  the disinformation and fear generated by the political instrumentalization of these is shaping contemporary societies as evident in media discourse, propaganda, literature, art, visual culture, policy-making and new technologies.

The prologue and chapter 1 situate the discussion in Climates of Migration in a broader context defined by a resurgence of attention on colonialism and postcolonial legacies, as evident in debates on restitution, reparation, historical accountability and responsibility. Colonial exploration and conquest are thereby connected with the environmental–migration nexus and accordingly chart the coordinates of the book as readers navigate the tentacular planetary reach of European colonial powers. This was of course an era when overseas travel was not even an option for the majority of people, yet one defined by sophisticated propagandist mechanisms that encouraged Europeans to travel through the imagination thanks to the immersive experiences offered at World’s Fairs and Colonial Exhibitions as well as in various board games and other ephemera that promoted the benefits of having colonies, glorified conquest and expansion, while molding young minds and bolstering patriotic fervor. The lessons to be learned were manifold, concerning as they did a recognition of the importance to the economy of—and dependency on—colonies, while implanting a deep familiarity with goods and products. These games capitalized upon the experiential realities of colonial assignments, and the design replicated the defining elements of the colonial enterprise, while also of course mobilizing support. Yet, as we know today, agricultural and extraction practices contributed to anthropogenic global warming, as communities were removed or driven off their lands, displaced and compelled to migrate elsewhere. As such, questions of mobility were therefore central to the production and visualization of Empire, and today, heated debates pertaining to border control and sovereignty can be traced back to this era.
The catalyst for chapter 2 is to be found in French philosopher Bruno Latour’s statement whereby “We can understand nothing about the politics of the last fifty years if we do not put the question of climate change and its denial front and center.” The focus thus shifts to the multiple ways in which climate change has bent the arc of politics in new directions, most notably in the conjunction between the eco-colonial dimension and migration itself given that “What makes the migratory crisis so difficult to conceptualize is that it is the symptom, to more or less excruciating degrees, of an ordeal common to all: the ordeal of finding oneself deprived of land.” Extensive recourse has been made to climate metaphors to amplify anti-immigration rhetoric, collectively delineating the parameters of an invasion narrative that alleges cultural, political and social saturation, submersion and replacement. Recourse to such terminology to describe migration exploits a simple tautology: climate change is a negative development, and therefore, conflating metaphors allows for a seamless twinning with the ills of immigration, grafting a pernicious meaning on the process (migration) and people concerned (migrants). In the associative context of climate change, this logic operates optimally since it coincides with a diagnosis of catastrophic global warming and the long-term projected impact, and has been present in European Union policy-making (“Green Deal” and “New Pact on Migration and Asylum of the EU”) and broader discussions pertaining to climate migrants and climate refugees.
Two strands intersect in chapter 3 and build on the conclusions of the previous chapters, simultaneously reappraising the coexistence of insular and open thinking and complex and simplistic reasoning and shifting the discussion toward an engagement with categories such as empathy and sympathy. This is achieved through a consideration of how cultural productions by artists and writers have enhanced modes of identification and relationality rather than detachment, and offered alternatives to racist and xenophobic media and political discourses. Chapter 4 subsequently provides an in-depth analysis of an emerging corpus of works by African writers for whom transhistorical violence motivates political commitment based on scrutiny and witnessing, documenting, recording and calls for accountability. The works considered have in common an adherence to an “environmental turn” that has culminated in a thematic “greening” of fiction (Cheryll Glotfelty) and a revitalization of writing. Writers have engaged with the longstanding consequences of environmental ecocide on the continent, while ultimately reflecting on the broader context of climate change and environmental derangement that accounts for shifting patterns of population mobility. The concluding chapter establishes a conjunction between new technologies of communication and extraction, more prominently in terms of the interplay between ecology and propaganda, and examines how the later has been used to further an anti-ecological agenda—denouncing warnings concerning global warming as fake news or promoting a lifestyle founded on the exponential use of industrial technologies—and pro-ecology positions centered on an unrelenting effort to prevent the systematic destruction of the environment and aimed at raising awareness and consciousness as well as encouraging behavior modification. The conclusion considers how new digital technologies have taken an age-old apparatus and amplified it, enabling information wars to run alongside physical ones, while discussing how disinformation and misinformation campaigns and algorithms now influence every facet of contemporary life, most prominently in terms of the climate change and migration nexus.

Ella era la hermana de la novia. Él, el chico del que ella siempre había estado enamorada. El adictivo e intenso éxito de TikTok por la autora bestseller en USA Today.

Cuando la hermana mayor de Raven Du Pont decide dejar plantado al codiciado magnate Ares Windsor el día de su boda, ella no tiene más remedio que ocupar su lugar y casarse con él para cumplir con el contrato al que están atadas sus familias.

Para Ares además de ser la hermana de su adorada novia, ella siempre ha sido su mejor amiga, pero lo que ni él ni nadie sabe es que Raven ha estado enamorada de él desde que lo conoció.

Esta es la oportunidad perfecta para conquistar al hombre que siempre le había sido negado, y Raven está dispuesta a todo para demostrarle que ella es la única que merece su corazón.

Después de todo, en el amor y la guerra todo se vale, y esto… es la guerra.

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She was the bride's sister. He was the guy she had always been in love with. The addictive and intense TikTok sensation by the USA Today bestselling author.

When Raven Du Pont's older sister decides to leave the coveted magnate Ares Windsor at the altar on their wedding day, Raven has no choice but to take her place and marry him to fulfill the contract binding their families.

For Ares, besides being the sister of his beloved bride, Raven has always been his best friend. But what neither he nor anyone else knows is that Raven has been in love with him since the day they met.

This is the perfect opportunity to win over the man who had always been denied to her, and Raven is willing to do whatever it takes to prove that she is the only one who deserves his heart.

After all, in love and war, everything is fair, and this... is war.

The Patterson Women is the third installment in a thrilling series featuring the dangerous and captivating women of the Patterson family—Sara, the mother of Kate, and Kate, the mother of Ann. All three share a striking trait: they’re beautiful, fiery redheads with a dark, deadly secret. They’re ruthless psychopathsb with no conscience, and they’ll stop at nothing to eliminate the wicked from the world.

This time, they’ve teamed up with the local police chief to become civilians with a badge, taking on the most notorious, unsolved cases in the department’s files. But their methods are anything but conventional. As they track down their prey, they face a moral dilemma: to end a life based on its twisted past, or to let it continue?

As the Patterson women develop unthinkable strategies to bring justice in their own way, the stakes rise higher than ever. But every pursuit comes with its price, and the consequences of their brutal decisions may be more than even they can handle. In this dark, pulse-pounding chapter, no one is safe, and nothing is as it seems. Will the Patterson women succeed in their unrelenting mission, or will their past finally catch up with them?

Climates of Migration examines through transregional and transhistorical lenses how environmental and migration issues intersect, and how  the disinformation and fear generated by the political instrumentalization of these is shaping contemporary societies as evident in media discourse, propaganda, literature, art, visual culture, policy-making and new technologies.

The prologue and chapter 1 situate the discussion in Climates of Migration in a broader context defined by a resurgence of attention on colonialism and postcolonial legacies, as evident in debates on restitution, reparation, historical accountability and responsibility. Colonial exploration and conquest are thereby connected with the environmental–migration nexus and accordingly chart the coordinates of the book as readers navigate the tentacular planetary reach of European colonial powers. This was of course an era when overseas travel was not even an option for the majority of people, yet one defined by sophisticated propagandist mechanisms that encouraged Europeans to travel through the imagination thanks to the immersive experiences offered at World’s Fairs and Colonial Exhibitions as well as in various board games and other ephemera that promoted the benefits of having colonies, glorified conquest and expansion, while molding young minds and bolstering patriotic fervor. The lessons to be learned were manifold, concerning as they did a recognition of the importance to the economy of—and dependency on—colonies, while implanting a deep familiarity with goods and products. These games capitalized upon the experiential realities of colonial assignments, and the design replicated the defining elements of the colonial enterprise, while also of course mobilizing support. Yet, as we know today, agricultural and extraction practices contributed to anthropogenic global warming, as communities were removed or driven off their lands, displaced and compelled to migrate elsewhere. As such, questions of mobility were therefore central to the production and visualization of Empire, and today, heated debates pertaining to border control and sovereignty can be traced back to this era.
The catalyst for chapter 2 is to be found in French philosopher Bruno Latour’s statement whereby “We can understand nothing about the politics of the last fifty years if we do not put the question of climate change and its denial front and center.” The focus thus shifts to the multiple ways in which climate change has bent the arc of politics in new directions, most notably in the conjunction between the eco-colonial dimension and migration itself given that “What makes the migratory crisis so difficult to conceptualize is that it is the symptom, to more or less excruciating degrees, of an ordeal common to all: the ordeal of finding oneself deprived of land.” Extensive recourse has been made to climate metaphors to amplify anti-immigration rhetoric, collectively delineating the parameters of an invasion narrative that alleges cultural, political and social saturation, submersion and replacement. Recourse to such terminology to describe migration exploits a simple tautology: climate change is a negative development, and therefore, conflating metaphors allows for a seamless twinning with the ills of immigration, grafting a pernicious meaning on the process (migration) and people concerned (migrants). In the associative context of climate change, this logic operates optimally since it coincides with a diagnosis of catastrophic global warming and the long-term projected impact, and has been present in European Union policy-making (“Green Deal” and “New Pact on Migration and Asylum of the EU”) and broader discussions pertaining to climate migrants and climate refugees.
Two strands intersect in chapter 3 and build on the conclusions of the previous chapters, simultaneously reappraising the coexistence of insular and open thinking and complex and simplistic reasoning and shifting the discussion toward an engagement with categories such as empathy and sympathy. This is achieved through a consideration of how cultural productions by artists and writers have enhanced modes of identification and relationality rather than detachment, and offered alternatives to racist and xenophobic media and political discourses. Chapter 4 subsequently provides an in-depth analysis of an emerging corpus of works by African writers for whom transhistorical violence motivates political commitment based on scrutiny and witnessing, documenting, recording and calls for accountability. The works considered have in common an adherence to an “environmental turn” that has culminated in a thematic “greening” of fiction (Cheryll Glotfelty) and a revitalization of writing. Writers have engaged with the longstanding consequences of environmental ecocide on the continent, while ultimately reflecting on the broader context of climate change and environmental derangement that accounts for shifting patterns of population mobility. The concluding chapter establishes a conjunction between new technologies of communication and extraction, more prominently in terms of the interplay between ecology and propaganda, and examines how the later has been used to further an anti-ecological agenda—denouncing warnings concerning global warming as fake news or promoting a lifestyle founded on the exponential use of industrial technologies—and pro-ecology positions centered on an unrelenting effort to prevent the systematic destruction of the environment and aimed at raising awareness and consciousness as well as encouraging behavior modification. The conclusion considers how new digital technologies have taken an age-old apparatus and amplified it, enabling information wars to run alongside physical ones, while discussing how disinformation and misinformation campaigns and algorithms now influence every facet of contemporary life, most prominently in terms of the climate change and migration nexus.

El espectacular y esperado cierre de la serie de Bruna Husky.

