The House of Beasts is a children's story by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874-1939), the best Croatian children's story writer. It tells how two brothers and three sisters decide one day to make a house of beasts with their toys.
One winter night a man arrives at the Sallent in Santa Pau. Soon this newcomer is engaged as a tutor to Mar, a thirteen-year-old girl. Her family is the axis around which all lives in the valley of Ser revolve.
The house on the frontier is a bar, a rooming house and a general store next to the French customs post at Puigcerdà. It has belonged to the Grau family since they acquired it at the end of the 19th Century.
One calm boring September morning, a series of events begins that will end in a completely unexpected climax. A journey of discovery hidden in the branches of a great tree.
A sound of breaking glass comes from the toilets at school. Carlos, alarmed by the noise, rushes there and finds Esther Sánchez, the most perfect girl in the school, lying on the floor with a cut to her head.
In 1923, Helena Lennox is 17 years old and has a single desire: to leave the streets of London for a life of adventure and excavations in distant lands.
Let's make cities a place where we can live sustainably and peacefully. Lía lives on her parents' farm, a place where she is happy and where every night she gets to contemplate the immense starry sky.
At times Clara can be impulsive and, as a result, her actions sometimes have negative consequences. Chic the fairy is by her side to help her consider and reflect on her mistakes.
Clara, a young woman fallen on hard times, has suffered from agoraphobia since the sudden death of her father.
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Lily Meyer is a writer, translator, and critic. Her translations include Claudia Ulloa Donoso’s story collections Little Bird and Ice for Martians. Her ...