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"Dudo por un instante en abandonarla allí definitivamente, incapaz ya de asumir sus funciones, pero por un momento cruza por mi cabeza como un rayo la necesidad de inmolarla y darle un final digno del fuego. Luego, incomprensiblemente, me duermo profundamente, y el resto de la noche es un delirio de hogueras"."Me rebelo contra la Madre Naturaleza, Dios bendito, la energia oscura y la composicion estandar de los atomos. Quiero hoy crear un movimiento negacionista que afirma el hecho de la ilusion de la finitud, que, sin embargo, nada tiene que ver con las concepciones espiritualistas al uso, sino con la negacion furibunda de una especie que, abocada al desastre, se pasa la vida en internet, jugando a la PlayStation, viendo futbol o tocando el caramillo"."Y en ocasiones, estando asi quieto y mirando algo, siento el cielo o el mar que bajan o suben dentro de mi y me producen un estado de felicidad del que quisiera que ellos pudieran participar, pero se que es inutil, y me faltan palabras para hacerselo entender, y solo puedo balbucear frases sin sentido, hasta que mi padre me pone la mano en la cabeza, me acaricia el pelo y me dice "Vamos, Angel, es hora de dormir", y me lleva a la habitacion de arriba mientras me dice cosas que no entiendo. Luego llega una luz muy grande que yo

Mi patria es la Unión Soviética,Así lo siento en mi cabeza y en el corazón. Toda mi vida ha estado vinculada a la Unión Soviética. Soy miembro del Partido Comunista y creo en los ideales de la Revolucion que siempre me guiaron Esta es la increible historia real de +frica de las Heras, la espia española mas destacada del KGB, quien arriesgo su vida en misiones clandestinas desde Madrid y Cataluña hasta America Latina. En la II Guerra Mundial mantuvo una frenetica actividad y fue condecorada como coronel sovietico. Opero bajo rl nombre clave de Patria y nunca fue descubierta. Tras la guerra, dirigio redes de espionaje en EE UU y America Latina durante la guerra fria. En sus ultimos años entreno a futuros agentes en Moscu. Entre ellos, un joven Vladimir Putin. El investigador Raul Vallarino viajo a Rusia para rescatar documentos secretos y testimonios exclusivos de quienes la conocieron. Su trabajo inspiro un documental de la television rusa.

Los deplorables es una novela en capítulos autónomos que, en conjunto, trazan el mapa moral de una familia rota y un país enfermo. Cada capítulo se sostiene por sí solo: tetimonio, carta, escena brut

Carlos Ortega, un joven andaluz, es sorprendido por una carta que sus propios padres recogen y dan. La misiva, acompañada de un testamento, está firmada por Don Diego Castillo Jaramillo, a quien Carlos no conoce. Es este el momento en el que los secretos familiares comienzan a desvelarse a traves de un viaje hacia el pueblo originario de su madre: Yugo. Una travesia repleta de secretismo, personajes tan misteriosos como reveladores, y sobre todo impregnado de una sinuosa magia de la que el protagonista se vera envuelto.

La lengua es un artefacto poderoso: puede ordenar o detonar el mundo. Juan Marín lo sabe bien. Hijo de un lonko mapuche y de una francesa que sobrevivió a un naufragio, aprende mapudungun, francés, español y aleman, sin hallar refugio en ninguno de estos idiomas.La biografia ficticia de este mestizo narra un cruce fortuito con el mismisimo rey de la Araucania, en el sur de Chile, a fines del siglo XIX, encuentro que sellaria su expulsion de la comunidad.En Valparaiso, un mutismo autoimpuesto y un oficio improbable lo conecta con los neografos, un criptico grupo de eruditos que buscan fundar una ortografia radical. Desde entonces, Marin transita los dilemas de la politica y del habla, los limites de la traduccion y las fracturas de su propia naturaleza.El ultimo neografo revisita con agudeza una cuestion fundamental sobre identidad y lenguaje: ¿Puede una lengua ser refugio, patria, hogar? ¿Y si ninguna basta para nombrarnos?Ignacio Alvarez (Santiago de Chile, 1973) es doctor en Literatura y profesor del Departamento de Literatura de la Universidad de Chile. Ha publicado el ensayo Novela y nacion en el siglo XX chileno: Ficcion literaria e identidad (2009), las ediciones criticas de la Obra completa de Baldomero Lillo (2008, en colaboracion con Hugo Bello Mal- donado) y de los Cuentos completos de Manuel Rojas (2021), y El curso que hice al reves (Laurel, 2022).El ultimo neografo, su primera obra de ficcion, fue publicada en Chile por Laurel en 2024 y acaba de obtener el segundo lugar en el Premio Mejor Novela Publicada, que otorga el Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio. Tambien fue finalista del Premio Academia Chilena de la Lengua.