En el Madrid de 2111, la detective Bruna Husky es contratada para investigar un atentado en las instalaciones de Eternal, una gran empresa tecnológica. Las pistas la llevan hasta un periodista que sigue los pasos de uno de los asaltantes, pero cuando los implicados empiezan a desaparecer, la detective y el inspector Lizard se verán atrapados en una trampa mortífera diseñada por una mente criminal aterradora.Estamos ante una Bruna Husky que ya no es una poderosa tecnohumana de combate, sino una débil androide de cálculo, y que debe afrontar el caso más peligroso de toda su carrera.

Animales difíciles plantea la inconsciencia con la que estamos desarrollando una superinteligencia desconocida, un poder absoluto, que no sabemos si seremos capaces de controlar y que puede convertirse en un arma definitiva y brutal.

Rosa Montero cierra por todo lo alto la serie de Bruna Husky, formada por las novelas Lágrimas en la lluvia, El peso del corazón y Los tiempos del odio. Espectacular y emocionante, este último caso es un apasionante rompecabezas de tensión creciente y final luminoso sobre el sentido de la vida y el destino de la Humanidad.

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The spectacular and eagerly awaited conclusion to the Bruna Husky series.

In Madrid, 2111, detective Bruna Husky is hired to investigate an attack on the facilities of Eternal, a major tech corporation. The clues lead her to a journalist following one of the attackers, but when those involved begin to disappear, the detective and Inspector Lizard find themselves caught in a deadly trap designed by a terrifying criminal mind. This is a Bruna Husky who is no longer a powerful techno-human combatant but a fragile calculation android, facing the most dangerous case of her career.

Animales difíciles delves into the recklessness with which we are developing an unknown superintelligence, an absolute power that we may not be able to control and that could become a definitive and brutal weapon.

Rosa Montero brings the Bruna Husky series to a stunning close, following the novels Lágrimas en la lluvia, El peso del corazón, and Los tiempos del odio. Spectacular and thrilling, this final case is an absorbing puzzle of escalating tension and a luminous ending reflecting on the meaning of life and the destiny of humanity.

Una memoria militar, la historia de la mili narrada por la pluma literaria de Antonio Muñoz Molina.

A finales de los ochenta, un joven Antonio Muñoz Molina ingresó en el servicio militar obligatorio. Allí fue despojado de su cabello, de su identidad, de su nombre. Pasó a ser un J-54 cualquiera en un entorno marcado por un patriotismo que veía con desapego y una intolerancia en la que no encajaba. Ardor guerrero es «una crónica memorística en la que el autor aúna su excelente y eficaz narrativa con el valor del testimonio» (El Diario Vasco).

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A military memoir—the story of conscription told through the literary voice of Antonio Muñoz Molina.

In the late 1980s, a young Antonio Muñoz Molina entered mandatory military service. There, he was stripped of his hair, his identity, and even his name. He became just another J-54 in an environment defined by a patriotism he viewed with detachment and an intolerance in which he did not belong. Ardor guerrero is “a memoir in which the author masterfully blends his exceptional narrative style with the power of testimony” (El Diario Vasco).

Larry Chandler knows what his fellow soldiers don’t—that war scars you and haunts you, leaving you with memories you’d prefer not to face. They’re all National Guardsmen serving together in Iraq, but he’s already done a stint in Afghanistan, whereas they’re fresh-faced youngsters on their first tour. The new soldiers are eager for something more interesting than life on a firebase, or boring guard duty at isolated outposts—and they’re about to get their wish.

Adam Kovac has written one of the great novels of The Forever Wars—one that captures both the dust and grit and sweat of soldiers on patrol, and the surrealism of their lives back on base. (Where they might be checking Facebook and ordering lattes one minute, and dodging mortars the next.) In its first edition, it earned comparisons to the likes of Hemingway, Mailer, and O’Brien; this revised second edition promises to find it the audience it so richly deserves.

Mark Neider, a young Ukrainian-born American IT specialist, finds himself in crime-ridden Yeltsin’s Russia, hot on the trail of wheeler dealers who swindled him out of a small fortune back in New York. In Moscow, Mark survives an aborted coup in October 1993 and encounters a mysterious stranger who claims to have had a hand in the recent constitutional crisis. Tasha, Mark’s Moscow daredevil girlfriend, helps him retrieve the money at a significant body count, but Mark is only allowed to leave the country with 10K, a mere fraction of the loot now in his possession. Tasha and her film scholar aunt hatch a plan. Tasha’s aunt keeps the money while her wealthy Chicagoan ex disburses the equivalent amount to Mark in return for Mark’s interviewing the elderly sister of Greg Davis, an American film director who is the subject of Tasha’s aunt’s scholarly interest. But there’s more than meets the eye to Greg Davis’s sister who takes Mark on a journey he may or may not return from.

Adam Kovac has written one of the great novels of The Forever Wars—one that captures both the dust and grit and sweat of soldiers on patrol, and the surrealism of their lives back on base. (Where they might be checking Facebook and ordering lattes one minute, and dodging mortars the next.) In its first edition, it earned comparisons to the likes of Hemingway, Mailer, and O’Brien; this revised second edition promises to find it the audience it so richly deserves.

Libro inédito de Yasunari Kawabata, el legendario Nobel japonés.

El presente libro contiene diez relatos con historias entrelazadas, a veces porque los protagonistas comparten el mismo nombre, otras, por su carácter sutilmente sobrenatural, y casi siempre porque tienen el amor —y el dolor que nace de él— como tema central. Inédito hasta ahora en castellano, Seix Barral lo presenta en esta oportunidad en traducción directa del japonés.

Cada uno de estos relatos fue primero publicado en revistas literarias entre 1951 y 1956, años en los que la pobreza y la desolación de un Japón en ruinas traumatizaron a una generación abatida por la derrota en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Este es el contexto histórico en el que el autor desarrolla estas historias. En ellas, como en muchas de sus obras posteriores, la guerra y la rendición de Japón marcan un antes y un después en la vida de los personajes y es un hecho histórico que está omnipresente como paisaje de fondo.

“El relato que abre este libro, La luna en el agua, es una obra de arte en sí misma y puede que contenga lo mejor y más representativo de Kawabata: lo extraordinario en lo ordinario, la dicotomía entre realidad e ilusión, la enfermedad como una visión peculiar del mundo, la locura, la belleza sutil de los detalles que podrían pasar fácilmente inadvertidos, el amor de una mujer.” —Tana Oshima

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An unpublished book by Yasunari Kawabata, the legendary Japanese Nobel laureate.

This book contains ten stories with interconnected narratives, sometimes because the protagonists share the same name, other times due to their subtly supernatural nature, and almost always because they revolve around love—and the pain that stems from it—as a central theme. Previously unpublished in Spanish, Seix Barral now presents it in this edition with a direct translation from Japanese.

Each of these stories was first published in literary magazines between 1951 and 1956, years during which the poverty and desolation of a war-torn Japan traumatized a generation burdened by the defeat in World War II. This is the historical context in which the author sets these narratives. In them, as in many of his later works, the war and Japan's surrender mark a before and after in the characters' lives, serving as an ever-present backdrop.

"The opening story in this book, The Moon in the Water, is a masterpiece in itself and might encapsulate the best and most representative qualities of Kawabata: the extraordinary in the ordinary, the dichotomy between reality and illusion, illness as a peculiar worldview, madness, the subtle beauty of details that might easily go unnoticed, the love of a woman." —Tana Oshima

Una sobresaliente colección de cuentos de uno de los autores puertorriqueños contemporáneos más destacados.

Un periodista freelance que busca el dinero para comprarle un ataúd a su difunto padre. Un desempleado cuya esperanza gira alrededor de un sofá abandonado frente a su casa. Un adolescente que encuentra el amor gracias a la adicción al NyQuil de su padre. Un hombre desesperado que roba una pistola de agua para su hijo y protagoniza un milagro equivocado: así es la vida en Levittown, uno de los proyectos suburbanos más grandes del Caribe.

Vulnerables, patéticos y con el futuro enfangado, a los personajes de este libro les falta dinero para llegar a fin de mes, pero les sobra nostalgia, rabia, ternura y salitre.

Levittown mon amour irrumpió en las letras puertorriqueñas poco después del paso del huracán María y pronto se convirtió en un retrato vivo de otro fenómeno que venía azotando la isla por décadas: el fracaso del sueño americano en el Caribe. Esta nueva edición incluye dos cuentos inéditos, «Meaíto» y «Gracias por el funeral».

«Cezanne Cardona es un escritor que rebasó la categoría de promesa: un escritor rotundo que merece leerse, aplaudirse, respetarse». —Luis Rafael Sánchez

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A resounding short story collection from one of the most remarkable contemporary Puerto Rican authors.

A freelance journalist trying to scrape together enough money to buy a coffin for his late father. An unemployed man whose last shred of hope revolves around an abandoned couch outside his house. A teenager who discovers love thanks to his father’s addiction to NyQuil. A desperate man who steals a water gun for his son and ends up performing the wrong kind of miracle—this is life in Levittown, one of the largest suburban projects in the Caribbean.

Vulnerable, pathetic, and stuck in the mud of an uncertain future, the characters in this book lack the money to make ends meet, but they overflow with nostalgia, rage, tenderness, and the scent of the sea breeze.

Levittown mon amour burst onto Puerto Rican literature shortly after Hurricane María, quickly becoming a vivid portrait of another phenomenon that had plagued the island for decades: the failure of the American dream in the Caribbean. This new edition includes two previously unpublished stories, Meaíto and Gracias por el funeral.

“Cezanne Cardona is a writer who has surpassed the category of promise: a forceful writer who deserves to be read, applauded, and respected.” —Luis Rafael Sánchez

Una entrañable celebración de la familia y del papel de la memoria en el desarrollo individual.

La protagonista viaja a Bulgaria en busca de los últimos hablantes del ladino, la lengua con ecos de Cervantes que nació a finales del siglo XV tras la expulsión de los judíos de España. «Más que la lengua de mi infancia, es la infancia de mi lengua.» Con una mirada atenta hacia el tiempo que se aleja, la autora, de la mano de dos lenguas, va y viene de la evocación a la añoranza. Una abuela agria y malhumorada se convierte en el apoyo dramático, a la vez terrible y humorístico, de esta entrañable historia. La sombra de los padres perdidos, así como las voces de tantos antepasados que la transportan a Sofia, Plovdiv, Esmirna, Salónica, Estambul y siempre a México viven en las distintas capas de esta obra mágica (Premio Xavier Villaurrutia y traducida a varios idiomas) que, como la cebolla, se arma en capas y a veces, al deshojarla, hace llorar.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A heartfelt celebration of family and the role of memory in individual growth.

The protagonist travels to Bulgaria in search of the last speakers of Ladino, the language with echoes of Cervantes that was born in the late 15th century after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain. "More than the language of my childhood, it is the childhood of my language." With a keen eye on time slipping away, the author, guided by two languages, moves between evocation and longing. A sour and bad-tempered grandmother becomes the dramatic, both terrible and humorous, support of this touching story.

The shadow of lost parents and the voices of many ancestors transport her to Sofia, Plovdiv, Smyrna, Salonica, Istanbul, and always back to Mexico. These layers live in this magical work (Xavier Villaurrutia Award winner and translated into several languages), which, like an onion, is built in layers and sometimes, when peeled back, brings tears.

