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Los padres de Sherezade by Daniel Guebel ES
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Este libro de cuentos narra episodios variopintos en la vida de algunos personajes muy famosos, como Lenin y Alejandro el Grande.
Con un universo narrativo completamente original, Daniel Guebel presenta una deliciosa colección de relatos que, al modo de las mamushkas, contienen a su vez otros relatos que llevan al lector en un paseo extravagante por la Europa Oriental de fines del siglo XIX y principios del XX.
Personajes disímiles nos conducen por un mundo de peripecias, hilando historias como si se tratara de un tapiz exótico cuya finalidad no es sobrevivir a un sult&a... continue
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Madres e hijos by Theodor Kallifatides ES
GreeceDescription:
A los sesenta y ocho años, Theodor Kallifatides, exiliado en Suecia desde hace más de cuatro décadas, visita a su madre de noventa y dos, que sigue residiendo en Atenas. Ambos saben que puede ser uno de sus últimos encuentros. Durante la semana que pasan juntos, recuerdan lo que ha sido lo más importante en sus vidas con una presencia decisiva del padre, de quien Theodor está leyendo el recuento escrito que este le ha dejado de lo que ha sido su difícil existencia, desde sus orígenes como exiliado griego en Turquía, pasando por sus... continue
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Description:
One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Euripides' masterwork centers on the myth of Jason, leader of the Argonauts, who has won the dragon-guarded treasure of the Golden Fleece with the help of the sorceress Medea — whom he marries and eventually abandons. Authoritative Rex Warner translation.
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Medea by Christa Wolf EN
PolandDescription:
Medea is among the most notorious women in the canon of Greek tragedy: a woman scorned who sacrifices her own children to her jealous rage. In her gripping new novel, Christa Wolf expands this myth, revealing a fiercely independent woman ensnared in a brutal political battle. Medea, driven by her conscience to leave her corrupt homeland, arrives in Corinth with her husband, the hero Jason. He is welcomed, but she is branded the outsider—and then she discovers the appalling secret behind the king's claim to power. Unwilling to ignore the horrifying truth about the state, she becomes a threat to... continue
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Description:
Medea es una tragedia de Eur�pides. Se represent� en el primer a�o de la Olimpiada 87� (431 a. C.), y formaba parte de una tetralog�a con las tragedias Filoctetes y Dictis y el drama sat�rico Los recolectores. Gan� el certamen Eufori�n; el segundo fue S�focles; y el tercero, Eur�pides.La tragedia Medea trata de la conocida historia de Jas�n tras las aventuras que lo llevaron a conquistar el vellocino de oro, trabajo impuesto por su t�o Pelias. Jas�n, tras el trabajo, se cas� con Medea y tuvo un hijo en Yolcos. Para hacerse con el poder en Yolcos, Pelias hab�a matado a Es�n, padre de Jas�n. A l... continue
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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Three generations of a Greek American family find themselves plagued by a mutant gene which causes bizarre side effects in the family's teenage girls.
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My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell EN
IndiaDescription:
The first book in Gerald Durrell's Corfu Trilogy: a bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu, which was the inspiration for the Masterpiece PBS series The Durrells in Corfu. When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. My Family and Other Animals was intended to embrace the natural history of the island but ended up as a delightful account of Durrell’s family’s experiences, from the many eccentric hangers-on t... continue
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Mystery of the Hidden Hand by Phyllis A. Whitney EN
JapanDescription:
While spending the summer on the exotic Greek island of Rhodes, Gale Tyler stumbles upon a bizarre mystery involving stolen ancient Greek artifacts, a woman's thirst for revenge, long-hidden secrets, and danger.
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Mythos : The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry EN
EnglandDescription:
The Greek myths are the greatest stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce and Walt Disney. They are embedded deeply in the traditions, tales and cultural DNA of the West. In Stephen Fry's hands the stories of the titans and gods become a brilliantly entertaining account of ribaldry and revelry, warfare and worship, debauchery, love affairs and life lessons, slayings and suicides, triumphs and tragedies. You'll fall in love with Zeus, marvel at the birth of Athena, wince at Cronus and Gaia's revenge on... continue
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