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Mi año con Salinger

Autor: Joanna Rakoff

Número de Páginas: 235

Una entretenida y a la vez nostálgica crónica sobre una época. Una historia femenina de iniciación, conmovedora e irresistiblemente divertida, sobre una mujer joven, llamada Joanna, con aspiraciones literarias que a finales de los noventa acepta un trabajo administrativo en una de las principales agencias literarias de Nueva York,Harold Ober, representante de grandes escritores como Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Agatha Christie, William Faulkner o Pearl S. Buck. A sus veintitrés años, la joven Joanna se encontrará rodeada de personalidades titánicas y autores legendarios, incluyendo al misterioso y emblemático J. D. Salinger. Una buena chica que se va abriendo al mundo y descubriendosu propia voz cuando decide dedicarse a responder a las misivas de los fans del autor de El guardián entre el centeno. Joanna -la autora, el personaje- da cuenta del poder artístico y creativo de Salinger, de la leyenda y del hombre, y de las emotivas y vehementes cartas que recibía de sus lectores. Una novela irónica ya la vez llena de melancolía, que se convierte en una hermosa y asombrosa carta de amor sobre la fuga y desaparición de un mundo, una manera de hacer editorial, ya perdida...

The Adults

Autor: Alison Espach

Número de Páginas: 338

Now available in paperback, "Tom Perrotta meets Curtis Sittenfeld in this razor-sharp debut by Alison Espach, who weaves a wry, devastatingly perceptive coming-of-age tale set in Connecticut's affluent suburbs" (Marie Claire). In her ruefully funny and wickedly perceptive debut novel, Alison Espach deftly dissects matters of the heart and captures the lives of children and adults as they come to terms with life, death, and love. At the center of this affluent suburban universe is Emily Vidal, a smart and snarky teenager, who gets involved in a suspect relationship with one of the adults after witnessing a suicide in her neighborhood. Among the cast of unforgettable characters is Emily's father, whose fiftieth birthday party has the adults descending upon the Vidal's patio; her mother, who has orchestrated the elaborate party even though she and her husband are getting a divorce; and an assortment of eccentric neighbors, high school teachers, and teenagers who teem with anxiety and sexuality and an unbridled desire to be noticed, and ultimately loved. An irresistible chronicle of a modern young woman's struggle to grow up, The Adults lays bare--in perfect pitch--a world where an...

No estás en la lista

Autor: Alison Espach

Número de Páginas: 479

Es un día precioso en Newport, Rhode Island. Phoebe Stone llega sola al majestuoso Cornwall Inn con un vestido verde, tacones dorados y sin ningún equipaje. Todos en el vestíbulo piensan que es una invitada más a la boda, pero en realidad es la única huésped que no está allí para ese gran evento. Ha ido al hotel porque llevaba años soñando con ese viaje y esperaba compartirlo con su marido, pero ahora está sola, tocando fondo y decidida a darse el último lujo de su decadente vida. Mientras tanto, la novia ha previsto cada detalle y cada posible desastre que pudiera depararle este fin de semana, excepto una cosa: Phoebe y su plan. Sin embargo, contra todo pronóstico, las dos mujeres se ven dispuestas a compartir sus secretos más íntimos desde el mismo instante en que se conocen. Con momentos que van desde lo absurdamente cómico hasta lo desgarradoramente tierno, No estás en la lista de Alison Espach es, en última instancia, una mirada matizada y conmovedora sobre los caminos sinuosos que podemos tomar hacia lugares que nunca imaginamos y sobre los encuentros azarosos que a veces son necesarios para reconducir nuestra vida.

The Wedding People

Autor: Alison Espach

Número de Páginas: 392

The smash-hit international bestseller A Read With Jenna book club pick Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction 'Best read of the year' THE TIMES 'Books as fun as this one are few and far between' GUARDIAN 'Sharp, funny and a joy to read' OBSERVER Phoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel in Rhode Island wearing her best dress and least comfortable shoes. Immediately she is mistaken for one of the wedding people - but she's actually the only guest at the Cornwall Inn who isn't here for the big event. When the bride discovers her elaborate destination wedding could be ruined by a divorced and depressed stranger, she is furious. Lila has spent months accounting for every detail and every possible disaster - except for, well, Phoebe . . . Soon, both women find their best-laid plans derailed and an unlikely confidante in one another. Hilarious and moving, The Wedding People is an irresistible novel about love, friendship, dysfunctional families, and the unexpected paths that lead to happiness. 'My book of the summer. As soon as I'd finished it, I wanted to read it all over again' RED 'Laugh-out-loud funny and surprisingly moving' INDEPENDENT 'So funny and romantic . . . ...

