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Chicas de tormentas y de sombras

Chicas de tormentas y de sombras

Autor: Natasha Ngan

Número de Páginas: 320

Las Chicas de Papel y de Fuego han hecho lo imposible: Escaparon. Pero en el mundo exterior, en la implacable y salvaje naturaleza donde son cazadas como animales, descubren que la prisión más aterradora es aquella que no tiene paredes. Para ser libres deberán destruir al rey que se rehúsa a morir. Una tormenta se avecina. Lei es la Elegida de la Luna, la plebeya que realizaba aquello que nadie más podía hacer. Pero enfrentarse al cruel rey Demonio no fue el final de su historia, ha sido solo el comienzo. Ahora Lei y Wren deberán prepararse para la revolución y su viaje se vuelve aun más peligroso debido a la recompensa que hay por la cabeza de Lei, y a las dudas y traumas que amenazan con separarlas. Mientras tanto, los rebeldes se ven en peligro a causa de un grupo que está utilizando magia negra para eliminarlos. ¿Podrá Lei tener éxito en su búsqueda para derrocar al rey Demonio y proteger su amor por Wren? ¿O será víctima de una magia siniestra que solo quiere destruirla? Hemos escapado en la oscuridad de la noche, creyendo que ahora podríamos controlar nuestras vidas a la luz del sol. Pero descubrimos que nunca podremos ser libres. No hasta que aquellos que...

The Poppy War (The Poppy War, Book 1)

The Poppy War (The Poppy War, Book 1)

Autor: R.f. Kuang

Número de Páginas: 511

Winner of the Reddit Fantasy Award for Best Debut 2018 ‘The best fantasy debut of 2018’ – WIRED

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023

Autor: R. F. Kuang , John Joseph Adams

Número de Páginas: 253

“Short stories have to accomplish a nearly impossible magic trick: to introduce a world often much stranger than our own and make you care about it in a matter of pages,” writes R. F. Kuang in her introduction. “The most important part of this magic trick is just a willingness to get weird.” The stories in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 are brimming with bizarre and otherworldly premises. Women can’t lie or fall in love. Fathers feed their children ghost preserves. Souls chase one another through animal incarnations. Yet these stories are grounded deeply in our reality. Out of these stories’ weirdness emerges the cruelty of border enforcement, the horror of legislation restricting reproductive freedom, the frightening pace of AI. The result is a stunning, immersive, intensely felt experience, showing us less of what the world is, and more of what it could be. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 includes Nathan Ballingrud • KT Bryski • Isabel Cañas • Maria Dong • Kim Fu • Theodora Goss • Alix E. Harrow • S. L. Huang • Stephen Graham Jones • Shingai Njeri Kagunda • Isabel J. Kim • Samantha Mills • MKRNYILGLD • ...

Feminist History for Every Day of the Year

Feminist History for Every Day of the Year

Autor: Kate Mosse

Número de Páginas: 609

Feminist History for Every Day of the Year by bestselling author and feminist champion Kate Mosse tells the story of women's and girls' history, sweeping across the world and through the ages. Discover something new every day in this brilliant gift for readers of all ages. From Mary Anning to Simone Biles, Billie Eilish to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Malala Yousafzai to Mary Wollstonecraft, discover the stories of 366 incredible women throughout history. Within these pages you'll find well known figures and unsung heroes, key cultural moments and forgotten stories, spanning across the world and through time, from ancient times to the modern day. With a piece of history for every day of the year, this is the perfect book to dip into time and time again. Full of quotes, poems, illustrations and pictures, Feminist History for Every Day of the Year is for all ages, celebrating and championing an inspiring history that is relevant to us all. What will you discover today? Who will you discover today?

