Los horacios y los curiacios. Terror y miseria del Tercer Reich. Los fusiles de la señora Carrar

In the tradition of the modern classics The Remains of the Day and A Gentleman in Moscow comes The Waiter, in which the finely tuned balance of a timeworn European restaurant is irrevocably upset by an unexpected guest... The Hills dates from a time when pigs were pigs and swine were swine, the Maître D' likes to say--in other words from the mid-1800s. Every day begins with the head waiter putting on his jacket. In with one arm, then the other. Shrugged onto his shoulders. Horn buttons done up. Always the same. There is clinking. Cutlery is moved around porcelain and up to mouths. But in...

¿Qué ocurriría si un día descubrieses que todo lo que crees saber sobre tu familia es mentira? Y ¿qué ocurriría si, detrás de esa mentira, se ocultara una verdad oscura y profunda, pero tan irresistible como para sentirte impelido a profundizar en ella? A

Montevideo, primera década del siglo XXI. El narrador de Sólo te quiero como amigo cae "en la trampa de las parejas con apartamento luminoso y división de gastos diarios". La novela, que va y viene en el tiempo, se interroga por el lugar del amor en las relaciones, y por las relaciones en sí. Como todo en Dani Umpi, las frases brillan con chispa, humor e inteligencia (y, quizás, un poco de psicosis). La soledad, la inseguridad, las supuestas ventajas de la vida moderna son puestas en crisis por esta pequeña, y nada pretenciosa, obra maestra.

The latest novel from Sara Shepard, author of Reputation and the #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series. When the principal of an elite California preschool is attacked, three moms—who feel like outsiders among the school's manicured and ultra-wealthy community—must work together to uncover what she's hiding, figure out who's trying to frame them, and make sure their own secrets stay hidden. Andrea, Lauren, and Ronnie all see themselves as good, loving moms who are trying their best, but they each arrive at the Silver Swans preschool Welcome Breakfast with something to...