Antología de cuentos contemporáneos que abordan temas como la identidad, el fracaso, la ironía y la búsqueda de sentido. Con estilo literario cuidado, los relatos invitan a reflexionar sobre el papel del individuo en una sociedad cambiante.

Every winter in the days leading up to Christmas Benedikt walks into the snowy mountains of Iceland to rescue sheep lost in the blizzards With his dog and his ram by his side traversing wild snowstorms and crystalline nights fuelled by endless cups of hot coffee Benedikt dedicates himself to helping other living beings in need It is midwinter in the harshest of landscapes but this is a place of deep belonging and peace brutal and remorseless yet irresistible and indispensable It is also a time of peace filled with the anticipation of that special time of year the days before Christmas Advent This enchanting Icelandic classic of one man s selfless quest at Christmas time has been newly translated into English for the first time in 90 years Gunnar Gunnarsson s novel is the Icelandic A Christmas Carol Vanity Fair This beautiful story with its inspirational message is too spontaneously human too universal in its truth to be capable of being dated A drama of heroic endurance for all or any time New York Times Book Review 1940 TRANSLATED BY PHILIP ROUGHTON

A feminist classic of Partition literature translated by Booker Prize winning translator Daisy RockwellSet in the turbulent decade of the 1940s The Women s Courtyard provides an inverted perspective on the Partition Mastur s novel gives expression to the preoccupations of the women in the courtyard fighting different battles with loud voices The novel follows a Muslim girl Aliya and her family about and around the climax of the Independence struggle While the national struggle rages on the street Aliya Aunty and the residents of the courtyard are tethered hopelessly to their own problems of life and death The Women s Courtyard is an experience in suffocation Within the strict religious and social framework of a rigid Muslim family there is a purdah between Aliya and the rest of the world

Beautifully written Michelle Paver I devoured this Rebecca Netley A rare gem of gothic literature A M Shine At a Scottish manor house requisitioned as a temporary hospital during the First World War Esther works as a volunteer nurse while dreaming of becoming a poet With her husband and beloved father both dead she knows that if the war ever ends she must build a very different life for herself Meanwhile on the coast beyond her new home lies Gallondean Castle a gloomy near ruin that has been unhappily inherited by Jacob Jacob is already haunted by his own demons but as he uncovers details of the castle s past the shadows only seem to be growing darker around him However it is Daniel one of the soldiers who appears to have received only a minor yet mysterious injury whose life will come to connect with both Esther and Jacob in horrifying and unexpected ways Unsettling and evocative deeply atmospheric and brilliantly engaging The Unrecovered is an unforgettable historical debut inspired by a real life legend and marks the arrival of an outstanding new talent

As gritty and hard driving a thriller as you ll find The action never stops the language sings and stings Washington Post Clement Mansell knows how easy it is to get away with murder The crazed killer is back on the Detroit streets thanks to some nifty courtroom moves by his lawyer and this time he s feeling invincible enough to execute a crooked Motown judge Homicide Detective Raymond Cruz thinks the Oklahoma Wildman crossed the line long before this latest outrage and he s determined to see that the psycho does not slip through the legal system s loopholes a second time But that means a good cop is going to have to play somewhat fast and loose with the rules in order to manoeuvre Mansell into a showdown that he won t be walking away from

Pip is a poor orphan a boy with no expectations being raised by his unkind sister and her husband in a small home on the marshes of Kent But when Pip meets the bizarre Miss Havisham and her beautiful ward Estella he starts to yearn for a life as a gentleman However Pip will discover that wealth and honesty do not go hand in hand and that kindness can be found in the most surprising places

