Book type: fiction (6541)
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Manual de despedidas by Jana Beňová ES
SlovakiaDescription:
Cuatro jóvenes amigos -dos parejas-, van a la deriva por la vida, con imprecisas aspiraciones artísticas e intelectuales que comparten en el Café Viena (que denominan "Café Hiena"). Elza, quien tiene el mayor protagonismo, se ha ido a vivir con Ian a Petrzalka, una barrio suburbano fuera de Bratislava; un mundo totalmente nuevo.
La novela está narrada en su mayor parte, a través de párrafos cortos, a veces fragmentarios sin seguir necesariamente un hilo conductor, lo cual refuerza esta sensación de vidas fuera del tiempo.
Enti... continue
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Mapas para amantes perdidos by Nadeem Aslam ES
PakistanDescription:
Jugnu y su joven amante Chanda han desaparecido. Los rumores recorren la comunidad paquistaní en una ciudad al norte de Inglaterra.
Entonces, una nevada mañana de enero, los hermanos de Chanda son arrestados por asesinato.
Mapa para amantes perdidos narra las cuatro estaciones siguientes, durante las cuales se abre el corazón de una familia prendida en una encrucijada de culturas, pasiones y religiones.
Una novela que habla sobre todo del amor por encima de la diferencias. Un lenguaje fascinante da una luz muy especial al paisaje, los insectos, los pájaros y l... continue
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Maps by Nuruddin Farah EN
Description:
A Somali youth is torn between duty to family and country. On the one hand Askar, an orphan, should look after his foster mother, on the other he wants to be a man and emulate his father who died fighting the Ethiopians. By an English-speaking Somali writer, author of Secrets.
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María by Jorge Isaacs ES
Country: South America / 
Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Jorge Isaacs' María is perhaps the best known, most frequently read 19th century Spanish American novel, but at the same time, the most often misunderstood by modern readers and critics alike. The novel has been labeled by some critics as a real tear-jerker that seeks to revive, and to share with the reader, the loss of a first love. The story is recounted by Efraín, a first-person narrator, who tells it in retrospection, reconstructing the events and feelings of the moment, but in many instances reacting to that past in the emotional framework of the present. The abundant weeping in the tale ... continue
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Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Marcelo Sandoval, a seventeen-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm.
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March : A Novel by Geraldine Brooks EN
AustraliaDescription:
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize--a powerful love story set against the backdrop of the Civil War, from the author of The Secret Chord. From Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story "filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and heart of one unforgettable man" (Sue Monk Kidd). With "pitch-perfect writing" (USA Today), Brooks follows March as he leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause in the Civil War. His experiences will utterly change his marriage ... continue
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Marie Antoinette : The Journey by Antonia Fraser EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Fraser's definitive biography excites compassion and regard for all aspects of her subject, immersing the reader not only in the coming-of-age of a graceful woman, but also in the unraveling of an era. 60 illustrations.
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Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón EN
SpainDescription:
A mysterious ritual in a cemetery leads two teenagers to a journey into Barcelona's forgotten past