Cuando todo está en juego, el amor es la apuesta más arriesgada.

Lily Black regresó de entre las sombras, pero su retorno no ha traído la paz que Kane y ella tanto anhelaban. Nadie sabe qué le sucedió a Lily durante esos años, ni por qué reapareció tan repentinamente. Ahora, el enigma de su pasado amenaza no solo su relación con Kane, sino también la estabilidad de la poderosa familia Armand-Black.

Con cada día que pasa, las tensiones aumentan tanto en la mansión familiar como en los círculos de poder de Nueva York en los que se mueven. Para algunos, Lily es una impostora; para otros, una amenaza. Las traiciones se ocultan en cada esquina, y mientras ella lucha por proteger a los que ama, oscuros secretos familiares emergen, poniendo en riesgo todo lo que Kane y Lily alguna vez dieron por seguro entre ellos. Sumidos en un juego letal de deseo y venganza, lo arriesgarán todo para proteger lo que sienten. ¿Podrá su amor soportar la presión de un pasado que nunca deja de perseguirlos?

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When everything is at stake, love is the riskiest bet.

Lily Black emerged from the shadows, but her return hasn’t brought the peace that she and Kane longed for. No one knows what happened to Lily during those years, nor why she reappeared so suddenly. Now, the mystery of her past threatens not only her relationship with Kane but also the stability of the powerful Armand-Black family.

With each passing day, tensions rise both in the family mansion and in the elite circles of New York where they operate. To some, Lily is an imposter; to others, a threat. Betrayals lurk around every corner, and as she fights to protect those she loves, dark family secrets emerge, putting at risk everything that Kane and Lily once took for granted between them. Engulfed in a deadly game of desire and revenge, they will risk everything to protect what they feel. Can their love withstand the pressure of a past that refuses to stop haunting them?

Longlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize

A lover's knot of a novel that spans continents and decades, The Road Between Us delves into the entangled lives of its ensemble cast.

Estela, a lawyer, struggles professionally after a deep childhood loss and an ill-advised undergraduate dalliance. Ash is a diplomat posted to Buenos Aires and Beijing who wants what he can’t have. Ophélie, a nurse, makes a grievous medical error that alters the course of her life. And Roman is an academic whose careless sexual escapades after a painful divorce lead to even more painful consequences.

Tense, poetic, and as binge-worthy as a miniseries, The Road Between Us explores why we make the decisions we do, and how those decisions affect the people we love.

Ella es la única mujer que él desea...
Y la única a la que no puede tener.

Asher Donovan es el jugador estrella de la Liga Premier, pero sus malas acciones y su reciente cesión a otro equipo han causado mucha controversia.

Cuando una disputa con su rival, ahora compañero de equipo, les cuesta un campeonato, se ven obligados a «estrechar lazos» durante la pretemporada.

Sobrevivir al verano no debería ser difícil... pero cuando conoce a su nueva entrenadora, atractiva y talentosa, le resulta imposible dejar de pensar en ella.

¿El único problema? Que es la hermana de su rival.

Scarlett DuBois solía ser prima ballerina hasta que un trágico accidente le impidió seguir con su sueño.

Ahora es profesora en una prestigiosa academia de baile, pero su pasado la atormenta y lo último que quiere hacer es pasar el verano entrenando a su hermano y a un pretencioso jugador de fútbol.

Juró que nunca se enamoraría de un futbolista, pero cuando su hermano deja la ciudad por una emergencia, se encuentra peligrosamente cerca del seductor Asher.

Puede entrenar con él, pero ¿enamorarse? Ni pensarlo.

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She is the only woman he desires...
And the only one he cannot have.

Asher Donovan is the star player of the Premier League, but his reckless behavior and recent transfer to another team have caused major controversy.

When a feud with his rival—now his teammate—costs them a championship, they are forced to "bond" during preseason training.

Surviving the summer should be easy... but when Asher meets his new coach—talented and undeniably attractive—he finds it impossible to stop thinking about her.

The only problem? She’s his rival’s sister.

Scarlett DuBois was once a prima ballerina until a tragic accident shattered her dream.

Now a dance instructor at a prestigious academy, she is haunted by her past, and the last thing she wants is to spend the summer training her brother and an arrogant football player.

She swore she’d never fall for an athlete, but when her brother leaves town due to an emergency, she suddenly finds herself dangerously close to the captivating Asher.

She can train with him, but falling in love? Absolutely not.

Una serie de crímenes llevará a Poirot hasta un selecto internado femenino británico.

Tras ser depuesto del poder en su pequeño sultanato, el príncipe Ali Yusuf le pide a su amigo y piloto Bob Rawlinson que haga salir del país una fortuna en forma de piedras preciosas. Las valiosas gemas, escondidas por Bob en el equipaje de su hermana Joan sin que ésta lo sepa, emprenderán así un imprevisible periplo que las llevará finalmente a un internado femenino en plena campiña inglesa.

Cuando los asesinatos enturbien la paz del selecto colegio, Hércules Poirot irrumpirá en escena para encontrar al gato que está alborotando el palomar.

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A series of crimes will lead Poirot to an exclusive British girls' boarding school.

After being ousted from power in his small sultanate, Prince Ali Yusuf entrusts his friend and pilot, Bob Rawlinson, with smuggling a fortune out of the country in the form of precious gemstones. Unbeknownst to her, Bob hides the valuable gems in his sister Joan’s luggage, setting off an unpredictable journey that ultimately leads to a prestigious boarding school in the English countryside.

When a string of murders disrupts the peace of the elite institution, Hercule Poirot steps in to uncover the mystery—finding the cat that has just set the pigeons flying.

Una novela de detectives en la que Lope, siguiendo pistas para lo que cree que será su último caso antes de retirarse, se enfrenta cara a cara con la magia negra que envuelve la isla.

A medida que envejece y comienza a resentir los dolores y molestias de su cuerpo, Lope sabe que su trabajo como detective de la Policía de San Juan está llegando a su fin. Odia a su supervisor corrupto y la violencia que enfrenta en las calles día tras día. Lo único que desea es remar en canoa y pasar tiempo con su hija de 12 años, a quien ve menos desde su divorcio. Lo que no puede imaginar es que el caso de homicidio múltiple que ahora investiga lo llevará por toda la isla en menos de una semana, seguido—entre otras cosas—por las pesadas y grises nubes de un huracán inminente y potencialmente devastador.

Muy pronto, Lope se encontrará bajo el oscuro hechizo de un babalawo sediento de venganza. Entre rituales de orishas, el sofocante calor caribeño y el despiadado mundo subterráneo de narcotraficantes y sicarios, Lope tendrá que mantenerse alerta si quiere salir con vida.

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A detective novel in which Lope, pursuing leads for what he believes will be his last case before his retirement, comes face to face with the black magic enveloping the island.

Growing older and starting to resent his body’s aches and pains, Lope knows that his job as a detective for the San Juan Police is coming to an end. He hates his corrupt supervisor and the violence he confronts in the streets, day in and day out. The only thing he wants is to canoe and spend time with his 12-year-old daughter, whom he sees less after his divorce. What he cannot fathom is that the multiple homicide that he’s now investigating will take him all over the island in less than a week, followed—among others—by the heavy, grey clouds of an impending, and potentially devastating, hurricane.

Very soon, Lope will find himself under the dark spell of a babalawo with a thirst for revenge. Amidst orisha rituals, the stifling Caribbean heat, and the gritty underground world of drug-dealers and hitmen, Lope will have to keep his wits about him if he wants to make it out alive.

Publicadas en 1809 y 1797 respectivamente, estas dos obras ensalzan el amor humano por encima de los convencionalismos y relaciones socialmente establecidas.

«La vida vegetal de Goethe en la seguridad de Weimar dio tiempo a la reposada reflexión y a la composición de unas obras expresivas de un pensamiento, de una actitud moral e intelectual cruciales en la historia de nuestra cultura. Presentamos en este volumen dos muestras de esta obra, dignas de figurar —y figuran ya de hecho— en la que el mismo Goethe designó con el nombre de Weltliteratur, es decir, de literatura de interés y de aceptación universales.» De la Introducción de Jaime Vidal Alcover

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Published in 1809 and 1797 respectively, these two works exalt human love above conventions and socially established relationships.

"The vegetal life of Goethe in the safety of Weimar allowed for calm reflection and the creation of works expressive of a thought, a moral and intellectual stance crucial in the history of our culture. In this volume, we present two examples of this work, worthy of featuring—and indeed already featured—in what Goethe himself designated as Weltliteratur, that is, literature of universal interest and acceptance." From the Introduction by Jaime Vidal Alcover.

Ganador del Premio Nobel en 1968.

Impulsado por la nostalgia, Oki Toshio, un escritor casado, decide viajar a Kioto para oír las campanas del templo en el Año Nuevo. Pero además quiere ver a Otoko, antigua amante a la que había humillado. Todavía hermosa, Otoko, ahora pintora, vive con su protegida Keiko, una joven amoral, sensual y apasionada de apenas veinte años.

Y lo que comienza como un reencuentro sentimental entre el maduro Oki y la discreta Otoko se convertirá en un cruel drama de amor y destrucción.

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Winner of the Nobel Prize in 1968.

Driven by nostalgia, Oki Toshio, a married writer, decides to travel to Kyoto to hear the temple bells ring in the New Year. But he also wants to see Otoko, a former lover whom he once humiliated. Still beautiful, Otoko, now a painter, lives with her protégé Keiko, a young, amoral, sensual, and passionate woman barely twenty years old.

And what begins as a sentimental reunion between the mature Oki and the reserved Otoko will turn into a cruel drama of love and destruction.

El esperado regreso de Imanol Caneyada desde Litio.

En un presente distópico, en un tiempo absurdo e insólito, gobernado por repulsivos seres multicolores, una extraña enfermedad —que se manifiesta a través de abscesos con rostros humanos que brotan en cualquier parte del cuerpo— se disemina entre los familiares de las personas desaparecidas. Dentro de este aterrador contexto, una familia busca a su hija: Mamá, ejemplo de resistencia y determinación, se une a un colectivo de mujeres que desentierran cadáveres en el desierto; Papá, atrapado en su propia espiral de angustia, se embarca en peligrosas caminatas nocturnas, y Hermano, por su parte, inicia accidentalmente un movimiento estudiantil que pretende visibilizar a las víctimas. Todo es narrado desde la perspectiva de Hija, quien los observa desde un no lugar muy cercano al de sus pesadillas.

En Cuerpos sin nombre, Imanol Caneyada (Premio Dashiell Hammett 2022) le da un rostro nuevo al género del hiperrealismo, en una perturbadora novela donde resulta imposible distinguir la fantasía de la estremecedora realidad…

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The highly anticipated return of Imanol Caneyada from Litio.

In a dystopian present, in an absurd and unusual time governed by repulsive multicolored beings, a strange illness—manifesting as abscesses with human faces that appear anywhere on the body—spreads among the relatives of the disappeared. Within this terrifying context, a family searches for their daughter: Mamá, a symbol of resilience and determination, joins a collective of women digging up bodies in the desert; Papá, trapped in his own spiral of anguish, embarks on dangerous night walks; and Hermano, for his part, accidentally initiates a student movement aiming to bring visibility to the victims. Everything is narrated from the perspective of Hija, who observes them from a no-place eerily close to her nightmares.

