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The Tangle
By Justin Robertson. 2021
'A writer of fierce and vivid imagination. The Tangle, like Holdstock's classic Mythago Wood and Catlin's The Voorh, taps the…
deep resonances of the wild wood in the English soul, revering even the stones as living minds, possessed of souls and ancient memories. Visceral stuff from this promising new star of dark fantasy' Michael MoorcockJustin Robertson's debut novel is a trans- dimensional trip into the mysterious knot of nature; a journey into the 'brilliant darkness' where the timeless divine spirit of the 'Tangle' weaves its spell and all mankind's hubris is rendered insignificant by the radically non-human force of phantom ecology. Salvation, revelation and a terrible reckoning dwell in the ancient roots ...A time travelling account of what occurs when unknowable frontiers are breached and humanity finds itself, once again, lost in the woods, THE TANGLE invites us into a grotesque world of eco-horror, echoing with the spirit of writers such as Saki, Ballard, M R James, Ursula Le Guin, Brian Catling and Thomas Ligotti.La intemporalidad perdida
By Anaïs Nin. 1977
NIN INÉDITALa mejor introducción a la obra de una autora admirada por lectores y escritores de ayer y de hoy:…
dieciséis relatos apasionantes «Antes de Lena Dunham, estuvo Anaïs Nin.»Sady Doyle, The Guardian «Mujer loca y sabia. [...] Esa literatura marginal que cada día me parece más bella.»Julio Cortázar Estoy cansada de buscar una filosofía que concuerde conmigo y con mi mundo, quiero buscar un mundo que concuerde conmigo y con mi filosofía. Escritos cuando tenía unos veinticinco años y vivía en Francia con su marido, el poeta y banquero norteamericano Hugh Parker Guiler, estos dieciséis relatos inéditos en castellano sorprenden por su madurez y frescura, a la vez que muestran ya los dos elementos que luego se afianzarían en su obra —la ironía y el feminismo— y también sus obsesiones —el deseo femenino, la sexualidad, el adulterio, la belleza y el retrato de una masculinidad tan deslumbradora como tóxica—. Algunas de estas historias están protagonizadas por claros alter ego de Nin; otras, por apasionadas bailarinas de flamenco, misteriosos extranjeros, músicos... Poco después de escribir estos cuentos, Nin conocerá a Henry Miller, que diría de ella: «Cuando trato de imaginar de quién es deudor tu estilo, me siento frustrado, no recuerdo a nadie con el que tengas el más ligero parecido. Me recuerdas únicamente a ti misma». Melancólicos y punzantes, revelan ya a una gran autora que hizo saltar por los aires las convenciones literarias y sociales de su época. La crítica ha dicho...«[Nin] tiene perlas aún desconocidas en castellano. Estos relatos [...] son el embrión de una escritora que explotaría muy poco tiempo después.»Paula Corroto, El Confidencial «Su prosa es tan elaborada, atrevida y precisa que no sería descabellado compararla con Proust.»The Times Literary Supplement «Una de las escritoras más extraordinarias y poco convencionales de este siglo.»Anna Balakian, The New York Times «Qué genial es la ficción erótica de Anaïs Nin.»Emma Cline «Una voz moderna y visceral.»Luna Miguel, El País «Consiguió abrir una puerta cerrada con mil cerrojos. Consideró suyo su cuerpo e hizo con él lo que le apetecía. No era una mujer corriente. Era la mujer más libre de 1930.»Loreto Sánchez Seoane, El Independiente «Si hay una autora que fue a través de la escritura, en quien vida y literatura son del todo inseparables, es Anaïs Nin.»Najat El Hachmi, El Periódico «No sabría decir cuál es mi libro favorito, pero lo único que he releído en mi vida han sido los diarios de Anaïs Nin.»Björk «Mujer loca y sabia. [...] Esa literatura marginal que cada díame parece más bella».Julio Cortázar «Antes de Lena Dunham, estuvo Anaïs Nin».Sady Doyle, The GuardianThe Sun's Eye (Caribbean Modern Classics)
By Anne Walmsley. 2021
There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary…
Classics collection celebrates these deep and vibrant stories, overflowing with life and acute observations about society.In the vast AtlanticThe sun's eye blazes over the edge of the oceanAnd watches the islands in a great bow curvingFrom Florida down to the South American coast.The poems and stories included in The Sun's Eye present a selection of old favourites and new discoveries, celebrating the rich, warm, vibrant and vital life in the string of islands which curve down from Florida to the South American coast. A great celebration of Caribbean culture, and testimonial to all who have felt the warmth of the Caribbean sun and the whisper of the Caribbean breeze.Suitable for readers aged 11 and above.Over Our Way (Caribbean Modern Classics)
