Los españoles en Chile

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Magnificent: a dizzying tale of drama, intrigue and passion' MAIL ON SUNDAY As a child, Daniel Sempere discovered among the passageways of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books an extraordinary novel that would change the course of his life. Now a young man in the Barcelona of the late 1950s, Daniel runs the Sempere & Sons bookshop and enjoys a seemingly fulfilling life with his loving wife and son. Yet the mystery surrounding the death of his mother continues to plague his soul. Just when Daniel believes he is close to solving this enigma, a conspiracy more sinister...

Una historia íntima de inexperiencia, imprudencias, resistencia intelectual, descubrimientos sexuales, coraje y terror de la mano del genio de la literatura americana Philip Roth. Corre 1951, el segundo año de la guerra de Corea. Marcus Messner, de Newark, Nueva Jersey, comienza su segundo curso en la bucólica y conservadora Universidad de Winesburg, en Ohio. ¿Por qué está ahí? Porque su padre, un esforzado carnicero de barrio, parece haber perdido el juicio, loco de temor y aprensión ante los peligros de la vida adulta, los peligros del mundo, los peligros que en cada esquina acechan ...

Someone say young love is never forgotten, perhaps because it is pure and real… After many years looking for Anais Price, dreaming of having her with him once again, Frederick Cooper must marry Lady Caroline, as she is swelling with child – their child. Or so he thinks. But his married life becomes hell; his wife rejects his presence, his tenderness, and even is repulsed by him, the most educated and respectful man in London. Frederick tries to make peace with the life he has chosen, but how much longer can he maintain the cold and aristocratic behavior that his parents taught him since...

"Machincuepa", nos lo dice la RAE, proviene del nahua mayotzincuepa, "rodar como calabaza", aunque su acepción actual refiera a dar volteretas; y es que justamente esa es una manera de describir esta narrativa. Amparado bajo el epígrafe de Diderot (Jacques el fatalista), el espíritu volátil de la narrativa va desde el azaroso incidente en que nuestro protagonista pierde la pierna siendo soldado (fuera de combate), la profesión religiosa (apócrifa), la Señorita Cometa (serie nipona), los vagabundeos de la mendicidad, el sórdido mundo de los tugurios de arrabal, o incluso hasta el...