In Cuerpos sin nombre, Imanol Caneyada (2022 Dashiell Hammett Award winner) gives a new face to the genre of hyperrealism in a disturbing novel where it becomes impossible to distinguish fantasy from harrowing reality…

Los nazis quieren silenciarla, pero ella no se callará.

1920. Aunque el mundo ha cambiado tras la Primera Guerra Mundial, sigue dominado por hombres. Incluso alguien tan audaz como Niki Rittenhaus, una joven actriz, necesita crear alianzas para sobresalir. Su matrimonio con Rickard Länger, un productor de cine en Berlín, parece conveniente para ambos, hasta que él comienza a producir propaganda nazi. Profundamente decepcionada, Niki abandona su sueño de ser una estrella de cine y escribe Una mujer en Berlín, una novela en la que denuncia los horrores de la nueva ideología alemana.

La obra es un éxito y, aunque la publica bajo un seudónimo, sabe que el control del Tercer Reich crece cada día y que su escritura la pone en peligro. A pesar de que logra escapar de Rickard, él no está dispuesto a dejarla ir fácilmente, así que intenta retenerla consiguiendo que los camisas pardas de Hitler secuestren a su hija. Desesperada, Niki huye a Holanda y se une a la resistencia, determinada a enfrentarse al régimen que intenta silenciarla y a recuperar a su hija.

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The Nazis want to silence her, but she will not remain quiet.

1920. Although the world has changed after World War I, it is still dominated by men. Even someone as bold as Niki Rittenhaus, a young actress, needs to forge alliances to stand out. Her marriage to Rickard Länger, a film producer in Berlin, seems convenient for both, until he begins producing Nazi propaganda. Deeply disappointed, Niki abandons her dream of becoming a movie star and writes A Woman in Berlin, a novel denouncing the horrors of the new German ideology.

The work is a success, and although she publishes it under a pseudonym, she knows that the Third Reich's control grows stronger every day and that her writing puts her in danger. Despite managing to escape from Rickard, he is not willing to let her go easily, so he tries to keep her by having Hitler's brownshirts kidnap her daughter. Desperate, Niki flees to Holland and joins the resistance, determined to confront the regime trying to silence her and to reclaim her daughter.

El mito de Helena de Troya, Aquiles y Patroclo nunca había sido tan sexy. 1,300,000 ejemplares vendidos de la serie en Estados Unidos.

El rostro que lanzó mil naves al mar, la belleza más feroz del Olimpo.

AQUILES es consciente de que en Olimpo o tienes el poder de gobernar o la obligación de obedecer. Él, que ha nacido sin nada, lo sabe bien, y por eso cuando era niño juró que se abriría camino hasta el círculo íntimo de este nido de víboras llamado Olimpo. Ahora que se ha presentado la oportunidad, Aquiles y PATROCLO, su pareja, competirán en un torneo para conseguir el poder de la ciudad y la mano de Helena.

HELENA tiene una única opción para no ser un simple premio: entrar en el torneo e intentar ganar su propia mano en matrimonio. Por desgracia, hay quienes prefieren verla muerta antes que gobernando la ciudad. Las únicas personas en las que puede confiar son Aquiles y Patroclo. Pero, ¿puede Helena realmente fiarse de sus intenciones cuando los tres sienten una atracción irrefrenable?

La serie spicy que arrasa en Estados Unidos.

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The myth of Helen of Troy, Achilles, and Patroclus has never been so sexy. 1,300,000 copies of the series sold in the United States.

The face that launched a thousand ships, the fiercest beauty of Olympus.

ACHILLES knows that in Olympus, you either have the power to rule or the obligation to obey. He, born with nothing, knows this well, and that's why as a child, he swore he would make his way into the inner circle of this viper's nest called Olympus. Now that the opportunity has arisen, Achilles and PATROCLUS, his partner, will compete in a tournament to win the city's power and Helen's hand.

HELEN has only one option to avoid being a mere prize: enter the tournament and try to win her own hand in marriage. Unfortunately, there are those who would rather see her dead than ruling the city. The only people she can trust are Achilles and Patroclus. But can Helen really trust their intentions when the three feel an irresistible attraction?

The spicy series taking the United States by storm.

Por la autora del bestseller Los amantes de Praga.

Japón, 1890. Yamamoto Kiyoki es un joven artista que sueña con viajar a París para aprender las nuevas y fascinantes técnicas de los pintores impresionistas. Sin embargo, su padre, un artesano de máscaras tradicionales para teatro nō, espera que Kiyoki honre la tradición familiar y se convierta en un verdadero maestro de este milenario arte.

Marcados por la pérdida de la esposa y madre que los unía, padre e hijo intentan encontrar su lugar en un Japón donde la tradición y la modernidad chocan. Cuando por fin Kiyoki consigue viajar a París para intentar cumplir su sueño, anhela un amor prohibido que desafía las normas sociales y amenaza con dividir aún más a su familia.

¿Qué puede hacer un padre cuando el camino de su hijo no es el que él había planeado? ¿Y cómo puede un hijo cumplir su destino sin traicionar a su padre? Una inspiradora historia de autodescubrimiento y reconciliación.

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From the author of the bestseller The Lost Wife.

Japan, 1890. Yamamoto Kiyoki is a young artist who dreams of traveling to Paris to learn the new and fascinating techniques of Impressionist painters. However, his father, a craftsman of traditional nō theater masks, expects Kiyoki to honor the family tradition and become a true master of this ancient art.

Marked by the loss of the wife and mother who united them, father and son struggle to find their place in a Japan where tradition and modernity collide. When Kiyoki finally manages to travel to Paris to pursue his dream, he yearns for a forbidden love that defies social norms and threatens to further divide his family.

What can a father do when his son's path is not the one he had envisioned? And how can a son fulfill his destiny without betraying his father? An inspiring story of self-discovery and reconciliation.

Tras Una jaula de oro y Alas de plata, Sueños de bronce es la tercera y última entrega de la serie protagonizada por su icónico personaje Faye.

Faye siempre ha vivido huyendo, en una batalla constante por romper con un pasado que amenaza con destruir todo cuanto ama, y cuando por fin siente que puede dejar de luchar, de pronto se ve amenazada por la única persona en el mundo capaz de vencerla: su propio padre, quien se ha fugado de la cárcel en la que cumplía condena. Ahora, Faye tendrá que enfrentarse a sus mayores miedos para luchar contra él, pues no es solo ella la que está en peligro, también sus seres queridos y su imperio, Revenge. Además, la policía de Estocolmo sigue sus pasos muy de cerca, por lo que deberá planificar la venganza final con sumo cuidado.

Y, en esta ocasión, tendrá que prestar especial atención a un personaje misterioso, una mujer de oscuro pasado y gran determinación que opera entre las sombras y puede llegar a arrebatárselo todo.

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Following The Golden Cage and Silver Tears, Sueños de bronce (Bronze Dreams) is the third and final installment in the series featuring its iconic character, Faye.

Faye has always lived on the run, in a constant battle to break free from a past that threatens to destroy everything she loves. Just when she feels she can stop fighting, she is suddenly threatened by the only person in the world capable of defeating her: her own father, who has escaped from the prison where he was serving his sentence. Now, Faye will have to face her greatest fears to fight against him, as not only is she in danger, but so are her loved ones and her empire, Revenge. Additionally, the Stockholm police are closely following her steps, so she must carefully plan her final act of vengeance.

This time, she will have to pay special attention to a mysterious character—a woman with a dark past and great determination who operates in the shadows and could take everything away from her.

La ambigüedad de la traición es el motor de una intriga policíaca que constituye el tema aparente de Beltenebros.

Sin embargo, lo que en realidad encubre es el desorientado transitar de los personajes por una fascinante galería de espejos en la que se reflejan el amor y el odio, el pasado y el presente, la realidad y la ficción, en un trepidante claroscuro de corte premeditadamente cinematográfico que mantiene al lector bajo su hipnosis hasta el último renglón del libro.

Convocado por una organización comunista subversiva, Darman, antiguo capitán del ejército republicano exiliado en Inglaterra, regresa a Madrid para ejecutar a un supuesto traidor a quien no ha visto nunca. En los lóbregos escenarios de la clandestinidad, emprende con desgana un periplo trepidante en pos de su víctima del que una misericordiosa cabaretera, viva imagen de una mujer a la que amó, tratará de desviarlo.

En Beltenebros, el arte de narrador de Muñoz Molina, su vigorosa maestría técnica y su estilo preciso y envolvente alcanzan un grado extremo de plenitud y de tensión expresiva cuyo logro admite escasos parangones en la narrativa española contemporánea.

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The ambiguity of betrayal serves as the driving force behind a detective intrigue that forms the apparent theme of Beltenebros.

However, what it truly conceals is the disoriented journey of the characters through a fascinating hall of mirrors, reflecting love and hatred, past and present, reality and fiction, in a deliberately cinematic chiaroscuro that keeps the reader entranced until the final line of the book.

Summoned by a subversive communist organization, Darman, a former captain of the Republican army exiled in England, returns to Madrid to execute a supposed traitor he has never met. In the shadowy settings of the underground, he reluctantly embarks on a gripping journey in pursuit of his target, from which a compassionate cabaret singer—a living image of a woman he once loved—will attempt to steer him away.

In Beltenebros, Muñoz Molina's narrative craft, his vigorous technical mastery, and his precise and immersive style reach an exceptional level of completeness and expressive tension, a feat that finds few equals in contemporary Spanish literature.

Una novela inspirada en la poeta y novelista aristócrata Vita Sackville-West, amante y amiga íntima de Virginia Woolf.

El protagonista de esta historia, Orlando, un muchacho aristócrata de la corte de Isabel I no solo vive con intensidad una dilatada época que va desde la época isabelina hasta nuestros días, sino que tras un profundo sueño, se despierta encarnado en mujer. La agilidad con la que la autora teje este juego es una muestra excelente de un sentido del humor que pocas veces asociamos a la personalidad de Virginia Woolf y una exploración sobre la condición femenina que influirá en posteriores estudios de género.

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A novel inspired by the aristocratic poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West, who was both Virginia Woolf's lover and close friend.

The protagonist of this story, Orlando, an aristocratic young man in Queen Elizabeth I's court, not only lives intensely through a long stretch of time—from the Elizabethan era to the present day—but also wakes up as a woman after a deep sleep. The way the author skillfully weaves this transformation is an excellent example of a sense of humor we rarely associate with Virginia Woolf. It’s also an exploration of the female condition that would go on to influence later gender studies.

Goodbye mind-numbing business classes, hello hunky Italian men…

When Juliet Evans scores a job as a nanny in Italy, she’s ready for a year of excitement and glamour. She is not ready for a diabolical six-year-old who swears like a pirate and hurls silverware with terrifying accuracy.

Still, it’s a small price to pay to explore Milan, take a million photos, and fantasize about becoming a professional photographer. And yes, she knows she has to take over the family business when she returns home, but a little denial never hurt anyone.

And speaking of denial, she is definitely not attracted to research intern, Jake Fields. She barely even notices his adorable dimples and quiet charm. Besides, dating an American in Italy is like eating at McDonald’s in Rome—ridiculous! Yet, despite her best efforts, Juliet finds herself in the bewildering and euphoric grip of first love.