Te odio. Con amor

Autor: Catalá

Número de Páginas: 631

Sofía es una escritora de novela romántica que no cree en el amor. ¿Qué chica y encima escritora de romántica no cree en el amor? Eso es lo que se pregunta Hugo, un heredero ejecutivo que pasa su lujosa vida rodeado de mujeres guapas y alcohol, cuando conoce a la impertinente de Sofía. Está buena, parece que tiene cerebro y es experta en sacarlo de sus casillas con esa descarada boca. Una boca que lo vuelve loco. Sofía vive su planeada y perfecta vida en piloto automático: es escritora, trabaja por la noche en una discoteca y en las oficinas durante el día, tiene a las mejores amigas del mundo y un novio con el que espera casarse algún día. Hasta que se le cae el plan y su novio la deja. Ahora, soltera y con los treinta pisándole los talones tiene muy claro lo que piensa hacer a partir de ahora: vivir la soltería al máximo. Y para las amigas de Sofía el Sex on the beach no es solo el nombre de un cócktail, sino un estilo de vida. Hasta que se topa con Hugo, su sonrisa burlona y sus ganas de bajarle las bragas sin comprometerse. Y es que el sexo y el amor son dos cosas que hoy en día no suelen ir juntas de la mano.

La farmacia del amor de la familia Botero

Autor: Lee Sun-young

Número de Páginas: 328

¿ESTÁS BUSCANDO UN AMOR? Nosotros lo hacemos posible. Cuando una farmacia que afirma vender amor abre las puertas en un barrio residencial, pronto se levanta la curiosidad y la sospecha entre los vecinos. Pero debe haber un secreto en la "poción de amor" que venden sino ¿cómo se explica que la hermosa farmacéutica esté casada con un hombre tan feo que parece salido de un cuadro de Fernando Botero? Mientras seguimos las repercusiones de la inauguración de la farmacia y la llegada de los primeros clientes, conoceremos a los peculiares personajes: un casamentero que piensa que el trabajo no tiene nada que ver con el amor, un empleado público que busca esposa para complacer a sus padres y un chico enamorado de la madre de su novia. La farmacia del amor de la familia Botero reflexiona sobre las expectativas que ponemos en las relaciones, la complejidad de los lazos que formamos a lo largo de la vida y lo que puede suceder si usamos al amor como remedio.

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance

Autor: Alison Espach

Número de Páginas: 335

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and The Chicago Tribune “Heartbreaking and funny, often in the same sentence—a deeply felt, finely wrought, and highly satisfying novel. Alison Espach has created a family whose every sorrow, joy, and idiosyncrasy is utterly, vibrantly real.”—New York Times bestselling author Claire Lombardo For much of her life, Sally Holt has been mystified by the things her older sister, Kathy, seems to have been born knowing. Kathy has answers for all of Sally’s questions about life, about love, and about Billy Barnes, a rising senior and local basketball star who mans the concession stand at the town pool. The girls have been fascinated by Billy ever since he jumped off the roof in elementary school, but Billy has never shown much interest in them until the summer before Sally begins eighth grade. By then, their mutual infatuation with Billy is one of the few things the increasingly different sisters have in common. Sally spends much of that summer at the pool, watching in confusion and excitement as her sister falls deeper in love with Billy—until a tragedy leaves Sally’s life forever intertwined with his. Opening in the early nineties and...

Someone's Uncle

Autor: Alison Espach

Número de Páginas: 33

Alison Espach, acclaimed author of The Adults, brings her razor sharp insight and storytelling magic to bear in this entrancing tale.

Women, Power, and Rape Culture

Autor: Bonnie Stabile , Aubrey Leigh Grant

Número de Páginas: 191

Focusing on how rape, sexual assault, and harassment relate to underrepresentation of women in public authority, this book provides an insightful exploration of the policy context that impedes women's advancement to positions of power. The election of Donald Trump precipitated one of the largest outpourings of political protest on a single day in U.S. history with the 2017 March for Women. The emboldened #MeToo and #TimesUp movements reacted not only to the historical injustice of sexual offenses perpetrated upon women but also to women's associated underrepresentation in positions of power and public authority. Women, Power, and Rape Culture examines the principal events, actors, and paradigms in the politics of rape, sexual assault, and harassment since Trump's election. Unlike other studies, it connects these traumatic events to women's underrepresentation in the public sphere. Chapters consider the power of presidential speech, judges, and Congress to create structural barriers to women's representation as well as the stultifying effects of weak college and university responses to sexual violence. Disparities in women's representation in positions of public authority are...

