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The double condition of Manuel Zeno Gandia -as medical doctor and politician- joins the writer's to transform the drama in La Charca into a deep reflection upon the evils that still nowadays harm the Latin American societies in general, and Puerto Rico in particular. Within the Cronicas de un mundo enfermo series, La charca (1894) is the best from a literary standpoint. As the reader delves into the plot the depiction of the labourers' life, tersely exposed and without panphletary adjectivations, stands out as a stern denunciation. The discusions between the cult and freethinking Juan del...

Set in 1960's London, Funny Girl is a lively account of the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ingénue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters. Insightful and humorous, Nick Hornby's latest does what he does best.

"When childhood friend Victoria rejects his love, Jeremy takes his life on his twentieth birthday. On his twenty-first birthday, he wakes to find Victoria holding his hand, blissfully in love with him. Jeremy can't remember the previous year, but he savors the miracle of waking up alongside the woman he loves. The next time he wakes, two years have passed and Jeremy is now a spectator of his own life. Victoria has given him a child, but the man alongside her is a cruel, egotistical, seemingly unknowable Jeremy. Is it amnesia? Insanity? Or has Jeremy been cursed for his selfish, destructive...

Capitanes intrépidos es una de las obras más originales y emblemáticas del premio Nobel Rudyard Kipling. La aventura y el aprendizaje de Harvey, un consentido adolescente norteamericano, hasta llegar a convertirse en un hombre cabal, constituye el eje argumental de esta obra que enseña cómo se entra por derecho propio en el mundo adulto. El joven Harvey se verá obligado a pasar por toda una serie de experiencias amargas antes las que tendrá que sacar lo mejor de sí mismo para sobrevivir y hallar su propio camino. De este modo, este pequeño gran héroe se convertirá en símbolo de la ...