El Jardín de Los Ángeles

'Wake up, genius.' So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, a Salinger-like icon who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn't published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel. Morris hides the money and the notebooks, and then he is locked...

Manuel Llano Díaz, escritor y periodista (1898-1938), está considerado en la literatura española como un poeta en prosa de primerísimo rango. Se recoge en esta obra una selección de textos con unidad original, entresacados de las diversas obras de Manuel Llano, y presenta un mundo rural que es trasunto de la profunda visión del autor. Estudio preliminar de Celia Valbuena. Contiene 37 extractos de escritos del autor

Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) is considered the literary figurehead of Spain. "El Viejo Celoso" and "El Celoso Extremeno" are representative of his short works in two different genres in each of which he excelled: the short, one-act comedy and the extended short story. Each in its distinctive way refashions the ancient tale tradition of the jealous husband and the adulterous wife and engages with the psychological, moral and social issues surrounding it. In "El Celoso Extremeno" - set in Seville and the Americas - the social and human frame expands, and horizons generally broaden. Here the...

Un nuevo caso para el detective Dalgliesh, protagonista emblemático de la autora de novela negra P.D. James. Tercera entrega de la serie «Adam Dalgliesh». Todo lo que Dalgliesh necesitaba era unas tranquilas vacaciones junto al mar, largos paseos, una taza de té al calor de la chimenea y, lo mejor de todo, nada de cadáveres ni pesquisas criminales. El hallazgo del cuerpo mutilado del escritor Maurice Seton echará por la borda todos los sueños del emblemático detective poeta creado por P.D. James y lo llevará, de incógnita en incógnita, a intentar dilucidar un nuevo caso. Reseña:...