La Vida De Una Cubana-The Life of a Cuban woman

A finales de los años setenta, en Costa Paraíso —un pequeño país caribeño sumido en la pobreza— La Fuerza Gregoriana, un grupo de insurgentes, logra derrocar al gobierno corrupto del doctor Hilario Fonseca, pero los nuevos mandatarios no tardan en instalar un régimen totalitario que traiciona sus principios fundacionales. La violencia, las torturas clandestinas y la injusticia social reinan en las ciudades. Entre tanto, en las zonas rurales, un movimiento guerrillero comienza a ejercer la resistencia. Esta es la historia de don Pablo Gutiérrez —conocido como "el poeta del Caribe" ...

This beautiful and moving story of young love is a classic of European literature. Johannes, the miller's son, and Victoria, daughter of the lord of the manor, enjoy a brief moment of ecstasy that is as transitory as their dreams. They are forever separated by their class, and circumstances force them into perverse cruelty to each other. Yet, Victoria cannot live without her Johannes.Victoria is the only novel Hamsun wrote that could be described as a whole-hearted love story and was written at the beginning of his own marriage (indeed Hamsun named his own daughter, Victoria, after the novel).

After decades together, Russell and Corrine Calloway want a calm and stable family life, something that seems impossible to achieve in New York after the Lehman Brothers crisis. They dream of raising their children in the countryside, but their economic situation does not allow it. In a risky attempt to revive his publishing house, Russell hires a book that will be his salvation or his ruin, while the reappearance of a friend of Corrine's will question the strength of their relationship. This is an addictive novel that fully immerses us in Manhattan at the beginning of the 21st century, with...

Desde la muerte de sus padres, la joven Emma de Brantôme vive de arrimada en la casa de sus tíos, los du Barry, quienes practican con ella el repertorio completo del acoso familiar. Un día, Emma recibe una carta de la misteriosa Escuela Bataille, donde la dirección le comunica que debe reclamar las herencias que sus padres le dejan: a) inscripción para malditos estudios en tan noble institución; b) cantidad de dinero apetecible; y c) el prestigio de ser la hija de las más grandes estrellas y empresarios del sexo de nuestro tiempo: Sylvie y Louis-Ferdinand de Brantôme, la pareja de...