La edad de la memoria: Novela histórica sobre el exilio

The celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street “is back with her first work of fiction in almost a decade, a story of memory and friendship [and] the experiences young women endure as immigrants worldwide” (AP). In this masterfully written dual-language edition, a long-forgotten letter sets off a charged encounter with the past. As a young woman, Corina leaves her Mexican family in Chicago to pursue her dream of becoming a writer in the cafés of Paris. Instead, she spends her brief time in the City of Light running out of money and lining up with other immigrants to call...

Follows the adventures of Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by its fierce, nomadic people, who help him unravel his most unexpected destiny.

Ciento veinta páginas tan memorables, sombrías y humanas que deberían ser leídas en toda Europa. «Un pequeño milagro, perfectamente imaginado y perfectamente ejecutado». Hilary Mantel «La ;banalidad del mal; encuentra su más desnuda y bella expresión en esta estremecedora, concisa y extraordinaria novela». Ian McEwan Al amanecer, en uno de los desolados inviernos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, tres soldados alemanes se arrastran por los helados campos de Polonia. Tienen órdenes de rastrear la zona y volver con «uno de ellos». Tras atrapar a un joven judío escondido en el bosque, ...

In this short story collection, the author explores with wit and humor the absurdities of daily life and, specially, of love. The characters and their complex minds, their search for stability and their failures, leads them to look for answers that might appear disconcerting and familiar at the same time. A seductive collection of stories that shows the author's talent in exploring daily life issues.