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A woman living and communicating in multiple lands, Susana Chávez-Silverman conveys her cultural and linguistic displacement in humorous, bittersweet, and even tangible ways in this truly bilingual literary work. These meditative and lyrical pieces combine poignant personal confession, detailed daily observation, and a memorializing drive that shifts across time and among geocultural spaces. The author’s inventive and flamboyant use of Spanglish, a hybrid English-Spanish idiom, and her adaptation of the confessional "crónica" make this memoir compelling and powerful. Killer Crónicas...

"Valencia cubierta de nieve: una estampa inusual que se vio en el invierno de 1956. Chirbes tenía siete años, su padre había muerto y la familia celebraba el cumpleaños de uno de sus tíos. El autor oye cómo surgen referencias a la guerra civil y la tensión se apodera del ambiente. Su vida está a punto de cambiar: él no lo sabe, pero esa fiesta es una despedida, y esconde un secreto. Un texto memorialístico de una belleza arrebatadora.

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...

Padre de la moderna narrativa de terror, negra y policíaca, y ejemplo de poetas malditos, Poe ha dejado para la posteridad la sombra de su literatura, un referente imprescindible para los lectores y los escritores de hoy.