Los Rios Invisibles

Eveline Clausen, the troubled protagonist, is the daughter of a German father and Jewish mother, who grows up during the ascension of Nazism. An autobiographical character that loses her naivety, innocence, begins to live avidly and intensely to dispel all the fears she's had since childhood. The men that pass through her life are similar means to avoid the hard reality of persecution and hunger, though they are also deceived by this young woman.

Yasuko lives a quiet life, working in a Tokyo bento shop, a good mother to her only child. But when her ex-husband appears at her door without warning one day, her comfortable world is shattered. When Detective Kusanagi of the Tokyo Police tries to piece together the events of that day, he finds himself confronted by the most puzzling, mysterious circumstances he has ever investigated. Nothing quite makes sense, and it will take a genius to understand the genius behind this particular crime... One of the biggest-selling Japanese thrillers ever, and the inspiration for a cult film, The...

The 20th century's first Argentine best seller was Cesar Duayen's novel Stella of 1905. "Cesar Duayen" was quickly revealed to be Emma de la Barra (1861-1947), who besides founding the first professional school for women in Argentina, the national Red Cross, and a model factory workers' community, published five extraordinarily sucessful novels about Argentine society in the early part of the century. It was a time of economic anxiety and eagerness to redefine the responsibilities of citizens, both men and women, in this new era of rapid technological change and shifting global relationships. ...

Un tema sobrevuela por encima del resto: el amor. Escrito desde el corazón, con atención a los pequeños detalles que hacen de la cotidianidad del amor lo que nos permite sobrevivir. De forma sencilla, pero directa. Dando rienda suelta a la imaginación en situaciones especiales de la vida de cualquier persona. Sentimientos, cambios, recuerdos, chicas y chicos, momentos, tristezas y alegrías. No hay poesía ni línea recta. Hay sentimientos. Todos los que da el amor. Todos los que alguna vez vivimos. Aunque no los esperáramos. Aunque fueran sucediendo.