El burdel es el escenario asfixiante donde se despliega una galería de vidas rotas, marcadas por el humo del tabaco barato, el olor a alcohol y la música estridente de un piano desafinado.
'A tremendous novel with a cool and engrossing narrative voice'William Boyd, author of The Predicament'Thrums with the momentum of a page turner' Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Chain-Gang All-Stars 'Addictive' Ledia Xhoga, author of Misinterpretation ' Brilliant .
Eines der einflussreichsten Werke der Moderne jetzt in der Universal-BibliothekWalter Benjamins berühmte Prosaminiaturen sind Kindheitserinnerungen und zugleich das Porträt einer untergegangenen Welt.
(WARNING: this book contains language, themes, and unsuppressed artistic integrity which some readers may find disturbing; viewer discretion is advised)
A gripping Southern Gothic adventure of friendship, courage, and survival, "e;The Red Dirt Choir"e; follows three boys—Bodie, Curly, and Meatball—who, after stealing fireworks from a logging camp, are forced to flee into the deep, mysterious woods to escape a vengeful town council.
In the vast deserts of a forgotten world, ancient legends speak of the Seven Djinn Kings—immortal rulers whose power once shaped empires, shattered continents, and nearly destroyed reality itself.
Amalgama de novela filosófica, sátira y aventura metafísica situada en una Oxford que por momentos parece anclada en la Edad Media, Una guía sobre la realidad tiene como protagonista a Eliade Jencks, una joven de vocación académica frustrada que trabaja como camarera en la cafetería de un museo y que un día queda encargada de recuperar la obra capital del profesor Solete, su amigo y mentor recientemente fallecido: un texto definitivo sobre la naturaleza de la realidad.
Between June 1974 and December 1979, I served aboard United States Navy nuclear-powered Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) submarines, completing a total of eight strategic deterrent patrols.
When Neil Carter returns to the forgotten coastal town of Greyhaven after years away, he expects nothing more than a quiet funeral and old memories best left buried.
How could he even survive, Sand Hargrove asked himself, when his longtime partner, Lafay, was moving a thousand miles away, from Iowa to Louisiana, with their three-year-old son, Joby?
Ein spannend intensiver und in seiner Feinfühligkeit radikal ehrlicher Text über Freundinnenschaften – über das, woran wir uns festklammern und was sich loszulassen lohnt.