By Jean D'Costa, Dr Velma Pollard. 2021
There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary…
Classics collection celebrates these deep and vibrant stories, overflowing with life and acute observations about society.Over our way lies a world of flame trees and hot beaches rimmed with hills, of raucous laughter in the market and shouts in the street, of bare feet running down dusty lanes and across burnt savannahs, splashing beside the boats of fishermen or inching up the ringed bark of coconut trees. A long way, full of laughing, weeping, blessing, cursing, explaining, quarrelling, accusing and lamenting.We cannot see the beginnings or ends of our way, but we can tell some of the stories of what happens over our way: stories which we alone can tell, stories about our friendships, our lonelinesses, our games, our crimes, our sorrows and joys, our triumphs and dreams.Suitable for readers aged 11 and above.La repulsión: Berenice | El rey Peste | La máscara de la muerte roja (Flash Relatos #Volumen)
By Edgar Allan Poe. 2017
La repulsión recoge tres de los más grotescos y repulsivos cuentos de Edgar Allan Poe: «Berenice», «El Rey Peste» y…
«La máscara de la muerte roja». De entre todos los cuentos de Edgar Allan Poe, hay tres que destacan por su carácter grotesco y repulsivo. «Berenice», cuyo sadismo horrorizó a los lectores de la época y que narra la obsesión de un hombre enfermo por los dientes de su prometida y prima; «El Rey Peste», un relato en el que dos marineros descubren una cohorte de seres deformes que se esconden de la sociedad en un barrio de Londres asolado por la peste; y «La máscara de la muerte roja», un clásico del horror macabro en el que la muerte llega como una invitada no esperada. Con esta recopilación, queremos homenajear a uno de los grandes autores clásicos del horror gótico, y acercar al lector los tres relatos que forman lo que hemos querido llamar Trilogía de la repulsión.Cuentos góticos (Flash Relatos #Volumen)
By Emilia Pardo Bazán. 2018
Una recopilación de los mejores cuentos góticos de Emilia Pardo Bazán. Entre la prolífica producción literaria de Emilia Pardo Bazán…
encontramos algunos de los mejores cuentos góticos que ha dado la literatura de habla hispana. Esta recopilación contiene «El conjuro», «El fantasma», «El espectro», «La resucitada», «Mi suicidio», «El mausoleo» y «Las espinas».De todos los nombres, el nombre: y veinte relatos breves
By Marcelo Estefanell. 2021
El libro reúne una serie de relatos breves escritos por Marcelo Estefanell en 2020 y 2021. Veintiún ejercicios de memoria…
—por momentos precisa, por otros difusa, siempre reticente al olvido— evocan una infancia alojada en Paysandú a fines de los cincuenta: la de un niño observador, dispuesto a descubrir las complejidades del mundo que lo rodea. Entre episodios que marcaron hitos en la biografía de su ciudad, La Heroica, e historias mínimas de personajes entrañables que solo la oralidad puede proyectar, Estefanell (autor de El hombre numerado, entre otras obras) construye un universo nostálgico, un camino iniciático hacia su propio conocimiento. «En los duros momentos que me ha tocado vivir, sobre todo cuando predominó el aislamiento forzado en tiempos de cárcel y soledad, el pasado acudía a mi memoria con una nitidez inaudita, se colaba por todos los intersticios de aquel presente agobiante, para ofrecerme la luz de los grandes patios y la autenticidad de los juegos durante una infancia privilegiada. Ahora, por supuesto, nada se le compara a aquel infierno, pero la pandemia, con sus limitaciones, reflotó, en parte, ese entrenamiento y le dio nuevos impulsos a lo que fue y ya no volverá a ser». Marcelo EstefanellRobert's Hill (or The Time I Pooped My Snowsuit) and Other Christmas Stories
By Jeremy John. 2021
This humorous and heartfelt collection of Christmas tales reflects on the best of the holiday: family, tradition, binge drinking, divorce,…
