Roquenval

Thriller - racconto lungo (53 pagine) - Questa storia parla di Maximiliano, uno degli ultimi gaucho. Racconto finalista al Delos Passport Contest 2020. Maximiliano Kirchner è uno degli ultimi veri gaucho della Patagonia argentina. Una lunga vita in sella, a curare le vacche del Señor Harvey, il padrone dell’estancia e suo datore di lavoro, da sempre. Sullo sfondo il vecchio Espresso Patagonico, la Trochita, che sbuffa al vento nuvole come fossero sogni. L’esistenza di Maximiliano si ripete nelle mansioni, nelle stagioni, nelle azioni. Fino a che non arrivano al ranch due stranieri con...

Excerpt: ...examined their sponsor. In the outer darkness, Heywood craned and listened till neck and shoulders ached. He could make nothing of the florid verbiage. With endless ritual, the crawling novices reached the arch of swords. They knelt, each holding above his head a lighted bundle of incense-sticks, --red sparks that quivered like angry fireflies. Above them the tall Master of Incense thundered: -- "O Spirits of the Hills and Brooks, the Land, the swollen seeds of the ground, and all the Veins of Earth; O Thou, young Bearer of the Axe that cleared the Hills; O Imperial Heaven, and...

About the Book Every morning, young Mónica dreads going to school. As the shy new student who speaks Spanish with a strange American accent, she is frequently bullied, making her feel sad and lonely. Tired of being teased, Mónica decides to try to befriend the bully, Sandra, and see if she can solve the problem with kindness and a little understanding. About the Author Daisy M. Bratcher is a native of Veracruz, Mexico. She has five children and thirteen grandchildren and currently resides in Utah.

"No era uno de esos tiranos salvajes que disfrutan mostrándose crueles sin que les provoquen. Las circunstancias de su fortuna habían vuelto adusto su temperamento, humano por su propia naturaleza, y sus virtudes estaban siempre dispuestas a manifestarse, a menos que la pasión oscureciera su juicio." Esta novela, escrita por el político y escritor inglés Horace Walpole en 1764, fue publicada originalmente como si se tratase de una traducción de un texto italiano escrito en el siglo XVI, aunque verdaderamente se trataba de un elemento ficticio más de la novela. "El castillo de Otrano"...