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A todos, de alguna manera, elpasado nos agobia y lo almacenamosen una bodega sellada al paso deltiempo. Pero de sus grietas se escurreuna sustancia viscosa de recuerdoscontagiados por el virus del fracaso.¿Que sigue cuando ya has hecho todo lo que tocaba hacer con tu vida? Para el protagonista de estahistoria, sus dias han perdido el brillo. Se debate entre sus achaques marcados por los excesos, el insomnio que le trae delirios y la apatia de un presente que solo le plantea el deseo de destruirse sin prisas. En plena reinvencion de si mismo, para celebrar su cumpleaños numero sesenta, emprende un viaje con su novia y unos amigos a Acapulco. En un hotel incrustado en un risco, desde donde se domina la bahia, los recuerdos de su infancia y juventud le llegan en oleadas. Aparecen, entonces, las asperas vacaciones familiares, la relatoria de los fracasos amorosos, y lugares como el mitico HotelFlamingos, la guarida de bacanales hollywoodenses, donde tiene lugar un insolito encuentro entre JohnnyWeissmuller, el Tarzan mas famoso del mundo, Charles Manson y un escritor beat. A medio camino entre las memorias y la ficcionnoir, esta novela es un alucinante y sorprendente recorrido por lugares olvidados.

Sin papeles, nidinero,ni nación...Un marinero estadounidense vive lo peor que podría pasarle a un tripulante que se considera valioso para su embarcación: que su barco parta sin él. Todo lo que posee para probar su identidad e incluso su propio hogar estan en altamar, en el Tuscaloosa. Sin pasaporte, sin nombre y ni un centavo, el marinero experimenta la crueldad burocrata y la opresion de aquellos que ejercen poder, por lo que se ve forzado a tomar un trabajo en el Yorikke, un navio condenado a la destruccion.El barco de la muerte fue el primer libro publicado de B. Traven, un retrato crudo de la sordidez humana y una fuerte critica sobre las dinamicas del poder y del nacionalismo; una novela maritima sobre la burocracia, la inmigracion, la identidad, la ilegalidad, el proletariado y las duras consecuencias de ser prescindible por el sistema. Con la fuerza de un manifiesto de la clase trabajadora, esta novela sigue resonando como una advertencia sobre la injusticia sistemica y el valor inherente de cada individuo.Esta edicion celebra los cien años de la publicacion original del libro, con una traduccion revisada y actualizada, y con dos textos adicionales: "Un epilogo personal", de Volker Kutscher, y "Mi novela, El barco de lamuerte", del mismo B. Traven.

The spruces are so close together that the barks are a sable-brown. Michael OKane is known as the Kinderschrek, the child scarer. He haunts Cloosh Wood in western Ireland. As a boy he lost his mother and by the age of ten he was in prison. Now he seeks sacrificial victims to satisfy his delusional fantasies: a beautiful young mother, her infant son and a trusting priest, who are enticed into the forest.Inspired by a real triple homicide, this novel is a tour de force of finely restrained fury (Newsday).

The road silent, somnolent yet with a speech of its own, speaking back to them, father and child, through trappings of sun and fretted verdure, speaking of the old mutinies and a fresh crime mounting in the blood.The local community is shocked when a young teenager, Mary, attempts to get an illegal abortion, especially when they discover that she has been raped by her father. OBrien charts Marys emotional and psychological trauma, as her story is dragged first into the public realm and then into the law courts, with her power of choice usurped by militant factions on all sides.A haunting novel based on a real events.

Newly-turned Mexican vampire, Maria, is not just out for blood, she wants answers.From the twice Bram Stoker-nominated author of The Haunting of Alejandra and Immortal Pleasures, a gripping tale of empowerment, desire and belonging, perfect for readers of A Dowry of Blood and Certain Dark Things.Maria is a wanted woman. Shes wanted by an Aztec trafficker, a cartel boss, the people she fights for, and now the devil she cant resist. A would-be immigrant turned vampire, Maria is forced to leave her home and family and embark on a journey across Mexico. She learns to fight, becoming an unlikely bad-ass enforcer of justice. Then an encounter with a violent, ruthless vampire boss leads her to find her creator. Drawn into a world of ancient vampires, deadly conspiracies and a dangerously seductive devil, Maria must find a way to fight for herself and all humankind.A fierce and seductive horror thriller, pulsing with rage, fear and desire, that explores a vampire womans determination to find her place in the world.