This elegant collector s edition presents Jane Austen s classic novel Northanger Abbey featuring gold cover embossing and gilded page edges On Catherine Morland s first excursion into fashionable society she meets the distinguished Henry Tilney and is invited to visit his home Northanger Abbey A devotee of Gothic novels Catherine hopes that the Abbey will live up to her the haunted ruins conjured up in her imagination But as she explores the mysteries of the house her expectations lead her quite astray While poking fun at popular fiction Catherine s story also exposes the difference between illusion and reality and shows how her artless approach to people attracts true friendship and love This beautiful pocket sized gift edition contains the classic and unabridged text presented with a gold embossed cover design ivory pages beautifully designed endpapers and gold gilded page edges Part of the Arcturus Ornate Classics series this book makes wonderful gift for any lover of classic literature ABOUT THE SERIES Arcturus Ornate Classics are beautifully bound editions of iconic literary works across history These compact foil embossed hardbacks are printed using deluxe ivory paper and make the perfect gift

Sent to live with her rich cousins the Bertrams at the age of ten Fanny Price is acutely aware of her humble rank As she grows up she falls in love with her cousin Edmund Bertram her only ally and friend But when the Crawfords move into the neighborhood bringing the glamour of London and a reckless taste for flirtation the Bertram family is thrown into scandal Together Fanny and Edmund must overcome the chaos around them to come to terms with the love they have for each other

A novel of manners about the romantic pas de deux between Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy two perfectly suited lovers who at first find each other insufferable Despite Elizabeth s negative feelings about Darcy fate seems determined to throw this pair together and Darcy almost in spite of himself will make revelations that end up causing Elizabeth to question everything she believes Set in a time when marrying well was a woman s only way to secure a comfortable future Pride and Prejudice is arguably the forerunner of all romantic comedies and certainly one of the best loved novels of all time

Three stories the never before published Picket Line along with Chick Killer and Ice Man showing Elmore Leonard at his most terse and thrilling There are some lines you should never cross Trouble is in the air at Stanzik Farms Texas The workers have gone on strike and tensions are threatening to boil over As secrets come to a head and migrant workers cops foremen agitators and union bosses collide at the picket line things start to get very rough indeed Elmore Leonard s brilliantly orchestrated never before published story Picket Line is accompanied here by two more terse tales of ruthless enforcers and tense stand offs riffing on the thing that made him great his extraordinary ear for dialogue and for creating situations where the stakes could not be higher for the loser

The king s new bride Scheherazade is to be put to death Using a clever strategy she delays her imminent execution by recounting a series of interlinked stories each leading into the next which collectively form Arabian Nights Full of adventure mystery and magic Scheherazade s stories are unforgettable A merchant has a terrifying exchange with a genie a woodcutter discovers glorious riches in a cave and Sinbad embarks on a perilous journey full of sea monsters and supernatural forces Depicting themes of greed morality and good fortune there is something to learn from each of her stories Featuring the well known stories of Aladdin and Ali Baba this edition is translated and edited by Andrew Lang a renowned Scottish folklorist and anthologist and includes black and white illustrations by H J Ford Part of the Macmillan Collector s Library a series of stunning pocket sized classics bound in cloth with ribbon markers These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover

Boston mid seventeenth century Hester Prynne dignified and silent is led through prison doors to her public shaming by her censorious Puritan neighbors Holding her illegitimate child to her breast and bearing a bright scarlet letter A embroidered on her bodice Hester must now struggle to create a new life for herself and her child in this harsh and unforgiving community When her missing spouse reappears and takes up residence in town under an assumed identity the stage is set for an explosive confrontation between the truly moral and the merely religious

A lean and mean thriller about one man and the Mob from the crime laureate INDEPENDENTThe last time Florida motel owner George Moran was in the Dominican Republic he was in a uniform and people were shooting at him Years later he s back looking for a girl he lost and finding one he d be better off without Mary de Boya may be beautiful but she s also the wife of a former death squad general in exile with mob connections So much for the trip down memory lane now Moran finds himself in a cat s cradle of drug deals swindles vengeance and murder