It’s exhilarating! Intoxicating! Even better than gelato! Until it’s the one thing standing in the way of her dreams.

The future she’s always wanted is so close. Now what is she willing to give up to get it?

Perfect for fans of romantic travel stories, coming-of-age romance, and contemporary love stories set in breathtaking destinations.

Centrada en uno de los episodios más cruentos y olvidados de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en Los indignos —nominada al Premio de los Libreros de Noruega (2022)— Roy Jacobsen (autor finalista del Man Booker International Prize) revela los rostros de los niños que perdieron su inocencia durante la guerra, obligados a comportarse como adultos en un mundo sin esperanza.

Oslo, 1942. Carl, Olav y Roar crecieron juntos en el mismo edificio de departamentos al este de la ciudad. Apenas transitan la pubertad, pero sus vidas están lejos de ser juegos y travesuras. En un país ocupado por el ejército alemán, cada día deben encontrar maneras creativas para ayudar a sus familias en la resistencia y no convertirse en las próximas víctimas de la barbarie. Sin embargo, la ausencia de una figura paterna constante los orilla a una suerte de libertinaje. Con vecinos y amigos forman una pandilla mediante la que estafan, falsifican documentos y roban para sobrevivir. Y tampoco dudan en aniquilar al enemigo cuando es necesario… Son Los indignos.

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Centered on one of the most brutal and forgotten episodes of World War II, in Los indignos (The Unworthy)—nominated for the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (2022)—Roy Jacobsen (finalist for the Man Booker International Prize) reveals the faces of children who lost their innocence during the war, forced to act like adults in a hopeless world.

Oslo, 1942. Carl, Olav, and Roar grew up together in the same apartment building in the east of the city. They are barely entering puberty, but their lives are far from games and mischief. In a country occupied by the German army, they must find creative ways every day to help their families in the resistance and avoid becoming the next victims of barbarism. However, the absence of a constant father figure drives them to a kind of recklessness. Alongside neighbors and friends, they form a gang through which they scam, forge documents, and steal to survive. And they do not hesitate to eliminate the enemy when necessary… They are The Unworthy.

Un libro que pretende reivindicar un legado cultural de gran peso en las vidas de todos nosotros.

Desde la publicación, hace casi treinta años, de la obra de Bruno Bettelheim Psicoanálisis de los cuentos de hadas no había aparecido ningún libro que nos enseñara tanto sobre los cuentos infantiles como el que el lector tiene en sus manos. En Los cuentos de hadas clásicos anotados se recuperan las historias más queridas por los niños de hoy y de siempre a través de la selección de Maria Tatar, una de las mayores expertas mundiales en el campo de literatura popular e infantil.

En este volumen, bellamente ilustrado, Tatar ha seleccionado veintiséis cuentos clásicos que son otros tantos modelos que ayudan a los niños a desenvolverse en el mundo real y contribuyen a desarrollar el ingenio y el coraje necesarios para sobrevivir en un mundo gobernado por adultos. Este libro pretende reivindicar un legado cultural de gran peso en las vidas de todos nosotros, guiando a los lectores a través de cada una de las historias, explorando sus orígenes históricos, sus complejidades culturales y sus efectos psicológicos.

El nivel de los contenidos, los comentarios y el refinamiento de este volumen maravillosamente diseñado sorprenderá a quien crea que los cuentos de hadas son "solo para niños": las reproducciones a color de ilustraciones de diferentes períodos—más de 300, obra de la mano de algunos de los mejores ilustradores del género, como Arthur Rackham, Gustavo Doré, George Cruikshank o Maxfield Parrish—iluminan y realzan los comentarios de Tatar a cada uno de los cuentos.

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A book that aims to reclaim a cultural legacy of great significance in all our lives.

Since the publication of Bruno Bettelheim’s The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales almost thirty years ago, no book has taught us as much about children’s stories as the one now in the reader’s hands. In The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales, the most beloved stories of today’s and past generations are brought to life through Maria Tatar’s selection—one of the world’s foremost experts in folklore and children’s literature.

In this beautifully illustrated volume, Tatar has selected twenty-six classic tales, each serving as a model to help children navigate the real world and develop the ingenuity and courage needed to survive in an adult-dominated world. This book seeks to reclaim a cultural legacy of great importance, guiding readers through each story, exploring their historical origins, cultural complexities, and psychological effects.

The depth of content, commentary, and refinement in this wonderfully designed volume will astonish anyone who thinks fairy tales are “just for children”: the full-color reproductions of illustrations from different periods—more than 300 works by some of the greatest illustrators of the genre, including Arthur Rackham, Gustave Doré, George Cruikshank, and Maxfield Parrish—illuminate and enhance Tatar’s commentary on each story.

El esperado desenlace.

Manon Neville ha caído en la trampa hábilmente urdida por su pérfido cuñado Julian Porter-White. Con su amado Alexander Blackraven a miles de millas de Londres, se enfrenta a un peligro inminente, quizás a la muerte. Solo con la ayuda de sus fieles amigos logrará superar esta nueva y dura prueba que el destino le ha tendido. Aunque no será la última. Otros desafíos la aguardan en una lucha que parece no tener fin.

En especial uno de ellos, recuperar al pequeño hijo de Alexander, que su antigua amante Alexandrina Trewartha abandonó en un convento de Dublín, se presenta como el más importante para Manon. Nada la detendrá en su carrera por encontrarlo, incluso viajará hasta las lejanas tierras del Río de la Plata, donde se convertirá en el blanco de una intriga por el control de la explotación del cerro Famatina.

La Casa Neville. Yo soy el viento es un cierre a toda orquesta para esta inigualable trilogía que tiene por protagonista a la formidable Manon Neville. Con un ritmo trepidante, Florencia Bonelli conduce al lector por un laberinto de traiciones, conspiraciones y peligros, del que Manon logrará salir recurriendo al insuperable poder del amor.

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The anticipated conclusion.

Manon Neville has fallen into the cleverly devised trap set by her treacherous brother-in-law Julian Porter-White. With her beloved Alexander Blackraven thousands of miles away from London, she faces imminent danger, perhaps even death. Only with the help of her loyal friends will she overcome this new and arduous trial that fate has laid before her. Yet, it will not be the last. Other challenges await her in a seemingly endless struggle.

One of them, in particular, involves recovering Alexander's young son, whom his former lover Alexandrina Trewartha abandoned at a convent in Dublin. This mission stands out as the most important for Manon. Nothing will stop her in her quest to find him; she will even journey to the distant lands of the Río de la Plata, where she becomes the target of a plot centered around the control of the exploitation of Cerro Famatina.

La Casa Neville. Yo soy el viento is a grand finale to this unparalleled trilogy that features the formidable Manon Neville. With a gripping pace, Florencia Bonelli leads the reader through a labyrinth of betrayals, conspiracies, and dangers, from which Manon will emerge victorious by relying on the unparalleled power of love.

“O’Sullivan wraps up her Fae Destiny series with this spellbinding standalone romantasy… With inventive magic, emotional stakes, and some high-heat love scenes, this sends the series out on a high note.” — Publisher’s Weekly

Betrayed and broken, Eala Duir has sworn vengeance against the Faeries who destroyed her life.

Once a promising folklore scholar in the human realm, her destiny with the Fae kingdom of Tír na nÓg, has cost Eala everything—her academic career, her position, her best friend Colleen, and most painfully, her soulmate, Sionnach. Torn from him by the treacherous Faerie king, Finnbheara, Eala will stop at nothing to reclaim what was stolen from her.

With her untamed Fae powers still unpredictable, Eala embarks on a desperate quest to rescue Sionnach and Colleen. Using the mysterious Veil, she journeys through time and place, gathering a team of legendary Irish women, including a witch and a pirate, to aid her against the Faerie king. But even their combined might and magic may not be enough to defeat Finnbheara's cruelty.

In a dangerous gamble, Eala is forced to seek out the Faerie, Robber Bright—the very villain who abducted her best friend. Desperate for his help, Eala risks her soul to strike a perilous bargain. But can she trust the one who has already betrayed her? The price of this risky alliance could cost her not just her loved ones, but her freedom as well.

A thrilling blend of fantasy and romance, this epic tale weaves together magic, betrayal, and a love that defies all odds.

LOVE IS A GAMBLE...

Mary’s got big dreams—starting her own event planning business, proving her brothers wrong, and escaping the rut of the family business. But when Alex Villa, the man who humiliated her on prom night, resurfaces in her life, those dreams might just be about to go up in smoke.

When Mary lands the high-profile wedding of the year in Las Vegas, it could be the career-making opportunity she needs. But there’s one catch: the bride demands Alex’s exclusive luxury hotel as the venue. Saying no would cost Mary a fortune—and possibly her reputation. Ignoring the unresolved tension between her and Alex? Not so easy.

Gone is the cocky teenager who broke her heart. Now, Alex is a powerful, enigmatic Vegas mogul whose presence still sends shivers down Mary’s spine. The heat between them is undeniable, but so is the painful history that lies between them—one her brothers would love to settle... with a punch.

Working together is a gamble, but what if the stakes are higher than they ever imagined? When old feelings resurface, will Mary take a chance on love again, or is the man who shattered her heart still the biggest risk of all?

4 WEDDINGS AND A FEUD is a sizzling childhood friends-to-lovers romance brimming with sizzling chemistry, second-chance love, and a touch of wedding chaos. It's the second standalone novel in the Forza Family series, perfect for fans of romantic comedy, steamy romance, and enemies-to-lovers tension.

Nothing is as wicked (or mean) as massive small town malfeasance.

EMS Captain turned sleuth Brighid Doran suspects that all is not what it appears on the surface at The Branston Club — a swanky ski lodge being built in her rural Vermont town. While dodging danger and digging up dirt, Brighid faces the ire of small town politics, crooked cops, and an ever deepening hole of deceptions, all the while struggling to cope with the constant deployment of her wife Major Sarah (Sam) Ann Musgrave. With help from attorney Morgan Chadwick and a hovering FBI, Brighid must determine the truth of a scheme with the potential of defrauding her friends and neighbors of millions… but at what cost to her own relationships and where she calls home?

Stolen Mountain is part of The Trowbridge Vermont Series, which includes The Little Ambulance War of Winchester County (2024) and The Trowbridge Dispatch (2025), a collection of short stories.

From international cult author, Tea Hačić-Vlahović, comes a dark literary comedy celebrating and damning both coasts, following Val from LA where drug dealer crushes and cute homeless boys distract her from writing her next book, to NYC for a funeral for her writing career and love life.

Val’s debut hit novel earned her a glamorous beach house, but it left her desperate for legitimacy. Now, she’s pinned her hope for literary clout to Leonardo, a New York publishing legend, who has accepted her second novel. Unfortunately, before he finishes editing, he dies in a shocking twist, leaving Val to attend his memorial in search of answers.

At the Roxy Hotel in NYC, she runs into rivals and shady people from her past and befriends a rat, who may or may not be the late editor reincarnated. Meanwhile, back in Los Angeles, a homeless kid and drug dealer meet under unlikely circumstances, in Val’s living room.