Perfect for fans of Ava Reid and Lucy Holland, this is a page-turning dark fantasy of persecuted witches, snatched children, twisted magic, changelings and the sins that bind.Set in the multi-award-winning authors acclaimed Sourdough universe, this standalone story sits alongside previous novels, including All the Murmuring Bones and The Briar Book of the Dead.Deep in the forest lives Mehrab the witch, coping with loneliness in her own strange ways and quietly battling her demons. One evening, a young woman appears on her doorstep seeking shelter, pursued by godhounds who wish to destroy all those practising magic, and Mehrabs solitary existence is disrupted as she teaches the girl how to control her powers. Together they forge a cure for their isolation with heartbreaking consequences...Meanwhile, in the local village, children begin to disappear, sometimes returning forever changed or not returning at all. Sinister offerings appear on Mehrabs doorstep, and a dark power pursues her through the trees. As the villagers turn hostile and the godhounds close in, Mehrab finds herself at the centre of a struggle to save the soul of the forest, the life of an old love and her own new-formed family.Set in Slatters bewitching gothic Sourdough universe, this is a haunting, gripping tale written with wit and heart. A book to both savour and devour.

Lose yourself in this tumultuous Swedish family saga, introduced by Sarah Moss (a masterpiece)In these parts, they called her Queen. And she was queen of rags, of sagging mouldering roofs, of nothing. On a bleak, windswept farm on the coast of rural Sweden, where the misty white light is as mute as the blind milk of membrane around an extinguished eye, beneath the oppressive silence, the salt spray and the grind of daily farmwork, a passionate, yearning, unspoken human drama takes place.At the centre of this story is Judit Lindgren, known as the Queen, strong as a whip, stately and stern. She holds her little realm tight, eking out a hard life, buttoning her emotions, dealing with the inadequacies of her menfolk, until the surprise arrival of a Polish widow from New York upends her carefully balanced world and offers the possibility of redemption.Fear, rage, love, resentment: the full range of human emotion is here . . . A story fuelled by inevitability and cold beauty.Sarah Moss

This contemporary twist on Brief Encounter is a tender meditation on what might have been.Maybe we love people because they wont let us know them.A summers evening in Manhattan. Nothing - not cold drinks, not showers not a stroll through the chilly aisles of an all-night drugstore - can undo the heats hold on the city. Julian is half watching the evening news, his husband filling the dishwasher. Thats when it arrives. An email with the subject line: From Paul Axel. An email about a dead man from Carol - a woman Julian has never met. Paul has left a message hed like her to relay. Emails are exchanged. Morning coffee at the Bryant Park Grill is agreed. Carol, fulfilling Pauls final request, wonders how she will tell Julian of a life - and a love - he has no idea existed. A life, encased in a flash drive, containing multitudes.

Um livro essencial na obra de Emmanuel Carrère. Uma investigação de um crime brutal, à altura de clássicos como A sangue frio, de Truman Capote. Carrère acompanha a desconcertante vida dupla de um pa

No Rio de Janeiro, vidas se cruzam por acaso: Ester Nadelbaum, ex-grã-fina que virou traficante; Fabinho, caloteiro nômade em busca do grande lance; Bruna, subindo degrau por degrau do subúrbio à zon

Nesta sensível estreia de Fabiane Secches no romance, Ilhas suspensas equilibra ensaio e ficção para contar não apenas uma história sobre saudade e solidão, como também sobre amor, família e amizade.