Summary of The Wedding People

Autor: Nelly Black

Número de Páginas: 42

What happens when your life falls apart in the most picturesque place on Earth? In The Wedding People, Alison Espach delivers a breathtaking, emotionally layered novel about loss, reinvention, and the power of unexpected connection. Set in a luxurious oceanside hotel where weddings happen like clockwork, the story follows Phoebe, a woman recently blindsided by divorce, as she checks in for what should have been her honeymoon—alone. As she drifts through the hotel’s strange in-between world of champagne toasts and tearful goodbyes, Phoebe meets a colorful cast of characters: a grieving doctor left at the altar, a sharp-tongued child named Juice, and a hot tub full of secrets. What begins as a solitary escape slowly becomes something else—a chance to rediscover life through laughter, honesty, and the surprising comfort of strangers. Espach masterfully weaves humor and heartbreak into every page, capturing the absurd beauty of starting over. With her signature wit and emotional insight, she examines how we mourn what could have been, how we hold onto love that’s lost, and how—even at our lowest—we can find belonging in the most unexpected places. Perfect for fans of...

Show and Tell

Autor: Mary Kole

Número de Páginas: 157

“Show, don’t tell”—you’ve heard it a million times. But what if that advice is holding your writing back? In this bold and practical craft guide, publishing veteran Mary Kole dismantles one of writing’s most misunderstood commandments and shows you how to use both showing and telling to level up your creative writing craft. Whether you're workshopping a novel, writing a memoir, or deep in the revision trenches, Show and Tell is a smart, no-nonsense writing reference book that gives you the tools to: -Avoid the most common showing mistakes -Cut the fluff without flattening your voice -Deepen character and emotion -Explore interiority -Understand how emotion works on the page to make readers care -Balance immersive scenes with effective exposition and stop overwriting -Use narrative voice intentionally (and irresistibly) -Tell just enough to build trust, context, and clarity Packed with excerpts from over 50 published books, troubleshooting advice, and rigorous analysis, this guide is your permission slip to break the rules that have been holding writers back for generations. Don’t just show. Don’t just tell. Learn when, why, and how to do both.

The Night Gwen Stacy Died

Autor: Sarah Bruni

Número de Páginas: 291

“Part tangled love story and part love affair with comics . . . centers on that tenuous bit of time between childhood and adulthood, when anything seems possible.” —Library Journal Sheila Gower will do anything to get away from small-town nowhere Iowa and her dead-end swing-shift job at a gas station. Right now, all she has is her dreams. So does the cute young stranger who calls himself Peter Parker—a daredevil cabdriver with an immersive Spider-Man obsession, a gun, and a plan: They’ll fake a kidnapping, empty the register, and head for Chicago to complete a mysterious mission. Sheila thinks it’s a marvel of an idea. Until the colorful rush of their fantasy getaway collides with reality. “The literary equivalent of a pop music mashup . . . Inspired by ‘Spider-Man,’ Westerns, coming-of-age novels and Bonnie and Clyde” (Chicago Tribune), The Night Gwen Stacy Died is both “superbly suspenseful” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) and “sweetly eccentric” (The New York Times)—a love story about loss, mutual rescue, and finding our real identities.

Walk the Barrio

Autor: Cristina Rodriguez

Número de Páginas: 388

Immigrant communities evince particular and deep relationship to place. Building on this self-evident premise, Walk the Barrio adds the less obvious claim that to write about place you must experience place. Thus, in this book about immigrants, writing, and place, Cristina Rodriguez walks neighborhood streets, talks to immigrants, interviews authors, and puts herself physically in the spaces that she seeks to understand. The word barrio first entered the English lexicon in 1833 and has since become a commonplace not only of American speech but of our literary imagination. Indeed, what draws Rodriguez to the barrios of Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and others is the work of literature that was fueled and inspired by those neighborhoods. Walk the Barrio explores the ways in which authors William Archila, Richard Blanco, Angie Cruz, Junot Díaz, Salvador Plascencia, Héctor Tobar, and Helena María Viramontes use their U.S. hometowns as both setting and stylistic inspiration. Asking how these writers innovate upon or break the rules of genre to render in words an embodied experience of the barrio, Rodriguez considers, for example, how the spatial map of New Brunswick impacts the...

Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain: Stories

Autor: Lucia Perillo

Número de Páginas: 174

A stunning debut from an award-winning poet. Populating a small town in the Pacific Northwest, the characters in Lucia Perillo’s story collection all resist giving the world what it expects of them and are surprised when the world comes roaring back. An addict trapped in a country house becomes obsessed with vacuum cleaners and the people who sell them door-to-door. An abandoned woman seeks consolation in tales of armed robbery told by one of her fellow suburban housewives. An accidental mother struggles to answer her daughter’s badgering about her paternity. And in three stories readers meet Louisa, a woman with Down syndrome who serves as an accomplice to her younger sister’s sexual exploits and her aging mother’s fantasies of revenge. Together, Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain is a sharp-edged, witty testament to the ambivalence of emotions, the way they pull in directions that often cancel one another out or twist their subjects into knots. In lyrical prose, Perillo draws on her training as a naturalist and a poet to map the terrain of the comic and the tragic, asking how we draw the boundaries between these two zones. What’s funny, what’s heartbreaking, and...