Writing Interiority: Crafting Irresistible Characters

Writing Interiority: Crafting Irresistible Characters

Autor: Mary Kole

Número de Páginas: 589

Writing Interiority: Crafting Irresistible Characters is not just another writing guide—it’s an invitation to transform your approach to character creation and storytelling. Its unique focus on interiority, combined with practical insights from a former literary agent and freelance editor, makes it an indispensable resource for writers at any stage of their career. -Master Interiority: Delve into the art of interiority, the heartbeat of compelling fiction and memoir writing, ensuring your characters resonate deeply with readers across four levels of depth. Explore your protagonist’s thoughts, feelings, reactions and interpretations, expectations, and inner struggles to create a rich, immersive experience. -Create Multidimensional Characters: Uncover the essentials of crafting a character’s backstory, objective, need, internal tension, worldview, and growth arc to explore profound themes and add human resonance to your plot. -Enrich Your Story: Gain invaluable advice on integrating secondary characters, turning points, stakes, and world-building. -Raise Your Voice: Explore how writing voice intertwines with interiority so that your personal style stands out on crowded...

The Angle of Horror

The Angle of Horror

Autor: Jessica A. Folkart , Michelle Geoffrion-vinci

Número de Páginas: 317

From Cristina Fernández Cubas, Spain's master of the short story, comes the unsettling and often hilarious collection of stories, The Angle of Horror. This Critical Edition presents the Spanish tales alongside their English translation, with historical contextualization and critical commentary by Jessica A. Folkart and Michelle Geoffrion-Vinci.

Babel (e-book)

Babel (e-book)

Autor: Rebecca F. Kuang

Número de Páginas: 853

Un acte de traduction est toujours un acte de trahison. 1828. Un jeune orphelin chinois est recueilli à Canton par un professeur et conduit à Londres. Rebaptisé Robin Swift, le jeune garçon consacre ses journées à l'étude des langues dans l'optique d'intégrer le prestigieux Institut royal de traduction de l'Université d'Oxford, plus connu sous le nom de Babel. Berceau de l'argentogravure, les étudiants y exploitent le sens perdu des mots à l'aide de barres d'argent enchantées. Dès ses premiers jours à Oxford, Robin prend conscience que ces travaux confèrent à l'Empire britannique une puissance inégalée et servent sa soif de colonisation, au détriment des classes défavorisées de la société et de ses territoires. Servir Babel revient donc à trahir sa patrie d'origine. Peut-il espérer changer Babel de l'intérieur ? Ou devra-t-il sacrifier ses rêves pour faire tomber cette institution ? Traduit de l'anglais par Michel Pagel "Un chef-d'œuvre qui confronte le pouvoir et le savoir. Babel est un roman saisissant sur la cruauté de l'Empire et sur la face sombre des sociétés académiques et un mélange extraordinaire de fantasy et fiction historique. Une...

Writing Forward

Writing Forward

Autor: Susan Bassnett , Piotr Blumczynski

Número de Páginas: 248

This collection of essays by a team of internationally respected researchers at the cutting edge of translation studies was inspired by the idea of “writing forward” as a strategy for theatre translation proposed by David Johnston, the award-winning translator and scholar. Opening this volume is a conversation between David Johnston and Lawrence Venuti in which they explore a broad range of topics that bear on the translation of theatrical texts for performance. The chapters that follow are grouped into three main parts. Part I, “Extending translation”, contains essays whose respective theoretical emphases test, push, and stretch traditional conceptual boundaries. Part II, “Translating for theatre”, zooms in on various aspects of theatre translation. Part III, “Translation and creativity”, shifts the focus beyond the stage to other forms of artistic expression: poetry, painting, film, and television. Finally, in the short play Noli me tangere, written especially for this volume, Juan Mayorga reflects on theatre as the art of distance and on the mysteriousness of translation as the art of negotiating that distance. Thinking about and practicing translation as...

La Guerre du pavot - Tome 01 (e-book)

La Guerre du pavot - Tome 01 (e-book)

Autor: Rebecca F. Kuang

Número de Páginas: 721

Les relations entre l'Empire du Nikan et la Fédération de Mugen ont toujours été conflictuelles. Lorsque l'Empire se retrouve affaibli, la Fédération en profite pour l'envahir. Deux Guerres du pavot sont nécessaires pour vaincre et repousser l'ennemi mugenais vers le large. Des siècles plus tard, au sud du Nikan, la jeune orpheline Fang Runin, qui n'a connu que la misère, se retrouve fiancée contre son gré. Pour échapper au mariage, elle se lance à corps perdu dans la préparation du Keju, un exigeant concours qui lui ouvre les portes de l'élitiste Académie de Sinegard. Bien que discriminée par tous, elle se révèle redoutable, mais surtout dotée d'impressionnantes prédispositions au shamanisme. Tandis qu'elle apprend à saisir la vérité du monde et à apprivoiser ses puissants pouvoirs, Mugen envahit subitement les terres nikara. Une nouvelle Guerre du pavot éclate. Rin est prête à tout pour triompher, y compris faire appel aux plus imprévisibles et dangereuses des divinités. Traduit de l'anglais par Yannis Urano

