18 books like Pájaros en la boca
Los funerales de la Mamá Grande
Huit contes écrits en 1962. "L'enfance de l'art", comme le note A. Rinaldi. Ou plus explicitement des esquisses pour ce qui deviendra ##Cent ans de solitude##. Des textes tropicaux, baroques, avec des reflets fantastiques.
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Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda
Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda es la última obra de Miguel de Cervantes, una novela bizantina que no hay que confundir con la comedia Persiles y Sigismunda de Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, inspirada en ella. En Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda, publicada en 1617 casi simultáneamente en Madrid, Barcelona, Lisboa, Valencia, Pamplona y París (seis…
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Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego
A haunting collection of short stories all set in Argentina.
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Las leyes de la frontera
Decades after sixteen-year-old Ignacio Cañas becomes the partner-in-crime of two charistmatic rebels, Ignacio, now a successful defense lawyer, encounters his former comrades and falls under their spell again.
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El Aleph
In Borges' story, the Aleph is a point in space that contains all other points. Anyone who gazes into it can see everything in the universe from every angle simultaneously, without distortion, overlapping, or confusion. The story traces the theme of infinity found in several of Borges' other works, such as "The Book of Sand". As in many of Borges' short stories, the protagonist is a fictionalized…
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Tres novelas ejemplares y un prólogo
Publicados unitariamente en 1920 bajo el título de "Tres novelas ejemplares y un prólogo", los admirables relatos que forman este volumen («Dos madres», «El marqués de Lumbría» y «Nada menos que todo un hombre») fueron escritos por Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) en la segunda década del siglo XIX. Precedidos por un prólogo en el cual el autor resume sus ideas básicas sobre la teoría del relato y…
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The tears of dark water
"Daniel and Vanessa Parker are an American success story. He is a Washington, D.C. power broker, and she is a physician with a thriving practice. But behind the gilded fac̦ade, their marriage is a shambles, and their teenage son, Quentin, is self-destructing. In desperation, Daniel dusts off a long-delayed dream of theirs--a sailing trip around the world. Little does he know, the voyage he hopes…
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Nada
Nada es la primera novela de la escritora barcelonesa Carmen Laforet y una de las obras literarias más importantes de la España del siglo XX. Se trata de una obra existencialista que representa el estancamiento y la pobreza que se vivieron en la posguerra española, durante los primeros años del franquismo. Dotada de un estilo literario que supuso una renovación en la prosa de la época, Nada…
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A Twist in the Tale
Jeffrey Archer's collection of twelve spellbinding stories, A Twist in the Tale, will sweep you on a journey of thwarted ambition, undying passion, and unswerving honor that you'll never forget. No one can weave a web of suspense, deliver a jolt of surprise, or teach a lesson in living like bestselling author Jeffrey Archer. From Africa to the Middle East, and from London to Beijing, Archer…
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Eva Luna
The history of a woman born poor, orphaned early, and who eventually rose to a position of unique influence.
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No Such Thing as the Real World
Graduation from high school?A senior thesis?A betrayal by someone you love?A loss of innocence?The death of a parent?Losing the family you always wished you had?Facing a harsh reality?What's the line that separates childhood from the "real world"? And what happens when it's nothing you imagined it would be?Do you want to be a published author?The editors at HarperCollins invite you to submit a…
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In black and white
Tales of native life in India, in Oriental style.
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I Sing the Body Electric!
Eighteen stories with bizarre and whimsical themes which transcend time and space.
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Franny and Zooey
Meet Franny and her younger brother, Zooey, in two Salinger stories.
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Three Lives
Gertrude Stein, as a college student at Radcliffe and a medical student at Johns Hopkins Medical School, was a privileged woman, but she was surrounded by women who were trapped by poverty, class, and race into lives that offered little choice. Her portraits of Anna and Lena are examples of realistic depictions of immigrant women who had no occupational choice but to become domestic workers. This…
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The Awakening
The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earliest American novels that…
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The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales
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Christian short stories
This New York Times bestselling work reimagines world history though the belief systems of Freemasons, Rosicrucians, Kabbalists, and others.
They say that history is written by the victors. But what if history as we know it written by the wrong people? What if everything we've been told is only part of the story? In this groundbreaking and controversial work, Mark Booth embarks on an enthralling…
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