The Marriage Box

Autor: Corie Adjmi

Número de Páginas: 232

Featured as a Goodreads Most Popular Book of May 2023 and Top 6 Jewish Books This Year, The Jewish Chronicle Casey Cohen, a Middle Eastern Jew, is a sixteen-year-old in New Orleans in the 1970s when she starts hanging out with the wrong crowd. Then she gets in trouble and her parents turn her whole world upside down by deciding to return to their roots, the Orthodox Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn. In this new and foreign world, families gather weekly for Shabbat dinner; parties are extravagant events at the Museum of Natural History; and the Marriage Box is a real place, a pool deck designated for teenage girls to put themselves on display for potential husbands. Casey is at first shocked by this unfamiliar culture, but after she meets Michael, she’s enticed by it. Looking for love and a place to belong, she marries him at eighteen, believing she can adjust to Syrian ways. But she begins to question her decision when she discovers that Michael doesn’t want her to go to college; he wants her to have a baby instead. Can Casey integrate these two opposing worlds, or will she have to leave one behind in order to find her way?

Writing Irresistible First Pages

Autor: Mary Kole

Número de Páginas: 386

The opening pages of your story are more than just an introduction—they are your first and most critical opportunity to hook your reader's interest. Whether you’re submitting to an agent, impressing an editor, or captivating a reader browsing in the virtual or brick-and-mortar bookstore, those early paragraphs set the tone and promise of what’s to come. A strong opening not only grabs attention but builds trust, convincing your audience that you’re a storyteller worth following. Learn to craft compelling openings that captivate readers from the very first sentence. In this guide, you’ll find: -A detailed analysis backed by examples from over 60 published novels and memoirs, as well as a comprehensive workshop treatment of 25 writing samples from aspiring writers. -Practical techniques for creating opening pages that intrigue and entice readers. -Advice written by a former literary agent and industry expert with over fifteen years of experience helping writers excel in crafting unforgettable story beginnings. Creators from all walks of life—bestselling authors, emerging voices, and absolute beginners—have harnessed the insights in this book to elevate the way they...

The Pain Gap

Autor: Anushay Hossain

Número de Páginas: 304

"Explore real women's tales of healthcare trauma and medical misogyny with this meticulously researched, in-depth examination of the women's health crisis in America-and what we can do about it"--

Normal Women

Autor: Ainslie Hogarth

Número de Páginas: 274

New mother Dani has a lot going on. She's just moved back to her hometown, where her father was once known as the Garbage King; she's fed up of not being a manicure-sporting, perfectly coiffed Normal Woman; and most of all, she's worried that her seemingly healthy husband, Clark, will drop dead, leaving her and her new baby Lotte destitute. And then Dani discovers The Temple. Ostensibly a yoga center, The Temple and its guardian, Renata, are committed to helping people reach their full potential. And if that sometimes requires sex work, so be it. Finally, Dani has found something she could be good at, even great at - meaningful work that will protect her and Lotte from poverty, and provide true economic independence from Clark. But just as she's preparing to embrace this opportunity, Renata disappears, leaving Dani to step into another role entirely - detective. Darkly comic, sharply witty and fiercely smart, Normal Women asks how our societies truly value female labour - and what independence really means.

The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context

Autor: Laura Savu Walker

Número de Páginas: 296

The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context offers a timely contribution to the debates about the good life that surround us every day in the media, politics, the humanities, and social sciences. The authors’ examine the relationship between the good life and the greater good as represented across different genres, media, cultures, and disciplines. This enables them to develop a framework of values that transcends the overly rational and individualistic model of the good life advanced by neoliberalism and the “happiness industry.” Thus, over and against normative conceptualizations of the good life that reduce meaning to money, creativity to consumption, and compassion to self-help, the contributors propose an ethically charged philosophy of living that views the care for the self, for the other, and for the planet as the catalysts of true human flourishing. In addition to recovering the original usage of “the good life” from classical thought—especially the Aristotelian understanding of eudaimonia as living well and doing well—the essays gathered here highlight its entanglement with distinctly modern ideas of happiness, wellbeing, flourishing, progress,...

Taste of Control

Autor: René Alexander D. Orquiza

Número de Páginas: 224

Winner of the 2021 Gourmand Awards, Asian Section & Culinary History Section Filipino cuisine is a delicious fusion of foreign influences, adopted and transformed into its own unique flavor. But to the Americans who came to colonize the islands in the 1890s, it was considered inferior and lacking in nutrition. Changing the food of the Philippines was part of a war on culture led by Americans as they attempted to shape the islands into a reflection of their home country. Taste of Control tells what happened when American colonizers began to influence what Filipinos ate, how they cooked, and how they perceived their national cuisine. Food historian René Alexander D. Orquiza, Jr. turns to a variety of rare archival sources to track these changing attitudes, including the letters written by American soldiers, the cosmopolitan menus prepared by Manila restaurants, and the textbooks used in local home economics classes. He also uncovers pockets of resistance to the colonial project, as Filipino cookbooks provided a defense of the nation’s traditional cuisine and culture. Through the topic of food, Taste of Control explores how, despite lasting less than fifty years, the American...

