Cuentos de Hadas y Sapos

Tired of her medical studies and still reeling from her lover's suicide, Laure seeks refuge in alcohol, refuses love, and sets out on a dangerous and exciting journey into the depths of the Pigalle neighborhood's nightlife in 1960s Paris. Soon she becomes Gigola, a young androgynous garçonne, attractive because of her rebelliousness—short hair, cane in hand, and dressed in a black velvet smoking jacket—and who expresses her defiance by selling her body. This barrier-breaking novel, a pioneer for current feminist tendencies, faithfully portrays the garçonne phenomenon that defined an...

Tres obras de Francis Scott Fitzgerald que non debe perderse (todas con indice activo): - EL GRAN GATSBY - SUAVE ES LA NOCHE - A ESTE LADO DEL PARAISO

Cuatro viejos amigos de la universidad se reúnen de nuevo para recorrer los parajes salvajes del Círculo Ártico escandinavo y revivir los viejos tiempos. Pero pronto descubren que la vida les ha llevado por caminos diferentes y que poco tienen ya en común. Con el paso de los días, las desavenencias se van convirtiendo en obstáculos que añadir a los que presenta el terreno virgen y boscoso que pisan y a los problemas derivados de la poca preparación del grupo de excursionistas. Perdidos, hambrientos y rodeados por un bosque que no parece haber sido pisado durante milenios, no parece...

The twelve stories in this book are set in a vacation town. In this universe, everything revolves around the ""violent and confused youth"" and what that means: the passions, discoveries and freedom, first disappointments, the confrontation with death and drugs, and the indelible track that leaves in adults all of that was dreamed in the younger years.