Taipei Story Hb

Taipei Story Hb

Autor: Rebecca F. Kuang

Número de Páginas: 0

TAIPEI STORY is the electrifying new novel by bestselling literary phenomenon Rebecca F. Kuang, a profoundly moving coming-of-age story that explores first love, second language and final goodbyes - all set against the backdrop of one unforgettable summer in Taipei. Yale student Lily Chen arrives in Taipei hungry: for family, for culture, for connection. But her summer of discovery quickly unravels. Her classes are grueling, her roommate unbearable, and a reckless, deeply awkward trip to the hot springs with a guy she barely knows soon ignites vicious gossip. Then her grandfather dies. Grieving and adrift, Lily must confront her own questions about the culture she inherited but never fully understood. She embarks on a wryly funny, often devastating search for understanding: of herself, her family, and the meaning of home. All over one unforgettable summer in Taipei. 'Like any great artist, she's not preoccupied with external perception. There is a wildness and freedom to her work that is extraordinary. Her characters are complex and human; nothing feels contrived' TIME MAGAZINE

The Burning God

The Burning God

Autor: R. F. Kuang

Número de Páginas: 560

The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R. F. Kuang's acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating, enthralling effect. After saving her nation of Nikan from foreign invaders and battling the evil Empress Su Daji in a brutal civil war, Fang Runin was betrayed by allies and left for dead. Despite her losses, Rin hasn't given up on those for whom she has sacrificed so much--the people of the southern provinces and especially Tikany, the village that is her home. Returning to her roots, Rin meets difficult challenges--and unexpected opportunities. While her new allies in the Southern Coalition leadership are sly and untrustworthy, Rin quickly realizes that the real power in Nikan lies with the millions of common people who thirst for vengeance and revere her as a goddess of salvation. Backed by the masses and her Southern Army, Rin will use every weapon to defeat the Dragon Republic, the colonizing Hesperians, and all who threaten the shamanic arts and their practitioners. As her power and influence grows, though, will she be strong enough to resist the Phoenix's intoxicating...

Taipei Story

Taipei Story

Autor: R. F. Kuang

Número de Páginas: 0

From R.F. Kuang, the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of Katabasis and Yellowface, comes a wryly humorous and profoundly moving coming-of-age novel that grapples with grief, language, and culture shock—all set against the backdrop of an unforgettable summer in Taipei. College freshman Lily Chen is off to spend the summer in Taipei at an intensive language program like so many Chinese American students before her, hoping to connect with the culture she inherited but never fully understood. But a promising start quickly unravels. Her classes are grueling, her roommate is driving her insane, and a reckless trip to the hot springs with a guy she barely knows soon has her classmates viciously gossiping. She feels adrift, a foreigner in a country she thought would feel like home. Then shocking news arrives: Lily’s grandfather has passed away. The loss forces her to grapple with now-unanswerable questions about her family history. As Lily grieves, she’s drawn into a journey of self-discovery—piecing together memories, stories, and silences over a series of hilarious and devastating attempts at connection. Taipei Story asks: What if the diaspora fantasy of homecoming ...

Yellowface

Yellowface

Autor: R.f. Kuang

Número de Páginas: 296

June Hayward dan Athena Liu sama-sama penulis. Athena, keturunan Asia, ternyata lebih ngetop. Sementara June berpendapat tak ada yang akan tertarik pada karyanya, gadis kulit putih biasa. Ketika Athena mendadak meninggal, June mencuri manuskrip Athena lalu menyerahkannya sebagai karyanya. Penerbit membuatkan citra baru bagi June, lengkap dengan foto yang ambigu mengenai etnik dirinya. Di luar dugaan, buku itu sukses besar. Namun, June tidak bisa lolos dari bayangan Athena, dan bukti-bukti bermunculan, mengancam kesuksesan June. Saat berpacu untuk menutupi rahasianya, June jadi tahu seberapa jauh ia berani bertindak untuk mempertahankan apa yang menurutnya layak ia dapatkan.