The Names

Autor: Florence Knapp

Número de Páginas: 256

A once-in-a-generation debut from a major new talent, The Names is the story of three names, three versions of a life, and the infinite possibilities that a single decision can spark. 'I've just been blown away by the best debut novel in years . . . A genius idea for a book' Sunday Times 'Wildly original and emotionally profound' Observer 'An unadulterated success: moving, evocative and utterly convincing' The Times CHOSEN AS A SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY MAIL, RED, PRIMA, STYLIST and EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF 2025 A READ WITH JENNA BOOKCLUB PICK It is 1987, and in the aftermath of a great storm, Cora sets out with her nine-year-old daughter to register the birth of her son. Her husband intends for her to follow a long-standing family tradition and call the baby after him. But when faced with the decision, Cora hesitates. Going against his wishes is a risk that will have consequences, but is it right for her child to inherit his name from generations of domineering men? The choice she makes in this moment will shape the course of their lives. Seven years later, her son is Bear, a name chosen by his sister, and one that will prove as cataclysmic as the storm from which it emerged. Or he is...

Hysterical

Autor: Elissa Bassist

Número de Páginas: 237

SEMI-FINALIST FOR THE 2023 THURBER PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR • “A fiery cultural critique.” —Kirkus Reviews • “…a powerful, beautifully written, and utterly important book.”—New York Journal of Books “Hysterical is staggeringly good. … This is one of the most intelligent, painful, ridiculous, awesome, relevant things I've ever read.” –Roxane Gay “…an impressive debut. Elissa Bassist wrote it like a motherfucker."–Cheryl Strayed Acclaimed humor writer Elissa Bassist shares her journey to reclaim her authentic voice in a culture that doesn't listen to women in this medical mystery, cultural criticism, and rallying cry. Between 2016 and 2018, Elissa Bassist saw over twenty medical professionals for a variety of mysterious ailments. She had what millions of American women had: pain that didn’t make sense to doctors, a body that didn’t make sense to science, and a psyche that didn’t make sense to mankind. Then an acupuncturist suggested that some of her physical pain could be caged fury finding expression, and that treating her voice would treat the problem. It did. Growing up, Bassist's family, boyfriends, school, work, and television shows had the ...

Lightborne

Autor: Hesse Phillips

Número de Páginas: 403

A stunning debut on queer love, betrayal and survival in Elizabethan England. Perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Maggie O'Farrell. ________________ 'Vivid, punchy, brilliantly original' SUNDAY TIMES 'Hugely impressive, visceral and moving' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Imaginative, atmospheric, and heart-poundingly tense' NEIL BLACKMORE _______________________ England, 1593. Kit Marlowe is one of London's most beloved playwrights. He lives audaciously, leaving lovers - and enemies - in his wake. But the city's streets are infested with spies. When Marlowe is arrested for treason, heresy and sodomy - all crimes punishable by death - old friends turn foes, bitter rivals emerge, and a stranger becomes Marlowe's dearest ally - if only he can be trusted. In an era where suspicion and duplicity rule, loyalty can be fatal. Richly atmospheric and tenderly imagined, Lightborne is the thrilling tale of an enigmatic, infamous character, and a love that flourishes from the margins. ______________ More praise for Lightborne 'Exerts a powerful pull' IRISH TIMES 'The kind of brilliant writing that rescues historical fiction from the museum' JOSEPH O'CONNOR 'A deeply impressive achievement, meticulously...

Living on Automatic

Autor: Homer B. Martin Md , Christine B. L. Adams Md

Número de Páginas: 225

Two veteran psychiatrists unravel the mystery of how thought and emotional patterns are passed from parents to children, generation after generation, "conditioning" each of us in ways that endure throughout our lives and affect all of our relationships. Living on Automatic not only introduces the concept of emotional conditioning, including how it occurs and becomes entrenched in our minds, but also explains how individuals can "decondition" themselves to become more adept at choosing and negotiating more rewarding relationships. Authored by two psychiatrists, the text draws from more than 80 years of their combined psychotherapy work with thousands of people. The authors focus on helping readers to understand their roles in relationships and to develop more rewarding relationships. Case studies and questions are provided to illustrate emotional conditioning and the personality roles that emerge from it. Readers will learn why people choose the mates that they do; why the ways we learn to relate as children often do not change later in life; and how to observe and engage in introspection to begin to decondition themselves from auto-pilot, knee-jerk emotional responses, allowing...

