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Mundos distintos confluyen en el trío amistoso y sentimental que da título al deslumbrante debut de Johanna Hedman: Thora pertenece a la vieja élite social de Estocolmo, August estudia Publicidad pese a sus inquietudes artísticas, y Hugo es un joven de origen humilde que acaba de mudarse a la capital. Thora y August han sido inseparables desde la infancia y ahora son amantes ocasionales, pero su relación empieza a zozobrar cuando Hugo aparece en sus vidas. Éste, a su vez, siente una mezcla de fascinación y perplejidad ante los privilegios de un medio social cuyos códigos desconoce. A...

4t. Premi Llibres Anagrama de Novel·la Primer hi ha la tempesta i el llamp i la mort d’en Domènec, el pagès poeta. Després, la Dolceta, que no pot parar de riure mentre explica les històries de les quatre dones penjades per bruixes. La Sió, que ha de pujar tota sola la Mia i l’Hilari allà dalt a Matavaques. I les trompetes de la mort que, amb el seu barret negre i apetitós, anuncien la immutabilitat del cicle de la vida. Canto jo i la muntanya balla és una novel·la en què prenen la paraula dones i homes, fantasmes i dones d’aigua, núvols i bolets, gossos i cabirols que...

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She lifted up her granddaughter from the cot, clutched her to her chest and, without looking at her beautiful daughter lying dead on the floor of her bedroom, ran from the house. Only when she was outside did she let a wail escape her lips, frightening the baby who joined in her screams. When Isabel Gallagher is found murdered on the floor of her baby's nursery by her mother, it's a grueling case for Detective Lottie Parker. Isabel's pajamas have been ripped, her throat cut and an old-fashioned razor blade placed in her hand. As Lottie looks at the round blue eyes and perfect chubby cheeks of ...