Literatura norteamericana
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“American salvage: stories” by Bonnie Jo Campbell “New from award-winning Michigan writer Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage is rich with local color and peopled with rural characters who love and hate extravagantly.” Extraído de Wayne State U.P. Ver además: http://www.bonniejocampbell.com/ http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2009_f_campbell.html Los títulos recomendados están en la Biblioteca del Instituto Internacional. Si te interesa
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“Lark and termite” by Jayne Anne Phillips “At the centre of this unforgettable novel are two children: Lark and her brother, Termite, who is unable to walk or talk but is deeply loved by his family. The two are raised by their aunt Nonie in place of Lola, their mother, and Termite’s father, Corporal
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“You are not a stranger here” by Adam Haslett “In one of the most acclaimed fiction debuts in years, Adam Haslett explores lives that appear shuttered by loss and discovers entire worlds hidden inside them.” Extraído de la contracubierta. Ver además: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Haslett http://dir.salon.com/books/review/2002/08/01/haslett/index.html http://www.adamhaslett.net/ Los títulos recomendados están en la Biblioteca del Instituto Internacional. Si
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“El corazón es un cazador solitario” by Carson McCullers “Su primera novela, publicada cuando Carson sólo contaba 24 años, la convirtió en toda una niña prodigio de las letras norteamericanas. Saludada con entusiasmo por la crítica, en sus páginas se daba cuenta de la existencia de varios habitantes de un pequeño pueblo.” Extraído de El
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“The girl’s guide to hunting and fishing” by Melissa Bank “In The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing, Melissa Bank’s crisp, witty, and revealing stories offer poignant glimpses of Jane Rosenal’s spirited search for true love, self-understanding, and a fulfilling career. It is as though Bank has trained a telescope on the lit window of
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“The music of chance” by Paul Auster “The Music of Chance is a strange, haunting parable from the pen of Paul Auster, one of America’s contemporary authors. In 1993 the novel was made into a movie that, I think, is far more known than the book itself. Jim Nashe has taken to the wide-open
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“Ragtime” by E. L. Doctorow “Ragtime is set in America at the beginning of this century (1900’s). Its characters: three remarkable families whose ives become entwined with people whose names are Henry Ford, Emma Goldman, Harry Houdini, J.P. Morgan, Evely Nesbit, Sigmund Freud, Emiliano Zapata. It is a novel so original, so full of imagination
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“Cosa de risa” por William Saroyan “Evan Nazarenus, profesor universitario de origen armenio, lleva a su familia a pasar una temporada en la casa de campo de su hermano en Clovis, California. Tras una larga ausencia por trabajo desea retomar su relación con Swan, su esposa, y acercarse a sus pequeños hijos, Red y Eva, para
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“Bridge of sighs” by Richard Russo “Two boys grow up in Thomaston, upstate New York. Louis Charles Lynch, aka Lucy, marries his childhood sweetheart and settles down to run a small empire of convenience stores. He’s a good man, but he isn’t always as reliable as he seems, and secretly longs for what he can’t
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“Born with a tooth” by Joseph Boyden “A decade after its original publication, Joseph Boyden’s classic book of short stories is being reissued. Born with a Tooth, Boyden’s debut work of fiction is a collection of thirteen beautifully written stories about aboriginal life in Ontario. By taking on a new voice in each story,