La Soledad y el Silencio

Si el acosador de la noche te observa, prepárate porque ya estás muerto. Segunda entrega de la adictiva serie de thrillers protagonizada por la detective Erika Foster.

Broken Umbrellas is an unusual literary work that explores human beings’ most primitive emotions and feelings through a series of different, interconnected stories. These are stories that explore madness and dementia as alternative avenues for surviving a reality that overwhelms us. The author reflects upon the value of death and freedom, and takes us through the ins and outs of repressed violence—always unjustified—but so often desired. Broken Umbrellas intends to be much more than just a collection of stories. Through its words, it seeks to offer introspective reading, rouse...

Esta obra, escrita en 1722, recorre la vida de una de las principales ciudades de Europa, Londres, en uno de los momentos más terroríficos de su historia: la peste bubónica que cayó sobre la ciudad en 1666 y que causó la muerte a unas cien mil personas. En el libro, escrito por Daniel Defoe basándose en documentos históricos y en sus propias vivencias de niño, asistimos a un escenario aterrador: una tierra desolada, baldía, abatida por el hambre y el temor al contagio. El autor aporta numerosísimos datos, recuentos y estadísticas oficiales que dan una dimensión de la tragedia que...

At the center of this novel are two women—worlds apart, yet neighbors—who come together by chance in a neighborhood pharmacy. Janna, a middle-aged contemporary woman is the editor of a women's magazine. She is good at her work and her life seems to her a success. Then there is Maudie, skinny, rag-and-bone tattered and in her late eighties, she is a bundle of ferocity who has spent the last years sustaining herself on pride, and expressing that pride as a cat’s hissing anger. This strong and affecting novel traces the friendship of these wildly disparate women.