Doom looms on the horizon, as people on both coasts try to make peace with their ambitions, failures and horoscopes. For readers of Anna Dorn’s Exalted and Mona Awad’s Bunny, Give Me Danger is a keening exploration of what happens when success is not enough.

A mutilated body is found floating in a small row boat on tranquil waters of the scenic Knysna estuary on South Africa’s southern tip. A high profile victim. Captain Josh Holland, a trainee detective with a background in law, is thrown into the deep end of a major murder investigation, under the wing of the experienced and respected Colonel Gavin Whitall of the SAPS Serious Crimes Unit in George. The pair pursue this elusive murderer, across the country and beyond the borders of South Africa, realizing that to find their quarry, they need to solve a 35-year-old mystery. The chase leads them into the seedy gangland of drug lords and violent criminals that span the rocky tip of Africa, the corrupting tendrils and tantalizing clues reaching back into the African National Congress’s armed struggle in the turbulent 1980s. As they track down a ruthless killer, the body count stacks up in this relentless tale of greed, violence and revenge.

"Gary Quesenberry's Case Younger is well on his way to becoming one of our new action heroes!"—Dave Temple, host of TheThrillerZone.com

Adrenaline meets intrigue in a high stakes battle of good versus evil.

After tracking down and eliminating the people who threatened his hometown, Case Younger is finally ready to leave his violent past and settle into a quiet life with the only woman he’s ever loved. But a stranger has come to town—one who’s handsome, charming, and on a mission to destroy everything Case holds dear. 

JC Wilks is the last surviving member of the Dead Rebels Motorcycle Club. He’s come to Pikesville hunting for Case Younger, and Wilks didn’t come alone. JC knows that Case will be a hard target. To get close, he needs a plan, deception, leverage, and some unsuspecting victims. 

Life is finally starting to feel right for Case Younger. Love, friends, family, and even a wedding. That’s when JC Wilks strikes hard. As the noose tightens around Case and his family, allegiances are tested, secrets are revealed, and a new threat comes to light that could destroy the fragile peace Case has worked so hard to find. 

A winter storm ravages a small community in New England, but the residents of one street are unprepared for what the snow brings: an ancient curse, an entity that knows both their sins and their regrets and will stop at nothing to consume what belongs to it.

When John Stephenson peers out of his window on a Tuesday morning, he sees nothing but clear, gray skies hovering above the houses on his staid suburban street, but the next 48 hours will prove to be a waking nightmare from which John and his neighbors cannot escape. As the first flakes fall, the whispering begins. A woman walking her dog leans into the sidewalk as though something buried beneath speaks to her. As the storm grows in ferocity, each of the residents hear the storm calling.

What it says, however, few may survive to repeat.

From Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award finalist Rebecca Rowland comes a winter horror novel of cosmic proportions, one in which one neighborhood comes face to face, and ear to ear, with a malevolence as old as the world itself.

Tales from Japan that blend humor, surrealism, and sharp societal critique, by the acclaimed author of Where the Wild Ladies Are

“Piercing and sometimes surreal... Matsuda shines.”—Publishers Weekly

In The Woman Dies, renowned author Aoko Matsuda approaches often-thorny subjects such as sexism, prejudice, the normalizing effect of violence against women on screen, or the aesthetics associated with technology, with an inventiveness and quirky humor that keep these stories on the thrilling cusp between seriousness and levity.

Wordplay evolves into something much more complex, inanimate objects are endowed with their own point of view, and hard-hitting feminist stances are conveyed with a dry, detached humor that makes them even more undeniable.

Not so much a rollercoaster ride, rather an entire theme park, The Woman Dies is an out-of-the ordinary space readers will step into with feelings of wonder and discombobulation in equal parts. 

“A dazzling tie-dye tapestry that brings a well-covered corner of American history to vivid life. It’s a trip.” —Publishers Weekly

When San Francisco gallery owner Freddie Dorn gets rid of the city’s most ruthless drug dealer in the summer of ’69, he becomes an unlikely player in a deadly game—hunted by the mafia, courted by the cops, and risking everything if his hippie friends learn the truth.

The Summer of Love has soured. What was once a utopia of free-spirited idealism has rotted into a crime-ridden nightmare of heroin overdoses and tainted psychedelics. For Freddie, the breaking point comes when a former girlfriend dies from an overdose, and his best friend Van Monk loses his mind to bad acid. Determined to cleanse his neighborhood of the worst drug scourge, he secretly aligns with the SFPD to target the infamous Rat-Man Rathkin. But when their late-night meeting on the Golden Gate Bridge ends with the accidental death of the dealer, Dorn’s life takes a dangerous turn.

The cops are glad to be rid of the dealer. The West Coast Mob is also satisfied—Rathkin owed them a lot of money. But now both the cops and the mob see Dorn as a useful tool. With art sales lagging and rent due, he reluctantly agrees to serve as a “private third eye” for hire, feeding intel to both sides while vowing to only target the most dangerous criminals. But as he navigates a world of undercover detectives, mobsters, and counterculture cults—rescuing a young woman from a cult, dodging the corrupt “Hippie Frankenstein,” and delivering bribe money between criminals—Dorn’s carefully constructed double life starts to unravel.

Juggling a fractured love life with Alison and a fragile friendship with Van Monk, Freddie lives in constant fear of discovery. Because in 1969, nothing is worse than being outed as a narc. And if the wrong people find out, it won’t just be his reputation at stake—it’ll be his life.

Max Talley is the award-winning author of more than 50 short stories and essays, plus several mystery and horror novels, including Santa Fe Psychosis and Yesterday We Forget Tomorrow. He lives in Santa Barbara, CA.

Fifteen of North Carolina’s finest writers reimagine and reclaim the stories of the ghosts who have haunted all corners of the state.

North Carolina ain’t what it once was: forests and fields have given way to suburbs and vacation homes, textile mills to high tech, tobacco farms to tourism. That doesn’t mean, though, that the ghosts of the Old North State have gone away.

In this anthology, readers might glimpse some of the ghostly apparitions, headless fiends,  and creepy hollers they heard about around their childhood campfires. Now, fifteen of the state’s finest contemporary prose writers and poets have reimagined these stories—bringing us fresh tales that are bound to scare the living daylights out of us all over again.

Contributors include: Michele Tracy Berger on the ghosts of the Great Dismal Swamp, Wiley Cash (and his daughters) on the Maco Light, Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle on the Raven Mockers, Tyree Daye on family hauntings, Jeremy B. Jones on the phantasms of Chimney Rock, Ed Southern on the Jack Tales and the Devil’s Tramping Ground, Ross White on the Little Red Man of Old Salem, and many more.

The Devil's Done Come Back reclaims these old ghost tales as living stories, told and retold to frighten and delight.

Love is the only lifeline.

“A historical romance of a grand, old-fashioned and very British variety, with hints of L.P. Hartley, D.H. Lawrence and Evelyn Waugh... Compelling and ultimately convincing, which is one of the most difficult things a love story can be.”—Mary Marge Locker, The New York Times Book Review

Post-WWI England is a nation in upheaval, its foundations shaken by the Great War and the collapse of genteel Edwardian society. The streets are haunted by shell-shocked men, runaways, mutilated veterans, damned poets, and revolutionaries.

Marion has fled Galway for Oxford after her elopement with a violent man ended violently. In the City of Dreaming Spires, where the cobbled streets, barely lit pubs, and underground book presses hum with restless energy, she meets Jamie, a damaged soul like her who is struggling to recover from his experiences at the front. He alone sees her scars. She alone knows his secret name. Their love is wild, anarchic, dangerous, absolute. Everything, it seems, is at stake. When the “talkers” in Marion’s head get too loud and the circumstances of her life too dire, she disappears, leaving Jamie bereft and without word. But their love is like gravity--an undeniable force pitted against the dark forces that would keep them apart.

At once an erotic drama, a formally inventive romantic epic, and a historical novel written with an emotional intensity that bears comparison to classics like Wuthering Heights, Patrick Hamilton’s Hangover Square, and Madame Bovary, Amanda is a poignant, atmospheric meditation on love, trauma, and redemption. H.S. Cross delivers an unforgettable novel on the infinite varieties of human experience.

Two strangers on the road to Las Vegas. What could go wrong?

Some might call Gabe grumpy. He prefers safety-conscious. As CEO of the happiest place in Ohio, Beach Island Amusement Park, it’s a responsibility he takes seriously, especially since his parents were killed on one of the coasters there years ago.

Sunny has a different legacy: she’s Hollywood royalty. Too bad she quit her last acting gig in an award-worthy blowup. But even after being fired from her humiliating job as a DNA testing company customer service rep, she refuses to let real-life drama crush her spirit. She takes one thing with her: contact information for a stranger’s siblings – siblings Gabe didn’t know he had. She’ll give him a second chance at a happy family if she has to drive him to Las Vegas herself.

Which is exactly what she does. On the road, snowstorms, a swoonworthy karaoke duet, and motels with only one bed help these two opposites see they’re not so different. But love? That’s a jackpot too unlikely even for Vegas. Or is it?

A tale inspired by real events of sisterhood, heartbreak and resilience in a Highland village home front in World War II Scotland.

Clova, Scotland, 1942. As World War II roars overseas, sisters Nell and Effie Anderson live together in the old schoolhouse of their quiet glen. Effie is a teacher, while Nell works as a postwoman, delivering news—often of the worst—from the frontline to her neighbors. Though they love and care for one another, unspoken tensions and mysteries put distance between them.

When a plane carrying Canadian and British soldiers crashes over their village, the only survivor stumbles to their door. In his pocket is a photo that will set in motion a chain of events threatening to uncover their family’s troubling past.

Told across a dual timeline of the sisters’ adult years and their adolescence during World War I, Whispers in the Glen is a novel about secrets, lies, and the dangers of keeping them hidden.

A first-of-its kind collection of short stories that provides an underappreciated perspective on the Holocaust, as it was experienced and remembered in the former Soviet Union.

  A death camp survivor asks a local woman to write down in Russian his story, which he conveys in Yiddish. The Jewish population of Kyiv makes a pilgrimage to the site of a massacre on its anniversary. A single teacup becomes the focal point of a Jewish family's complex history. These are just three of the stories featured in In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union, a collection of newly translated short fiction written in the aftermath of one of the most significant Jewish tragedies of the 20th century. In these works, Jewish authors from Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia, and Belarus, writing in Yiddish and Russian, tell the stories of ordinary people living on after the devastation of the Holocaust. Filled with memories, love, and loss, these narratives describe not only how people died, but also how they continued to live.

  Despite the official view in the Soviet Union that Jewish deaths should be subsumed under the larger tragedy of Nazi Germany's invasion, Jews in the USSR profoundly engaged with thinking about and memorializing the Holocaust, addressing it in a wide range of literary works. The significance of the texts they wrote, however, has remained largely neglected. This volume brings these compelling stories to light, providing readers with critical, annotated translations of authors who wrote in richly diverse ways in the shadow of World War II.

  The voices brought together in In the Shadow of the Holocaust create a distinct chorus of personal, idiosyncratic experiences of loss and provide new perspectives on questions fundamental to literature of the Holocaust, the legacies of genocide, and the nature of historical trauma and memory.

A kaleidoscopic novel of politics, identity, and dislocation in the wake of the Islamic Revolution.