La Guerre du pavot - Livre 02 La République du Dragon (e-book)

La Guerre du pavot - Livre 02 La République du Dragon (e-book)

Autor: Rebecca F. Kuang

Número de Páginas: 924

Rin a remporté la Troisième Guerre du pavot. Mais à quel prix ? Dévastée par ses actes, la jeune fille a développé une addiction à l'opium qui pourrait bien lui coûter la vie, en plus de la sécurité des membres de la Cike dont elle a récupéré le commandement. Pour assouvir sa vengeance, elle n'a plus qu'un objectif : tuer l'Impératrice. Celle qui a trahi son pays et provoqué le conflit qui lui a fait tout perdre. Pour y parvenir, Rin trouve un allié en l'impassible Chef de guerre Dragon qui désire fonder la première République du Nikan. Très vite, les alliés d'hier deviennent les ennemis de demain et la guerre civile éclate. Rin doit maintenant se battre contre la Milice pour tenter d'instaurer un nouveau régime qui semble la dépasser. Et pour quoi combat-elle vraiment ? D'autant que dans la noirceur de ses pensées résonne toujours le souffle brûlant du Phénix : Ensemble, nous réduirons le monde en cendres. Traduit de l'anglais par Yannis Urano Praise "Dans La République du Dragon, l'histoire que R. F. Kuang tisse autour de Rin et de ses compagnons d'armes aguerris vient renforcer la réputation que Kuang s'est forgée dès ses débuts comme l'une...

Katabasis (e-book)

Katabasis (e-book)

Autor: Rebecca F. Kuang

Número de Páginas: 716

Catabase, nom féminin, du grec ancien katábasis : descente du héros aux Enfers. Alice Law a tout donné pour réussir : son énergie, son temps et sa santé mentale. Doctorante en magie analytique à Cambridge, son unique objectif est d'être titularisée et légitimer ainsi son talent de magicienne. Seul obstacle dans son parcours, son directeur de thèse, l'éminent Jacob Grimes, meurt dans un accident aux circonstances douteuses. De ce postulat découle une solution logique : Alice doit descendre en Enfer retrouver celui dont son destin dépend. Mais elle n'est pas seule à entreprendre ce voyage. Son plus grand rival, Peter Murdoch, le génie flegmatique, décide de l'accompagner dans sa descente. Alliés de longue date ou concurrents en puissance, les deux étudiants devront mettre de côté leurs différends s'ils veulent venir à bout des Huit Cours de l'Enfer. Car en ce lieu hanté par les Ombres, les secrets des uns deviennent les hymnes de douleur des autres. Traduit de l'anglais par Michel Pagel Praises : "Riche en allusions et en illusions, Kuang crée une aventure pleine d'esprit, sanglante et poignante qui met à mal les dangers et les structures de pouvoir du...

Katabasis

Katabasis

Autor: R.f. Kuang

Número de Páginas: 586

'a formidable, timeless work, destined to be a modern classic' OLIVIE BLAKE 'A novel to savour. This book is an experience. I envy those who get to read it for the first time' REBECCA ROSS 'A witty, gory, harrowing ride' LEIGH BARDUGO 'Literary super-stardom doesn't seem too far out of her reach now' THE HERALD ‘Mind-bending fantasy’ GRAZIA

The Burning God (The Poppy War, Book 3)

The Burning God (The Poppy War, Book 3)

Autor: R.f. Kuang

Número de Páginas: 674

The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R.F. Kuang's acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of 20th-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating, enthralling effect.

Babel

Babel

Autor: R.f. Kuang

Número de Páginas: 400

A new dark academic fantasy by the New York Times bestselling author of The Poppy War

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution

Autor: R.f. Kuang

Número de Páginas: 688

THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER ‘One for Philip Pullman fans’ THE TIMES ‘This one is an automatic buy’ GLAMOUR ‘Ambitious, sweeping and epic’ EVENING STANDARD ‘Razor-sharp’ DAILY MAIL ‘An ingenious fantasy about empire’ GUARDIAN

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