With the abolition of the Salic law and the arrival to the throne of Isabel II, the tumultuous 19th Century begins in Spain, full of fratricidal wars, conspiracies, and mysteries.
The story of the abuse of a young girl is told with extraordinary literary force in this uncomfortable and necessary book. A single gesture was enough to turn her into a helpless calf.
Someone died today, and I’m responsible. But nothing ever happens just like that. Lots of other things happened first. Like the first time I found myself in front of a mirror. The summer I chose my real name.
GLOBITOS are creatures with a special charm: gentle, warm and loving. But their naive approach to life gets them in trouble sometimes.
Ramon Besora has travelled a long way to arrive at this tender, luminous poetry collection, the result of his long love affair with words and the poetic games that they can play.
In the faraway kingdom of Asgard live the most powerful gods of Nordic mythology. One in particular was famous for his great feats, ferociousness and exceptional strength - Thor, the great god of thunder.
Maybe it’s because it’s a sharp, dirty parody set in a provincial town in England, or maybe it’s because of its lewd, irrelevant and sometimes outright provocative language; whatever it is, The Kindness of a murderer immediately brings to mind the
Paris, 1623. Secret letters. Lost jewels. A secret code. A Queen and a court painter. Camogli, Italy, 2010. Ann Carrington, a history teacher from the US, is on holiday.
A gusty wind, a cat and a rabbit. A King who becomes a Gink. A snail that says hello. A whale who travels in a foam chariot. Birds who escape from their cage. A little girl who speaks with the wind.
The notes of “Adiós Nonino”; the tears of Máxima de Holanda during her tryst with Prince William; the photo that she discovers, among the guests, the face of a dangerous activist daughter of a German banker.
Lily Meyer is a writer, translator, and critic. Her translations include Claudia Ulloa Donoso’s story collections Little Bird and Ice for Martians. Her ...
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