Some years after the overthrow of the Shah, Mehraban has returned to Iran after a period of wandering and exile to write the story of a famed Kurdish revolutionary named Farhad. Guided by our unnamed narrator, Mehraban pursues his story and its mysterious living-dead subject, learning that he and Farhad share bittersweet memories of lost love amid fractured historical nightmares. Trapped in consciousness, trapped by mortality, trapped in a world that is not and cannot be comprehended, Birds in a Gale turns in on itself, entangling Mehraban’s and Farhad’s once-separate identities irrevocably before rejecting the objective altogether.

Originally published in 2002, Birds in a Gale is a poignant, psychological, and deeply political effort by one of Kurdistan’s best-loved writers to restore the Kurds to their rightful place in the history of the revolution. This inventive metatext, lucidly translated by Chiya Parvizpur and Hourieh Maleki Qouzloo, is reminiscent of the best of George Saunders and Elias Khoury, and an instant classic of twenty-first-century world literature.

He laces his fingers into my hair and slowly draws me in, his powerful hand gently threaded into the wet strands. I whimper, from fear more so than pain. It doesn’t hurt. But each word is enunciated as he warns, “Do. Not. Ever. Steal. From. Me. Again.”

Corliss Bell would do anything to bring her older sister, Aven, back to life. She’d give up her dreams of being a professional ballerina. She’d resign herself to never leaving the small seaside town of The Pins. Hell, she’d even make a deal with a demon. After all, demons are masters of death.

When a town mystic tells Corliss there’s a demon living nearby who may be the key in returning Aven to life, she’s emboldened by the idea of getting her beloved sister back. Corliss sneaks into the demon’s dilapidated mansion to beg for his help. But instead of finding him, she discovers a pair of enchanted red ballet slippers and steals them. The demon comes to reclaim what is his but finds Corliss and the slippers hopelessly intertwined. He imprisons her in his mansion, forcing her to dance for him every evening as punishment for stealing. Far from a helpless captive, Corliss begins working out a plan to bring Aven back to life, as soon as she can convince the demon—Orrin—to help her.

Hauntingly beautiful, with lush prose and a vividly creepy atmosphere, A Dance With Death is a compulsively juicy read that will wind its way into your psyche. Part horror, part magic—this is the gothic love story you didn't know you were missing.

“I was riveted until the very last shocking sentence!”—Oprah Winfrey

“The most of-the-moment novel I’ve read all year, and it’s the book of the summer.”—Real Simple

“If you want an engaging novel sure to spark great discussion about that thorny [AI] future, this is it.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post

A suspenseful family drama about moral responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence.

When the Cassidy-Shaws’ autonomous minivan collides with an oncoming car, seventeen-year-old Charlie is in the driver’s seat, with his father, Noah, riding shotgun. In the back seat, tweens Alice and Izzy are on their phones, while their mother, Lorelei, a world leader in the field of artificial intelligence, is absorbed in her work. Yet each family member harbors a secret, implicating them all in the tragic accident.

During a weeklong recuperation on the Chesapeake Bay, the family confronts the excruciating moral dilemmas triggered by the crash. Noah tries to hold the family together as a seemingly routine police investigation jeopardizes Charlie’s future. Alice and Izzy turn strangely furtive. And Lorelei’s odd behavior tugs at Noah’s suspicions that there is a darker truth behind the incident—suspicions heightened by the sudden intrusion of Daniel Monet, a tech mogul whose mysterious history with Lorelei hints at betrayal. When Charlie falls for Monet’s teenaged daughter, the stakes are raised even higher in this propulsive family drama that is also a fascinating exploration of the moral responsibility and ethical consequences of AI.

Culpability explores a world newly shaped by chatbots, autonomous cars, drones, and other nonhuman forces in ways that are thrilling, challenging, and unimaginably provocative.

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21st CENTURY

“Remarkable, lucid, austerely honest.”—The New Yorker

Elena Ferrante’s shattering English-language debut remains an unforgettable reading experience for her die-hard readers and a thorny pleasure still to be discovered for the millions of fans who only know her from My Brilliant Friend. “A masterpiece,” according to the Philadelphia Inquirer; “Stunning,” says The New Yorker; “Nothing prepares you for the ferocity of it,” wrote Amy Rowland in The New York Times. Even two decades after its first publication, The Days of Abandonment remains a groundbreaking, propulsive, and cathartic account of a woman’s wrath.

Olga’s husband of fifteen years has announced that he is leaving her. In a “raging, torrential voice” (New York Times) that is nonetheless “intelligent and darkly comic” (Publishers Weekly), Olga recounts her journey from denial to devastating emptiness. When she finds herself trapped within the four walls of her apartment, she is forced to confront her ghosts, the potential loss of her own self, and the possibility that life may never return to normal. 

“If that's not a great literary novel, I don't know what is.”—Kate Christensen, ELLE

"No te preocupes.
Los corazones no tienen huesos, así que no se pueden romper".

Después de una dura infancia, Beyah Grim consigue una beca para abandonar para siempre el lugar en el que nunca ha sido feliz. Pero dos meses antes de marcharse una muerte inesperada la deja sin hogar y se ve obligada a pasar el resto del verano en Texas con un padre al que apenas conoce.

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Moving, passionate, and unforgettable, Colleen Hoover's novel follows two young adults from completely different backgrounds embarking on a tentative romance, unaware of what the future holds.

After a childhood filled with poverty and neglect, Beyah Grim finally has her hard-earned ticket out of Kentucky with a full ride to Penn State. But two months before she’s finally free to change her life for the better, an unexpected death leaves her homeless and forced to spend the remainder of her summer in Texas with a father she barely knows.

Devastated and anxious for the summer to go by quickly, Beyah has no time or patience for Samson, the wealthy, brooding guy next door. Yet, the connection between them is too intense to ignore. But with their upcoming futures sending them to opposite ends of the country, the two decide to maintain only a casual summer fling. Too bad neither has any idea that a rip current is about to drag both their hearts out to sea.

An electrifying debut novel about grief, power and desire—and the tangles in between that make up a life.

When a creative writing academic becomes infatuated with his colleague—the poet—his fascination soon begins to threaten his relationship with his partner, Michael. Michael is beautiful. Michael is safe. But the poet is everything he isn't; she has everything he wants. While he writes about steel and sex, she dreams about the movements of swallows. While he tends to his budding career, she writes from her big, white house in the woods.

Meanwhile, his homophobic and spiteful mother—who cast a shadow over his childhood—is continuing to make his life difficult. As he is pulled back and forth between these two different worlds, his fixation on the poet, his Kingfisher, grows into something more powerful. She becomes his sole focus. He is hypnotized.

But when simultaneous illnesses threaten to destroy the precarious reality he clings to, he's forced to question what he can and cannot take from someone.

In this queer horror novel debut, a priest falls in love with the antichrist and even God can’t stop the horror it will bring.

Dante, a protestant young man, and Jude, a sadistic pastor of a small Texas church, harbor a terrible secret from the world; they’re together. The two share a taboo and passionate relationship in hidden peace, until the dreams start.

God speaks to them in visions of smoke and fire, night after night, until the two of them come to a truth they cannot ignore; Dante is the Antichrist, sent by God and urged to start off the apocalypse.

Dante refuses to participate in the end of the world and the damnation of souls. But Jude is a loyal pastor, indifferent to the suffering of others, and is compelled to do what God tells him; even if it means killing the love of his life.

This queer horror love story hones in on the humanity of the Antichrist, a half-human entity as flawed, complex, and doomed as any other soul. With lyrical prose reminiscent of Clive Barker, blasphemy is redefined and love is tested. In Of Beasts, Worma explores if love is enough for someone born to be evil.

Jim Brennan is flying high. Against all odds, he is tipped for the head job at Glasgow's prestigious university; an office at the top of the ivory tower. Not bad for the son of a hardman who grew up in a room and kitchen.

When Jim's son Elliot is arrested on drugs charges, he is approached by men he thought he had left safely in his past. Their demands threaten his family, students and reputation. The question is, how far will Professor Jim Brennan go to save the life he built?

★ “The Golden Age is pretty much perfect.”―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Frank Gold’s Jewish Hungarian family have fled Europe and the looming threat of Nazi Germany for the safety of Australia. Not long after their arrival, however, thirteen-year-old Frank is diagnosed with polio and is sent to a sprawling children’s hospital called the Golden Age. There he meets Elsa, the most beautiful and radiant girl he has ever seen.

Frank and Elsa’s love fuels their rehabilitation, allows them to face the perils of their illness with humor and bravery, and scandalizes the prudish staff of the Golden Age. Meanwhile, their parents are coping with challenges of their own. Frank and his family are isolated newcomers in a country they do not love and that does not seem to love them. His mother, a renowned pianist in Hungary, refuses to let the empty western deserts of Australia become her home. While Elsa’s mother must reconcile her big dreams with the new realities of her daughter’s sickness.

The Golden Age is a deeply moving, inspiring, and prize-winning novel about resilience, youth, and the will to live life to the fullest, whatever the odds.

WINNER OF THE PRIME MINISTER’S LITERARY AWARD AND THE PATRICK WHITE AWARD
FINALIST FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN AWARD

La historia de la única heredera de Moctezuma contada como nunca antes.

1521, el imperio azteca se derrumba. Tecuixpo, la hija favorita de Moctezuma, es hecha prisionera por los conquistadores españoles, quienes son responsables de la muerte de su padre y la sangrienta derrota de su pueblo. Ahora, bautizada como Isabel, se ve obligada a vivir según las costumbres y la religión de sus captores.

Inmersa en un mundo de intriga, traición y muerte, la vida le tiene reservado un golpe final: su primera hija le será arrebatada por Hernán Cortés, el hombre al que más odia. Décadas más tarde, Leonor, una joven huérfana y mestiza, tendrá que enfrentarse a todos los que a su regreso a la Nueva España quieren mantenerla sometida para ocultarle la extraordinaria herencia que le corresponde.

La otra Isabel es la monumental aventura de la hija del último tlahtoani, quien perdió su nombre, su imperio y su familia, pero jamás se dejó vencer. En esta extraordinaria novela, Laura Martínez-Belli entreteje a la perfección la ficción histórica con el suspenso del thriller político más revelador.

El destino de la sangre es irrefrenable.

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The story of Moctezuma's only heir told like never before.

1521, the Aztec empire collapses. Tecuixpo, Moctezuma's favorite daughter, is taken prisoner by the Spanish conquerors, who are responsible for her father's death and the bloody defeat of her people. Now, baptized as Isabel, she is forced to live according to the customs and religion of her captors.

Immersed in a world of intrigue, betrayal, and death, life has a final blow reserved for her: her first daughter will be taken away by Hernán Cortés, the man she hates the most. Decades later, Leonor, a young orphan and mestizo, will have to face all those who, upon her return to New Spain, want to keep her subdued to hide the extraordinary inheritance that belongs to her.

La otra Isabel is the monumental adventure of the last tlahtoani's daughter, who lost her name, her empire, and her family, but never gave in. In this extraordinary novel, Laura Martínez-Belli perfectly weaves historical fiction with the suspense of the most revealing political thriller.

The destiny of the blood is unstoppable.

