La noche de la luna púrpura

Chronicling a man’s personal journey to find meaning in life, this darkly humorous novel follows Santiago Buscáceres, a history teacher who is caught in a mediocre life of unruly students, an indifferent family, and routine games of Parqués. One day, a simple but liberating occurrence reminds Santiago that the world has more to offer, setting him off on a trip in search of new possibilities. Through winding roads, first-class airplane cabins, and hotel rooms, however, he discovers that, despite having left his domestic bubble, he cannot escape dissatisfaction, skepticism, or, most...

Un matrimonio forjado en el rencor y la desconfianza. Un amor por descubrir. El segundo volumen de la serie de los vikingos MacAuliffe. De la noche a la mañana Rhiannon, hija de un rey sajón, se ha visto convertida en una atractiva ofrenda. Su padre, deseoso de agradecer la ayuda que recibió de los vikingos de Irlanda en la lucha contra los agresores daneses, la ha entregado en matrimonio al aguerrido príncipe Eric. De nada sirve que ella se niegue con todas sus fuerzas. Sabe que está condenada a compartir su vida con un hombre tempestuoso y feroz por el que solo siente desconfianza y...

I was eight years old when my grandfather took me by the hand and did not let go until we found my parents in Athens. Who knows what might have happened if I had stayed in the village. It was 1946. Early spring 1946. The almond trees were blooming side by side and the countryside was in full bloom.' Thus begins the most autobiographical novel by Theodor Kallifatides and one of the most appreciated by its hundreds of thousands of readers. A week before Kallifatides fled the town, a group of fascists with guns in their hands had forced all the people to gather in the cemetery. There they stood, ...

En un futuro no muy lejano, la humanidad corrompida y violenta atenta contra su propia existencia. Pero, antes de que se produzca una guerra civil, los habitantes de la tierra son atacados por demonios alados de apetito insaciable, con una dureza y voracidad inimaginables. Ahora los humanos ya no lucharán entre sí, sino, unidos y guiados por un guerrero justiciero pelearan juntos para evitar la extinción. Desde los cimientos de la humanidad ha existido la lucha entre el bien y el mal. Durante el transcurso de su historia, el ser humano ha ido variando su forma de comportamiento,...