Wild Girls

Autor: Mary Stewart Atwell

Número de Páginas: 280

Struggling with limited prospects in a small Appalachian town where frustrated teen girls act out by setting arson fires, Kate pursues the education that she hopes will enable her escape and explosively clashes with friends from different cultural backgrounds before resolving to find herself.

Life and Other Shortcomings

Autor: Corie Adjmi

Número de Páginas: 154

Life and Other Shortcomings is a collection of linked short stories that takes the reader from New Orleans to New York City to Madrid, and from 1970 to the present day. The women in these twelve stories make a number of different choices: some work, others don’t; some stay married, some get divorced; others never marry at all. Through each character’s intimate journey, specific truths are revealed about what it means to be a woman—in relationship with another person, in a particular culture and era—and how these conditions ultimately affect her relationship with herself. The stories as a whole depict patriarchy, showing what still might be, but certainly what was, for some women in this country before the #MeToo movement. Both a cautionary tale and a captivating window into women’s lives, Life and Other Shortcomings is required reading for anyone interested in an honest, incisive, and compelling portrayal of the female experience.

Many Voices of Lydia Davis

Autor: Jonathan Evans

Número de Páginas: 247

The first in-depth analysis of Lydia Daviss translations and writingThe Many Voices of Lydia Davis shows how translation, rewriting and intertextuality are central to the work of Lydia Davis, a major American writer, translator and essayist. Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2013, Davis writes innovative short stories that question the boundaries of the genre. She is also an important translator of French writers such as Maurice Blanchot, Michel Leiris, Marcel Proust and Gustave Flaubert. Translation and writing go hand-in-hand in Daviss work. Through a series of readings, this study investigates how Daviss translations and stories relate to each other, finding that they are inextricably interlinked. It explores how Davis uses translation - either as a compositional tool or a plot device - and other instances of rewriting in her stories, demonstrating that translation is central for understanding her prose. Understanding how Daviss work complicates divisions between translating and other forms of writing highlights the role of translation in literary production.Key FeaturesThe first monograph on this key contemporary writer that analyses texts from throughout her...

A Year of Writing Dangerously

Autor: Barbara Abercrombie

Número de Páginas: 410

A successful author and writing teacher offers a wide range of inspiration and insights for burgeoning writers, helping them get over a sense of fear and risk that may be holding them back and stifling their creativity.

New York 1, Tel Aviv 0

Autor: Shelly Oria

Número de Páginas: 174

Enter the world of New York 1, Tel Aviv 0, where the characters are as intelligent and charming as they are lonely. A couple discovers the ability to stop time together; another couple lives with a constant loud beeping in their apartment, though only one of them can hear it. A father leaves his daughter in Israel to pursue a painting career in New York; a sex worker falls in love with the Israeli photographer who studies her. Together these stories explore the tension between an anonymous, globalized world and an irrepressible lust for connection—they form an intimate document of niche moments between characters who are so brilliantly, subtly, and magically rendered by Shelly Oria's capable hands.

Chinese of Africa

Autor: Stefan Asemota

Número de Páginas: 186

As the plane took off, I was leaving more than just my father. I was leaving behind the last bit of hope I had When the grief of losing a loved one hijacks his life, Stefan finds himself on a raw, unfiltered journey home with a father he barely knew, armed with nothing but questions and a desperate need to understand. The Chinese of Africa is a personal and sociopolitical memoir that explores Stefan's transformative journey through grief, cultural identity, and a critical examination of Nigeria's socioeconomic structure. Following the loss of his Swiss mother, Stefan accompanies his Nigerian father on a poignant return to his native land, seeking to bridge the emotional distance between them and understand the complex challenges facing contemporary Nigeria. His mother's death becomes the emotional catalyst propelling his journey of reconnection, both with his father and his father's homeland. Grief is portrayed not as a debilitating force but as a transformative experience that opens pathways to deeper understanding. He uses this personal pain to explore the African parenting culture that has traditionally made it difficult for sons to connect with their fathers. The Chinese of...

Dear Fahrenheit 451

Autor: Annie Spence

Número de Páginas: 215

“A winsome volume . . . in which the librarian Annie Spence writes letters to books she has loved, or not.” —New York Times Book Review If you love to read, and presumably you do since you’ve picked up this book, you know that some books affect you so profoundly they forever change the way you think about the world. Some books, on the other hand, disappoint you so much you want to throw them against the wall. Either way, it’s clear that a book can be your new soul mate or the bad relationship you need to end. In Dear Fahrenheit 451, librarian Annie Spence has crafted love letters and breakup notes to the iconic and eclectic books she has encountered over the years. From breaking up with The Giving Tree (a dysfunctional relationship book if ever there was one), to her love letter to The Time Traveler’s Wife (a novel less about time travel and more about the life of a marriage, with all of its ups and downs), Spence will make you think of old favorites in a new way. Filled with suggested reading lists, Spence’s take on classic and contemporary books is very much like the best of literature—sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes surprisingly poignant, and filled...

