Tigre manjatan

Six short stories of Guatemala by the prestigious, prize-winning national author (Antigua, 1956). The "tercer patio" refers to a figurative place where dissident survivors of the 1954 coup cautiously hid their beliefs and feelings about political events.

En el barrio de Montecarlo, uno de los más prestigiosos del Principado de Mónaco a finales del siglo XIX, cuenta con abundante fuente de trabajo para sus habitantes -pero siempre con la indiferencia entre la maldad y envidia que algunas personas tendrían que vencer-. La mayor desdicha de esa época era defender la patria y el amor entre el hombre y la mujer para la creación de una familia normal.

Resistencia, a obra que constitúe o debut de Rosa Aneiros en Xerais Narrativa, percorre a historia política e social de Portugal, a través da vida de personaxes pertencentes a varias xeracións, desde os anos vinte ata os anos noventa do século XX. Mercé ao relato, a través dunha voz narrativa omnisciente, preferentemente presentada en terceira persoa, que protagonizan os personaxes principais –Dinís e Filipa– artéllase un percorrido centrado na represión exercida en Portugal durante as dictaduras de Salazar e Marcelo Caetano e na actividade da resistencia clandestina...

Meet New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende’s most enchanting creation, Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary, and above all a storyteller. Eva Luna is the daughter of a professor’s assistant and a snake-bitten gardener—born poor, orphaned at an early age, and working as a servant. Eva is a naturally gifted and imaginative storyteller who meets people from all stations and walks of life. Though she has no wealth, she trades her stories like currency with people who are kind to her. In this novel, she shares the story of her own life and introduces readers to a diverse...