and poop. Robert’s Hill (or The Time I Pooped My Snowsuit) and Other Christmas Stories is the perfect collection for Christmas in the real world. No talking snowman or cute woodland animal who saves Christmas (actually, there is a pigeon who steps in and saves the big day). This selection of heart-warming tales is about the true magic of the season: receiving the ultimate gift only to break it immediately; playing drinking games while watching a holiday special; getting divorced over what seemed like the perfect present. Robert’s Hill even settles the debate on which is the greatest Christmas movie ever made (that’s not it) and finally explains how the candy cane was invented (no one really knows, so why not make it up?). This collection will be enjoyed by everyone or, at least, anyone who still loves Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, missess the toys they had as a kid, and thinks pooping your snowsuit is funny.Dubliners
By James Joyce. 2021
A vivid and unflinching collection of fifteen short stories, Dubliners delves deep into the inner and outer lives of Dublin&’s…
inhabitants. From the unsettling adventure of two truant schoolboys to the crafty schemes of two con-men, from a young woman&’s refusal to abandon Ireland and elope with a sailor to a man&’s moment of clarity during an annual dance party, these stories offer a moving portrait of Ireland at the turn of the twentieth century. This book is Joyce at his most accessible and profound, rooted in the rich detail of the city he was born in, with themes of social decline, sexual desire, corruption and failure, and teeming with Joyce&’s brilliant and influential style. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love
By Huma Qureshi. 2021
'A deft, satisfying and poignant collection of stories . . . I loved it.' PANDORA SYKES'These are stories of fierce…
clarity and tenderness - I loved them' LUCY CALDWELL, author of Intimacies 'Qureshi writes with courage' Ingrid Persaud, author of Love After Love'Huma Qureshi is a writer I know I'll be reading for years and years and years' Natasha Lunn, author of Conversations on Love A breathtaking collection of stories about our most intimate relationships: the misunderstandings between families, the silences between friends and the dissonance between lovers. Set between the blossoming countryside of England, the South of France and Tuscany, and the bustling cities of London and Lahore, Things We Do Not Tell The People We Love shines a light on the parts of ourselves we rarely reveal. A daughter asks her mother to shut up, only to shut her up for good; an exhausted wife walks away from the husband who doesn't understand her; on holiday, lovers no longer understand each other away from home.The underlying themes of loneliness, secrets, family and a yearning for love intertwine these extraordinary stories from the award-winning author of How We Met.The City of Mist: The last book by the bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind
By Carlos Ruiz Zafon. 2021
The echo of the novels of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series resonates in the stories of Carlos Ruiz Zafón:…
gathered here for the first time - and some never before published in English - these stories are a celebration of one of the world's great storytellersA boy decides to become a writer when he discovers that his creative gifts capture the attentions of an aloof young beauty who has stolen his heart. A labyrinth maker flees Constantinople to a plague ridden Barcelona, with plans for building a library impervious to the destruction of time. A strange gentleman tempts Cervantes to write a book like no other, each page of which could prolong the life of the woman he loves. And a brilliant Catalan architect named Antoni Gaudí reluctantly agrees to cross the ocean to New York, a voyage that will determine the fate of an unfinished masterpiece.A celebration of a master storyteller, beloved by fans around the world: 'The real deal: one gorgeous read'Stephen King'This book will change your life. An instant classic'Daily Telegraph'A book lover's dream'The Times'A hymn of praise to all the joys of reading'Independent'Gripping and instantly atmospheric'Mail on Sunday'Irresistibly readable'Guardian'Diabolically good'ElleGifts
By Laura Barnett. 2021
'Warm and uplifting storytelling: a delightful treat'Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures'A gorgeous festive tale. Told in the form of…