The War of Ideas

Autor: Walid Phares

Número de Páginas: 292

From Afghanistan and Iraq to Europe and the United States we are engaged in one of the most heated wars of all time. In this incisive new book, the man that has been called--the only one to understand the mind of the jihadist--shows that the most important battle is actually taking place in the hearts and minds of the world's population. This is the war of ideas, where ideology is the most powerful weapon of all. Phares explores the beliefs of two opposing camps, one standing for democracy and human rights, and the other rejecting the idea of an international community and calling for jihad against the West. He reveals the strategies of both sides, explaining that new technologies and the growing media savvy of the jihadists have raised the stakes in the conflict. And most urgently, he warns that the West is in danger of losing the war, for whereas debate and theorizing rarely translate into action here, ideas and deeds are inextricably linked for the forces of jihad.

Histérica

Autor: Elissa Bassist

Número de Páginas: 325

Uno de los títulos de teoría feminista más potentes de la actualidad, avalada por relevantes escritoras feministas del momento. El grito definitivo con el que recuperar tu voz. Entre 2016 y 2018, Elissa Bassist vio a más de veinte profesionales médicos debido a una variedad de dolencias misteriosas. No obstante, fue un acupuntor quien le sugirió que parte de su dolor físico podría ser una expresión de furia enjaulada, y que tratar su voz solucionaría el problema. Y así lo hizo. En Histérica, Bassist explica cómo las mujeres interiorizamos y perpetuamos las directivas patriarcales sobre nuestra voz, y cómo ello nos dificulta y a veces impide emocionarnos o simplemente hablar. El silencio impuesto siempre duele más que cualquier cosa que se pueda decir.

Cuando Dios era un conejo

Autor: Sarah Winman

Número de Páginas: 291

Una novela inolvidable sobre la infancia, la amistad y el amor, que está causando sensación en Gran Bretaña. El mundo de la joven Elly lo conforman sus cariñosos pero sumamente distraídos padres; su mejor amiga, que huele a patatas fritas y conoce palabras exóticas como «blasfemia»; su tía actriz, que le brinda consejos para destacar en las representaciones escolares, y entre otros personajes variopintos, un conejo que se llama Dios. Pero en la infancia de Elly, la única constante es su hermano Joe. Veinte años más tarde, Elly y Joe siguen tan unidos como siempre. Hasta que una soleada mañana un suceso inolvidable y aterrador amenaza con destruir para siempre el vínculo que los une. Cuando Dios era un conejo nos transporta, a lo largo de cuatro décadas, desde las afueras de Essex a la costa de Cornualles y las calles de Nueva York. Una novela sobre la infancia, la excentricidad, la fuerza de los lazos familiares, las pérdidas y la vida. Pero, sobre todo, es una novela acerca del amor en todas sus formas.

La historia de mi pureza

Autor: Francesco Pacifico

Número de Páginas: 267

La historia de un antihéroe contemporáneo, un joven que nada a contracorriente y que, en su enfrentamiento con el mundo, hace suyos muchos de los grandes temas de nuestra época. La aclamada segunda novela del escritor italiano Francesco Pacifico, ya calificado como uno de los de mayor talento de su generación, es de las que dejan huella en el lector gracias al estilo refinado y lleno de frescura y humor con que el autor ha delineado al protagonista de la historia, un personaje deliciosamente imperfecto y contradictorio, todo un antihéroe que desarma por la complejidad de sus argumentos y su obstinación por nadar a contracorriente y enfrentarse con el mundo que lo rodea. Piero Rosini es el más joven de cuatro hermanos de una acomodada familia romana. Su padre es un hombre culto y liberal, sus hermanos viven sin ningún tipo de privaciones, y su hermana es una escritora muy respetada en los cenáculos literarios progresistas. Todo lo contrario de Piero, quien, militante del catolicismo conservador más intransigente, ha escogido una vida llena de sacrificios, desde el exiguo sueldo en la editorial religiosa donde trabaja hasta la renuncia a las comodidades de la vida burguesa ...

The Wedding People

Autor: Alison Espach

Número de Páginas: 347

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew. It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She’s immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn’t here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she’s dreamed of coming for years—she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she’s here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every detail and every possible disaster the weekend might yield except for, well, Phoebe and Phoebe's plan—which makes it that much more surprising when the two women can’t stop confiding in each other. In turns absurdly funny and devastatingly tender, Alison Espach’s The Wedding People is ultimately an incredibly nuanced and resonant look at the winding paths we can take to...

