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Un buen hijo de p: una fá́bula (Vintage español)
By Ismael Cala. 2014
El periodista y presentador del programa "CNN en Español" presenta una fábula moderna a través de la historia y conversaciones…
de dos personajes, Arturo y Chris. Cala postula que sólo nosotros mismos tenemos el poder para transformar nuestras vidas, y que a través de las tres pes--pasión, paciencia y perseverancia--todo es posibleA brief history of seven killings: a novel
By Marlon James. 2014
Fictitious oral history that explores the events and individuals surrounding the attempted assassination of Bob Marley during the political turmoil…
in Jamaica during the late 1970s. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. 2014Adulterio
By Paulo Coelho. 2014
Para todos los que la conocen, Linda lleva una vida sacada de un cuento de hadas: un marido que la…
ama, unos hijos adorables, una exitosa carrera como periodista y una hermosa casa. Pero un día, una entrevista con un famoso escritor lo cambia todoFederico en su balcón (Edad del tiempo. La obra narrativa de Carlos Fuentes #16)
By Carlos Fuentes. 2012
En esta novela póstuma de Fuentes, Dante Loredano entabla un diálogo con un vecino de balcón, filósofo Federico Nietzsche, y…
se deja guiar por éste a través de una ciudad encendida por una violenta revolución socialThe bone clocks: a novel
By David Mitchell. 2014
1984. After a fight with her mother, teenager Holly Sykes leaves her home and stumbles into a war between mystics.…
Her latent ability to tune in to psychic phenomena makes Holly a target, and her exploits have repercussions across the ages. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2014Burmese days
By George Orwell. 2013
Flory lives amongst the British expatriates in Burma where he works as a timber merchant. Discontented with his life, he…
helps his friend Dr. Veraswami, who is being hounded by a corrupt magistrate. In the midst of this, Flory falls in love with spinster Elizabeth Lackersteen. Some violence. 1934The man with the compound eyes: A Novel
By Wu Ming-Yi, Ming-Yi Wu. 2014
Fifteen-year-old Atile'i sets sail from his isolated island. College professor Alice Shih decides upon suicide. A tsunami brings them together.…
Atile'i helps Alice discover the fate of her husband and son. Translated from the 2011 Chinese edition. Some descriptions of sex. 2013The ghost of the Mary Celeste: A Novel
By Valerie Martin. 2014
The Briggs and Cobb families are beset with deaths at sea. In 1859 Maria Briggs and her husband Joseph Gibbs…
are swept overboard. In 1872 the Mary Celeste, which was commanded by Benjamin Briggs, is found abandoned. In 1881 struggling writer Arthur Conan Doyle's tale questions the families' fates. 2014Rashōmon and seventeen other stories (Penguin classics)
By Jay Rubin, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. 2006
Eighteen short stories by renowned Japanese writer Akutagawa (1892-1927). In the 1915 title piece an unemployed servant takes shelter in…
a dilapidated gate to the devastated city of Kyoto. Includes 2006 introduction by Haruki Murakami. Translated by Jay Rubin. 2006Los años de peregrinación del chico sin color (Colección Andanzas #815)
By Haruki Murakami. 2013
Con el apoyo de su nueva novia Sara, Tsukuru Tazaki, un ingeniero de treinta y seis años de edad, se…
embarca en un viaje para buscar a las personas que una vez consideraba a sus amigos. Tsukuru quiere entender por qué él fue condenado al ostracismo hace dieciséis años atrás.Traducido del japonésEl lenguaje del juego (Narrativas hispánicas #505)
By Daniel Sada. 2012
San Gregorio, en el norte de México. Valente Montaño decide abrir una pizzería como esos restaurantes en que ha trabajado…
en el otro lado de la frontera. Teniendo en cuenta el crimen violento en la ciudad, su hijo Candelario no ve la sabiduría de la inversión, y toma decisiones que impactan los planes de Valente. Violencia y lenguaje injuriosoEnon: a novel
By Paul Harding. 2013
Charlie Crosby, the grandson of the protagonist in Tinkers (DB 71092), goes mad with grief after his thirteen-year-old daughter's accidental…
death. Smashing his fist against a wall leads to an addiction to pain pills and the dissolution of his marriage--but eventually Charlie is able to create a smaller life. 2013The first phone call from heaven: A Novel
By Mitch Albom. 2013
People in the town of Coldwater, Michigan, begin receiving phone calls from loved ones in heaven. As the news spreads…
worldwide, disgraced pilot Sully Harding, who has just been released from jail, wants to investigate the phenomenon. But Sully's young son wants a call from his late mother. Bestseller. 2013Dissident gardens: a novel
By Jonathan Lethem. 2013
Queens, New York. The Zimmers--headed by matriarch Rose--are a family of revolutionary radicals. Rose leads Communist cells from her kitchen…
until the party expels her in 1955. Her daughter Miriam explores communes. Grandson Sergius participates in the Occupy movement. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2013The childhood of Jesus
By J. M. Coetzee. 2013
Sailing to a new land, five-year-old David is separated from his mother. Simón, a fellow passenger, takes custody of David,…
and together they navigate a new culture and language--and a world that seems set against them. 2013El manuscrito encontrado en Accra
By Paulo Coelho. 2013
Jerusalén, 1099. Antes del asalto final de los cruzados en la capital, un joven registra las enseñanzas de un enigmático…
sabio conocido sólo como Copta. A partir de las diferentes tradiciones de la antigüedad, incluyendo los de los árabes, Judios, y los cristianos de Oriente a su alrededor en la ciudad santa, Copta comunica una sabiduría consoladora para tiempos catastróficos. Traducido del portuguésEl héroe discreto
By Mario Vargas Llosa. 2013
En Piura, Perú, Felícito Yanaqué, propietario de una pequeña empresa, es víctima de un complot de extorsión. Al mismo tiempo,…
en Lima, el empresario Ismael Carrera teme por su vida - y planea vengarse de sus dos hijos, que quieren verlo muerto. Algunas descripciones de violencia y de lenguaje injuriosoManuscript found in Accra
By Paulo Coelho, Margaret Jull Costa. 2013
Jerusalem, 1099. A young man records the teachings of an enigmatic Greek sage known only as the Copt. Drawing from…
different traditions--including those of the city's Arabs, Jews, and Eastern Christians--the Copt imparts consoling wisdom for catastrophic times. Translated from Portuguese. 2012Cousin Phillis and other stories (Oxford world's classics)
By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Heather Glen, Elizabeth Gaskell. 2010
Five Victorian short stories and the title novella by English novelist Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865). In Cousin Phillis seventeen-year-old Paul Manning…
meets his mother's distant relatives. Includes "Lizzie Leigh," "Morton Hall," "My French Master," "Half a Life-Time Ago," and "Manchester Marriage" and 2010 introduction and notes by Heather Glen. 1865All that is: a novel
By James Salter. 2013
World War II veteran Philip Bowman becomes an editor at a small New York publishing house. He marries a wealthy…
Virginian, divorces, and has affairs with both a married Englishwoman and a divorcée. But true love eludes him. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2013