Cuando el amor y la esperanza son más poderosos que el odio y la furia

Cuando Yuri Santacruz asistió al nombramiento como canciller de Adolf Hitler, no podía imaginar lo mucho que cambiaría su vida en Berlín. Había llegado allí unos meses atrás, después de haber huido, junto con parte de su familia, de San Petersburgo, asfixiados por una revolución que los había dejado sin nada. A Yuri también lo privó de su madre y su hermano pequeño, a quienes las autoridades rusas no permitieron la salida del país.

Ya en Berlín, su sentido de la justicia lo impulsará a defender a un joven comunista agredido por las tropas de asalto de Hitler. Ese día, además, conocerá a su gran amor, Claudia. Su vida dará un giro inesperado, y la que hasta entonces había sido su máxima prioridad, buscar a su madre y a su hermano, será sustituida por otra más urgente en esos tiempos convulsos: seguir con vida.

Una gran historia de amor y guerra, de lucha y supervivencia. Una delicia narrativa.

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When love and hope are more powerful than hate and fury

When Yuri Santacruz attended the appointment of Adolf Hitler as chancellor, he could not imagine how much his life in Berlin would change. He had arrived there a few months earlier, after fleeing, along with part of his family, from St. Petersburg, suffocated by a revolution that had left them with nothing. Yuri was also deprived of his mother and younger brother, whom the Russian authorities did not allow to leave the country.

Already in Berlin, his sense of justice will drive him to defend a young communist attacked by Hitler's stormtroopers. That day, he will also meet his great love, Claudia. His life will take an unexpected turn, and what until then had been his top priority, finding his mother and brother, will be replaced by a more urgent one in those tumultuous times: staying alive.

A great story of love and war, struggle and survival. A narrative delight.

Speculative fiction, set in the not-so-distant future, about family, scarcity, and what it means to sell out as the world ends.

The world hasn’t quite ended, but it’s getting there. Me and Mine brings readers to a not-so-distant future in pre-apocalyptic Chicago. The West has dried up, the watershed has been contaminated, and water scarcity has driven most of the population inward from the coasts. Here, real estate interests run rampant and the possibility of snagging a house close enough to the Great Lakes to get fresh water has realigned global financial interests. And, as always, the working class is still being pushed aside to make way for white, wealthy newcomers.

Amidst the chaos, three brothers try to navigate the swiftly changing landscape of this new Chicago. As one seeks influence in politics, the younger two are drawn into the dangerous, shadowy world of private security and militias. In the precarious new world that these three brothers navigate, J. M. Holmes offers a grim yet familiar future in which scarcity breeds resentment, resentment breeds extremism, and extremism ignites around the racial faultlines of our present.

A sharp yet honest caricature of the neocolonial, uncritical right on American college campuses.

Let me go ahead and say it upfront: I wrote that goddamn novel. 

An unsympathetic, self-concerned young professor at a small university in Appalachia is on the verge of a breakthrough. His first book, Coyote Road, has become a huge success. Students are reading his book on campus. Invitations to speak are pouring in from universities and bookstores. There is just one problem: no one believes it’s his book. Some guy named Rodrigo Suarez has taken all of the credit, all of the adulation, all of the accolades, and all the attention. 

Thus begins the young professor’s obsessive crusade to expose Rodrigo Suarez as a liar and a thief. In this uncomfortably plausible farce, the indefatigable Steven Salaita drops the hammer on the shallow and disingenuous discourse regarding identity politics and appropriation on American campuses.

A Spanish woman trying to retire as an assassin, a French Foreign Legion deserter from Madagascar, a mysterious (perhaps CIA) woman from America, a billionaire military contractor, and a man wandering the seas alone on a sailing ship bump into each other in the Indian Ocean, and not all of them survive.

Mónica has had enough of her life as a contract killer when she meets lonely wanderer Frank Baltimore in a stupidly expensive resort in Madagascar. A few hundred miles away, Alain has had more than enough of his solitary post on a tiny island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, and so when the mysterious Skye offers him a job, he says yes—he doesn’t know if she is CIA, Wagner, Darkwater, or a gangster, but he wants in. She takes him to Diego Garcia, the top-secret US military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean, for training. Things turn ugly and deadly when a man from Frank’s past turns up trying to break into the lucrative, secretive, already crowded world of paramilitary contractors. He, Monica, Alain, and Skye end up on his bad side and turn to each other for help.

De manera magistral, Carmen Mola teje, con los hilos del mejor thriller, esta novela impactante, frenética e implacable, de infierno y oscuridad.

Corre el año 1834 y Madrid, una pequeña ciudad que trata de abrirse paso más allá de las murallas que la rodean, sufre una terrible epidemia de cólera. Pero la peste no es lo único que aterroriza a sus habitantes: en los arrabales aparecen cadáveres desmembrados de niñas que nadie reclama. Todos los rumores apuntan a la Bestia, un ser a quien nadie ha visto pero al que todos temen.

Cuando la pequeña Clara desaparece, su hermana Lucía, junto con Donoso, un policía tuerto, y Diego, un periodista buscavidas, inician una frenética cuenta atrás para encontrar a la niña con vida. En su camino tropiezan con fray Braulio, un monje guerrillero, y con un misterioso anillo de oro con dos mazas cruzadas que todo el mundo codicia y por el que algunos están dispuestos a matar.

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Masterfully, Carmen Mola weaves, with the threads of the best thriller, this shocking, frantic, and relentless novel of hell and darkness.

The year is 1834 and Madrid, a small city trying to expand beyond the walls that surround it, is suffering from a terrible cholera epidemic. But the plague is not the only thing terrifying its inhabitants: in the outskirts, dismembered corpses of girls that no one claims are appearing. All rumors point to the Beast, a being no one has seen but everyone fears.

When little Clara disappears, her sister Lucía, along with Donoso, a one-eyed policeman, and Diego, a hustler journalist, start a frantic countdown to find the girl alive. On their way, they encounter Brother Braulio, a guerrilla monk, and a mysterious gold ring with two crossed maces that everyone covets and for which some are willing to kill.

A first-of-its kind collection of short stories that provides an underappreciated perspective on the Holocaust, as it was experienced and remembered in the former Soviet Union.

  A death camp survivor asks a local woman to write down in Russian his story, which he conveys in Yiddish. The Jewish population of Kyiv makes a pilgrimage to the site of a massacre on its anniversary. A single teacup becomes the focal point of a Jewish family's complex history. These are just three of the stories featured in In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union, a collection of newly translated short fiction written in the aftermath of one of the most significant Jewish tragedies of the 20th century. In these works, Jewish authors from Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia, and Belarus, writing in Yiddish and Russian, tell the stories of ordinary people living on after the devastation of the Holocaust. Filled with memories, love, and loss, these narratives describe not only how people died, but also how they continued to live.

  Despite the official view in the Soviet Union that Jewish deaths should be subsumed under the larger tragedy of Nazi Germany's invasion, Jews in the USSR profoundly engaged with thinking about and memorializing the Holocaust, addressing it in a wide range of literary works. The significance of the texts they wrote, however, has remained largely neglected. This volume brings these compelling stories to light, providing readers with critical, annotated translations of authors who wrote in richly diverse ways in the shadow of World War II.

  The voices brought together in In the Shadow of the Holocaust create a distinct chorus of personal, idiosyncratic experiences of loss and provide new perspectives on questions fundamental to literature of the Holocaust, the legacies of genocide, and the nature of historical trauma and memory.

Nunca olvides que ser longevo no te hace inmortal.

COMIENZA LA CUENTA ATRÁS. NO TE PIERDAS LA SAGA MÁS ESPERADA.

Iago del Castillo es un carismático y atractivo longevo de 10.300 años de edad con un cerebro prodigioso. Sin embargo, cuando una mañana despierta en San Francisco, lejos de su hogar en Santander, no es capaz de recordar ni su nombre ni los detalles de la misteriosa investigación que le ha llevado hasta allí; una investigación con la que pretende descifrar los motivos por los que ni él ni los demás miembros de su familia envejecen.

Pero ni Iago ni Héctor, su padre, tienen intención de compartir los resultados; ellos son conscientes de los riesgos y el sufrimiento que implica su modo de vida. Son sus hermanos Jairo (un conflictivo escita de casi 3000 años) y Kyra (una huidiza celta de 2500 años) los que, cansados de transitar solos a través de los siglos y hastiados de tener que enterrar a sus hijos, están empeñados en crear una estirpe de longevos como ellos.

Al mismo tiempo, Adriana, una arqueóloga especializada en Prehistoria, está dispuesta a aprovechar que el destino la ha traído de vuelta a su Santander natal para aclarar el extraño suicidio de su madre ocurrido quince años atrás. Desde el principio, Iago y ella sentirán una poderosa atracción el uno por el otro, aunque ambos intenten ignorarlo.

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Never forget that being long-lived does not make you immortal.

THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS. DON'T MISS THE MOST AWAITED SAGA.

Iago del Castillo is a charismatic and attractive long-lived man of 10,300 years with a prodigious brain. However, one morning he wakes up in San Francisco, far from his home in Santander, unable to remember his name or the details of the mysterious investigation that brought him there; an investigation aimed at deciphering the reasons why neither he nor the other members of his family age.

But neither Iago nor Héctor, his father, intend to share the results; they are aware of the risks and suffering their way of life entails. It is his siblings Jairo (a troubled Scythian of nearly 3000 years) and Kyra (an elusive Celt of 2500 years) who, tired of walking alone through the centuries and weary of burying their children, are determined to create a lineage of long-lived like them.

Meanwhile, Adriana, a prehistoric archaeologist, is ready to take advantage of fate bringing her back to her native Santander to clarify the strange suicide of her mother fifteen years ago. From the beginning, Iago and Adriana will feel a powerful attraction to each other, although both will try to ignore it.

«La ley de Herodes: o te chingas o te jodes»

A través de los distintos cuentos que componen La ley de Herodes, Jorge Ibargüengoitia narra, armado con la agudeza crítica que lo caracteriza, algunas de las situaciones más hilarantes y absurdas que envuelven a la vida cotidiana. Con un descarnado sentido del humor, cuenta la pudorosa intimidad de una pareja que acude a una cita médica, el inverosímil cortejo amoroso de un hombre desesperado, el patético final de un encuentro sexual ampliamente prolongado, los extravagantes caprichos a los que se someten los guionistas de cine para llevar a cabo una superproducción o las divertidas argucias de un escritor en apuros económicos, quien hace hasta lo imposible para evadir a sus acreedores.

Jorge Ibargüengoitia logra, como pocos autores en Hispanoamérica, que los lectores se rían abiertamente con él de aquellas pequeñas desgracias de todos los días.

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«The law of Herod: either you get screwed or you screw yourself»

Through the various stories that make up La ley de Herodes, Jorge Ibargüengoitia narrates, armed with the critical sharpness that characterizes him, some of the most hilarious and absurd situations that surround everyday life. With a raw sense of humor, he recounts the modest intimacy of a couple attending a medical appointment, the implausible courtship of a desperate man, the pathetic end of a greatly prolonged sexual encounter, the extravagant whims that movie scriptwriters submit to in order to carry out a super production, or the amusing tricks of a writer in financial trouble who does everything possible to evade his creditors.

Jorge Ibargüengoitia achieves, as few authors in Latin America do, to make readers laugh openly with him about those small daily misfortunes