Cuanto más profunda es el agua, más feo es el pez

Autor: Katya Apekina

Número de Páginas: 334

¿Dónde empiezas tú y dónde acaba tu familia? «El título más fascinante de los últimos tiempos. [...] El debut de Katya Apekina es deslumbrante.» Rosa Belmonte, Mujer Hoy «Una especie de novela rusa sobre una familia americana que te regala una lectura adictiva con un nudo endemoniado sobre la fragilidad.» Joana Bonet, La Vanguardia Edie tiene dieciséis años cuando descubre a su madre agonizando tras un intento de suicidio. Al mismo tiempo, Mae, su hermana, es presa de uno de esos trances que responden a los oscuros estados de ánimo de su madre. Después del suceso, ambas deberán irse a vivir con su padre, con quien habían perdido todo contacto. La melancolía y la nostalgia de las dos niñas y sus contradictorios sentimientos hacia el padre hacen que comiencen a seguir caminos opuestos, irreconciliables y destructivos, incapaces de dar forma y sentido al dolor que ha ido sedimentando en las profundidades. Las múltiples voces que componen este libro, sus personajes inolvidables, la disección inaudita de nuestros secretos; todo ello hace que esta novela mezcle como ninguna el estilo más refinado con las emociones y miedos más desgarrados que todos albergamos: los ...

Rompe la brecha

Autor: Norma Cerros

Número de Páginas: 243

¿Te has preguntado alguna vez por qué hay tan pocas mujeres en puestos de liderazgo? ¿Sabes que en México -y en el mundo- hay una desigualdad sistemática en los sueldos de las mujeres y los hombres? ¿Consideras que las mujeres sacrifican su carrera profesional para hacerse cargo de las responsabilidades familiares? Si estas preguntas resuenan en tu mente, este libro es para ti. Norma Cerros, experta en derecho internacional y emprendedora, trata todos estos asuntos con profundidad para llegar a una conclusión tajante: existe una brecha de género no solo en la vida privada, sino también en el ámbito del trabajo. Ella analiza las causas y describe con detalle las distintas situaciones por las que pasan las mujeres en las empresas, pero no se queda ahí: también estudia algunos de los mitos en que se basa esta desigualdad, los cuales hemos heredado históricamente, y propone una serie de soluciones para que comencemos a romper la brecha y que a las mujeres nos depare un futuro más justo e igualitario.

Los cuatro vientos

Autor: Kristin Hannah

Número de Páginas: 563

De la autora de El Ruiseñor, una épica y emocionante novela de amor, heroísmo y esperanza. ***Número 1 en las listas de ventas en Estados Unidos*** ***Un éxito mundial publicado en más de 30 países*** Texas, 1921. La Gran Guerra ha terminado y Estados Unidos parece entrar en una nueva era de optimismo y abundancia. Pero para Elsa, considerada demasiado mayor para casarse en una época en la que el matrimonio es la única opción de una mujer, el futuro es incierto. Hasta la noche en que conoce a Rafe Martinelli y decide cambiar la dirección de su vida. Con su reputación arruinada, solo le queda una opción respetable: casarse con un hombre al que apenas conoce. En 1934, el mundo ha cambiado. Millones de personas se han quedado sin trabajo y los granjeros luchan por conservar sus tierras. Las cosechas se pierden por la sequía, las fuentes de agua se secan y el polvo amenaza con enterrarlo todo. Cada día en la granja de los Martinelli es una desesperada batalla por la supervivencia. Y, como tantos otros, Elsa se ve obligada a tomar una agónica decisión: luchar por la tierra que ama o marchar al oeste, a California, en busca de una vida mejor para su familia. *Número 1...

La magia dei momenti no

Autor: Alison Espach

Número de Páginas: 305

«Una lettura di profonda soddisfazione, insieme divertente ed emozionante... Espach è maestra nell'esplorare le difficoltà che la gente sperimenta nell'essere sé stessa.» «Chicago Tribune» «Una collisione di eventi diametralmente opposti... Tra pathos e umorismo Espach è bravissima a coinvolgerci nell'intero spettro delle emozioni che accompagnano un impegno lungo una vita.» «The New York Times Book Review» «L'intelligenza emotiva di Alison Espach ci regala una bellissima storia su come persone profondamente deluse possono ritrovare la forza di amare ancora la loro vita.» «The Washington Post» È una bellissima giornata a Newport, Rhode Island, quando Phoebe Stone arriva, da sola, al grand hotel Cornwall Inn sfoggiando un elegante vestito verde e scarpe dorate col tacco. Subito, nella hall, tutti la scambiano per una degli invitati che si sono raccolti nell’albergo per i festeggiamenti del matrimonio che sta per celebrarsi, ma in effetti lei è l’unica ospite dell’hotel estranea a quell’evento. Phoebe è lì perché sognava di soggiornarvi da anni, anzi sognava di farlo col marito, e adesso che lui l’ha lasciata Phoebe è arrivata al Cornwall con uno...