Krassnoff, arrastrado por su destino

De la descolonización a la reislamización del país, pasando por la esperanza de la revolución. Wassyla Tamzali aporta un testimonio excepcional de la historia reciente de Argelia; una visión muy personal y única basada en la experiencia de una familia acomodada, la suya, que ve transformada su posición privilegiada a raíz del asesinato del padre a manos de un joven activista del FLN y la nacionalización de los bienes familiares. Aun así, la joven Wassyla se contagiará del entusiasmo por la construcción de una nueva Argelia, y sufrirá el mayor desencanto al

As an actress, Diana Quick was forever trying on the mask of other people's lives - raiding her own memory to service the character she was playing. Coming from a large, noisy family in Kent that seemed to be plain-speaking and straightforward, she was astonished to find on her beloved father's death that his childhood in India was far from idyllic. She was then thunderstruck to hear that he was to have a requiem mass. She had no idea he was Catholic. She discovered that his stepmother had got rid of him and his sister upon marrying his father and that he had grown up in almost total...

The International No. 1 Bestseller 'Cuts to the heart of who we are' Sunday Times 'A book that begs discussion' Vanity Fair All Lina wanted was to be desired. How did she end up in a marriage with two children and a husband who wouldn't touch her? All Maggie wanted was to be understood. How did she end up in a relationship with her teacher and then in court, a hated pariah in her small town? All Sloane wanted was to be admired. How did she end up a sexual object of men, including her husband, who liked to watch her have sex with other men and women? 'I will probably re-read it every year of...

Vuelve la gran escritora brasileña de las últimas décadas y Premio Príncipe de Asturias. «Literatura pura, auténtica, íntegra, hecha a partir del amor a la palabra, a la vocación, al arte, a la belleza y a la creación.» Mario Vargas Llosa «Soy mujer, brasileña, escritora, cosmopolita, aldeana, un ser de todas partes, de todos los puertos.» Una furtiva lágrima es el diario luminoso, íntimo y singular de una de las escritoras más importantes de la literatura latinoamericana. En este collage impresionista, formado por las reflexiones y los retazos más lúcidos de una...