'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.
When Nora Callahan finds out her ex is bringing a date to her best friend's wedding, she does the only reasonable thing: calls the bride's older brother and asks him to be her fake boyfriend for the week.
En la contratapa de la primera edición de El país del humo, de 1977, se afirma: «Lo fantástico es, aquí, el otro lado de la realidad que no logramos ver: es decir, la realidad misma».