Praise for Michelle Steinbeck:Brilliant and completely uniqueSOPHIE MACKINTOSHMichelle Steinbeck is the lovechild of Robert Wasler and a witchCAMILLA GRUDOVAIm sorry, your mother was murdered.Filas mother Magdalena caused chaos every time she appeared in her daughters life. Fila hasnt seen her in years, not since she disgraced their family by advertising her brothel in the newspaper.Now, news comes from Italy: Magdalena is dead. Its time for Fila to finally face her family history.Fila collects her mothers ashes and sets out, urn in tow, to retrace the whirlwind life of the woman last known as Favorita.Part hallucinatory road trip, part feminist revenge fantasy: Favorita is a wild, furious and mischievous novel from an incendiary new European talent.

Gabriel retorna à sua cidade natal quando seus pais morrem. Lá, conhece um misterioso andarilho que busca diferentes espécimes de aranhas e que também sofre com perdas recentes. É nessa comunhão de l

El agente Teo Dávila sigue el rastro de una red de droga alterada y abuso que parece no dejar huellas… hasta que un nombre surge entre sus notas: El Mulato. La pista lo conduce a un local nocturno pr

La vida está llena de sorpresas…, pero algunas preferiría evitarlas.Mi plan para estas vacaciones era sencillo:1) Desconectar y disfrutar con las mejores amigas que una puede tener.2) Recuperar la co

Jérôme Ferrari firma una proeza literaria que es también una sátira mordaz y tragicómica sobre el turismo y la estupidez humana.A partir de un hecho aparentemente trivial –una botella introducida cla

El génesis de un mundo nuevoLa segunda entrega y continuación de Los Australianos, la inolvidable saga épica escrita por Vivian Stuart que, con estilo envolvente y habilidad excepcional para crear personajes llenos de fuerza, nos transporta a los origenes de Australia: un territorio salvaje, indomito y lleno de oportunidades pero tambien de injusticias, peligros y luchas por la supervivencia.En el nuevo asentamiento australiano, la vida es muy dura: lo es para los colones libres, pero mas para los prisioneros. Muchos terminan sucumbiendo a las enfermedades y el hambre. Algunos tratan de escapar, pero pocos lo logran, y quienes fracasan son brutalmente castigados.Algunos, sin embargo Jenny Taggart entre ellos, estan decididos a adueñarse de esta tierra barbara. Jenny, traicionada en la amistad y en el amor, tiene que alejarse de muchos compañeros, pero nunca de su vision: edificarse un futuro como mujer libre.Los rebeldes y los marginados han sido enviados muy lejos, al otro lado del mundo, a las duras tierras de un nuevo continente. Pero, con el paso de los decenios, ennoblecidos por el amor y endurecidos por la tragedia, terminaran transformado los parajes silvestres en tierras fertiles.Y tambien se habran transformado a si mismos en los australianos.Los prisioneros es la segunda entrega de esta serie epica dedicada a los conmovedores e intrigantes origenes de la colonizacion de Australia, un continente forjado a fuerza de pasion, sueños y sangre. Ideal para lectores que disfrutan de relatos historicos con personajes memorables, escenarios vibrantes y tramas que recorren decadas de retos, pasion y descubrimientos. Una experiencia literaria que te hace viajar y vivir intensamente cada pagina.---Esta serie es la mejor combinacion de ficcion y hechos historicos ambientada en Australia que he leido.Reseña en Amazon Me encanta esta serie y actualmente la estoy leyendo por segunda vez.Reseña en Goodreads Es una serie maravillosa: inteligente, instructiva, entretenida y llena de suspense.Reseña en Goodreads

Ninguém estava imune aos segredos.Especialmente aquelas mulheres.Era para ter sido a noite perfeita para as mulheres do Clube de Mães de West Hollywood. A primeira noite só delas após o nascimento do

"[Um olhar] perspicaz sobre família, amor e casamento"— David Nicholls, autor best-seller de Um dia"Leia pelos personagens excêntricos, pelos diálogos perfeitos, pelo humor e pelos momentos comuns tã

Uma história herdeira dos clássicos do gênero fantástico e de fantasmas — mas numa versão contemporânea, cheia de lirismo, estranhamento e crueldade. Uma corretora imobiliária prepara uma casa vazia