interlinked short stories, it's beautifully written and highly emotionally intelligent'Daily Mail'I loved The Versions Of Us by Laura Barnett and her new novel is just as wonderful... The ideal warm, bittersweet read to get you in the festive spirit'Good Housekeeping'Full of warmth, poignancy and a huge dose of Christmas spirit'RedTwelve peopleTwelve giftsOne Christmas to rememberMaddy runs the bookshop on Market Square. She's struggling to choose a gift (a watch? a wine subscription? a weekend bag? all too much?) for her old school friend Peter, who's just moved back from London following a messy divorce.Peter doesn't have a clue what to get for his teenage daughter Chloe - furious with her mother, she's decided to up sticks and move to Kent with him, but he worries that he really doesn't know her at all.Chloe wants to buy something special for her grandmother Irene, who lives alone on the other side of town.Irene doesn't get out much these days, but she'd really like to find the right gift for Alina, who's so much more than a carer, really - always stops to chat for a bit, have a cup of tea, even if it makes her late.And Alina, meanwhile, has her eye on something for...From the no. 1 bestselling author of The Versions of Us comes a novel about how wonderful and sad and difficult and happy and strange Christmas can be. Stories to inspire, move and comfort.'He felt it: the lightness, the expansiveness, the anticipation, the sense that something good was coming. And it was, wasn't it - though the world was still licking its collective wounds and there was still suffering everywhere, suffering and loneliness and sadness. Despite all this, it was good: it was kindness, it was giving without thought of recompense, it was light in the darkness'Five Women
By Robert Musil. 2021
The stories here collected under the title Five Women combine two different volumes. All together, these stories, each of which…
(as the reader will guess) has a woman at the apparent centre of its gaze, has the feel of a series study, or of a natural history, though one performed in a strange and not entirely rational laboratory, or field. The intensity in these stories derives in part from looking at humans under the very ordinary extremities of love and desire. Neither love, nor femininity, is the subject matter so much as it is the medium.Translated by Eithne Wilkins & Ernst KaiserJe ne veux pas me laver les dents: Martin connait le raton Perez! (Je ne veux pas...! #5)
By A. P. Hernández. 2021
Imperfecto: Un nuevo ménage de romance erótico para adultos distópico (Perfecto #2)
By Jan Springer. 2021
Año 2104 La contaminación ambiental ha hecho que el mundo sea invivible. Los enfermos superan en número a los sanos. Los hospitales…
están abrumados. Las economías colapsan. Los gobiernos se combinan para formar una potencia mundial llamada "Orden de autoridad" (OA). Para salvar a la raza humana, la OA construye "biosferas": grandes burbujas que encierran ciudades autosostenibles. Solo los sanos pueden entrar. Todos los demás deben morir ... Para el control de la población, cada humano tiene un microchip incrustado que suprime la necesidad de aparearse. . El arte de hacer el amor se desvanece ... Cuando Michaela Long descubre que una amiga está involucrada en experimentos sexuales ilegales, Michaela se ve obligada a experimentar los mismos placeres prohibidos ... Después de enterarse de que su amiga, Anica Maine, está involucrada en relaciones sexuales ilegales con los rebeldes, Michaela Long evita borrarse la mente y se ofrece voluntaria para participar. en un ardiente experimento sexual. Los doctores Flynn Campbell y Bryce Davids se sienten inmediatamente atraídos por la linda morena y rápidamente le presentan a Michaela un placer increíble con sus ardientes ménages. Fácilmente adicta, Michaela está decidida a mantener en secreto su nuevo placer y sus hombres sexys, incluso si eso significa enfrentarse a la Eliminación si son atrapados.Genomen door Drie Motorrijders (Genomen Reeks #1)
By Jasmine Black. 2018
Nadat Zoe Miller op een nacht pech krijgt met haar auto op een verlaten weg, komen drie gevaarlijk uitziende motorrijders…
haar te hulp... op meer manieren dan zij zich kan voorstellen!Dolphin Junction: Stories
By Mick Herron. 2021
CWA Gold and Steel Dagger-winner Mick Herron's short fiction, collected for the first time.Mick Herron, author of the Slough House…
