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“The kingdom and the power: behind the scenes at The New York Times: the institution that influences the world” by Gay Talese. “The classic inside story of The New York Times, the most prestigious, and perhaps the most powerful, of all American newspapers. Bestselling author Talese lays bare the secret internal intrigues behind the tradition
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“Labyrinth of Fortune” by Medardo Fraile “Labyrinth of Fortune, the unique and exceptional novel by Medardo Fraile, tells the sweet story of Manuel, an observant and naive boy who lives in Madrid at the beginning of the XNUMXth century. Different characters, as lively as they are cleverly linked, take care of him lovingly to compensate for the time he has not
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“The best American short stories 2011” / selected by Geraldine Brooks with Heidi Pitlor “Edited by the award-winning, best-selling author Geraldine Brooks, this year's collection will be another “sure bet for gripping, emotional, challenging reading” (San Diego Union-Tribune). With Brooks picking the best of the best, America's oldest and bestselling story anthology is sure to
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“Caribou island : a novel” by David Vann “On a small island in a glacier-fed lake on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, a marriage is unraveling. Gary, driven by thirty years of diverted plans, and Irene, haunted by a tragedy in her past, are trying to rebuild their life together. Following the outline of Gary's old dream,
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“Unauthorized access” by Belén Gopegui “The new novel by Belén Gopegui, a story of unusual trust between strangers that exposes loneliness and the violence of power.” Extracted from the book's website. See also: http://www.elcultural.es/version_papel/LETRAS/29217/Belen_Gopegui http://bit.ly/imCo8K http://www.blogdelibros.com/acceso-no-autorizado-de-belen-gopegui / http://www.tercerainformacion.es/spip.php?article26192 http://www.suite101.net/news/critica-de-acceso-no-autorizado-de-belen-copegui-a55072 The recommended titles are in the Library of the International Institute. If you
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“Advantages of traveling by train” by Antonio Orejudo “The literary agent Helga Pato has to commit her husband to a sanatorium. On the way back, she meets an individual who claims to be a psychiatrist and who launches into a rant about her patients. Thus begins a succession of extraordinary, enigmatic and crazy events and characters.”
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“The Christmas crocodile” by Bonny Becker “Alice Jayne finds a crocodile under the tree on Christmas Eve. The Christmas Crocodile doesn't mean to be bad, but soon he is eating everything in the house, even the Christmas tree. Alice Jayne's family can't agree on what to do with the Christmas Crocodile, but Alice Jayne wants
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“Union atlantic” by Adam Haslett “Just days before the spectacular bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, one of the key episodes in the worst global financial crisis since 1929, Adam Haslett delivered his first novel, a captivating story about the fragile foundations of a golden age corrupted by greed.” Extracted
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“El Letras Arrebatadas: Poetry and Chemistry in the Spanish Transition” by Germán Labrador Méndez “In this book, Labrador Méndez analyzes the literature that was cultivated in Spain under the influence of drugs during the Transition, a period that, from a broad perspective, the author places between 1970 and 1986.” Extracted from Digitalcommons. See also:
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“Memory of Hispanism” by Joaquín Álvarez Barrientos “Alvarez Barrientos is a CSIC researcher specializing in XNUMXth-century Spanish literature. With this book he deviates a little from this path to pay a double and well-deserved tribute: on the one hand, to the Hispanists who have helped so much to scrutinize the History of Spain, especially