novels, is on his way to becoming one of the most critically acclaimed and culturally important crime fiction writers of the twenty-first century. He has been awarded both the Gold and Steel Daggers by the Crime Writers&’ Association and has been called &“the John Le Carré of the future&” (BBC). But Mick Herron does more than &“just&” write flawlessly suspenseful spy thrillers. He is a craftist of the highest order, irrepressibly versatile in form (novels, novellas, short fiction) and mood (witty, taut, spooky, laugh-out-loud funny), whose &“efficient, darkly witty, tipped-with-imagery sentences . . . feel purpose-built to perforate [our] private daze of illiteracy&” (The Atlantic).Now, for the first time, Herron&’s short fiction has been collected into one volume. In Dolphin Junction, devoted fans and future converts alike will find much to amuse, delight, and terrify them. Five standalone nerve-rackingly thrilling crime fiction stories are complemented by four mystery stories featuring the Oxford wife-and-husband detective team of shrewd Zoë Boehm and hapless Joe Silvermann. The collection also includes a peek into the past of Jackson Lamb, irascible top agent at Slough House.The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008
By Louise Erdrich. 2009
“Culled from 30 years as one of America’s most distinctive fictional voices . . . 36 affecting and inventive stories…
that dance around the Faulknerian world she’s created. . . . Within these stories there exist Erdrich’s poetic sentences and humane sensibility—and always another surprise on the next page.” — Boston GlobeA collection of breathtaking power and originality by one of the most innovative and exciting writers of our dayIn Louise Erdrich's fictional world, the mystical can emerge from the everyday, the comic can turn suddenly tragic, and violence and splendor inhabit a single emotional landscape. The fantastic twists and leaps of her imagination are made all the more meaningful by the deeper truth of human feeling that underlies them. These thirty-six short works selected by the author herself—including five previously unpublished stories—are ordered chronologically as well as by theme and voice, each tale spellbinding in its boldness and beauty. The Red Convertible is a stunning literary achievement, the collected brilliance of a fearless and inventive writer.Fatherhood
By Thomas H Cook. 2013
Over his acclaimed career, Cook&’s novels have haunted, riveted, and spellbound readers across the world, and his short stories are…
equally acclaimed. They range from the intensely focused world of "Fatherhood," the Herodotus prize-winning title story, to the Edgar nominated "Rain," a dark, kaleidoscopic tale of Manhattan on a single, rain-swept night. "The Fix," the story of a famous boxing fix that was, well, not a fix at all, was selected for inclusion in Best Mystery Stories of the Year. "What She Offered," the gripping tale of a one-night stand, was included in The Best Noir Stories of the Century. Like Cook&’s novels, the range of this collection is, itself, astonishing. From a backwoods Appalachian shack during the Depression ("Poor People") to a Midwestern college campus in the throes of Sixties revolt ("The Sun-Gazer") to a midtown Manhattan bookstore on Christmas Eve, "The Lessons of the Season," this collection demonstrates precisely that, in the words of Michael Connolly, "no one tells a story better than Thomas H. Cook."Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible!
By Jonathan Goldstein. 2009
A hilarious re-imagining of the heroes of the Old Testament for a modern world-and the neurotic demanding reader …
In the beginning there was humor Sure it s the foundation for much of Western morality and the cornerstone of world literature But let s face it the Bible always needed punching up Plus it raised quite a few questions that a modern world refuses to ignore any longer wouldn t it be boring to live inside a whale How did Joseph explain Mary s pregnancy to the guys at work Who exactly was the megalomaniacal foreman who oversaw the construction of the Tower of Babel And honestly what was Cain s problem In Ladies and Gentlemen the Bible Jonathan Goldstein re-imagines and recasts the greatest heroes of the Bible with depth wit and snappy dialogue This is the Bible populated by angry loners hypochondriacs and reluctant prophets who fear for their sanity for readers of Sarah Vowell and the books of David Sedaris Basically a Bible that readers can finally genuinely relate to Jonathan Goldstein s new book I ll Seize the Day Tomorrow will be available May 2013