La sombra de Juana de Arco

Portraying the discontinuity of the streets of Barcelona, of time, and, above all, of the existence of each one of its inhabitants, this noir novel turns the everyday into something epic. Five chapters contain five independent stories with characters that speak for themselves yet share the same tone, and the Gracia neighborhood serves as the main line that connects them. The plot revolves around a man named José García, who is killed by his own son, also named José García. The event is witnessed by a neighbor who bears the same name and is reminded of another murder he had seen years...

Sherlock Holmes, a fictional character created in 1887 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is a ‘detective consultant’ in London in the late nineteenth century, known for his intelligence and his skillful use of observation and deductive reasoning to solve difficult cases. This type of investigator, known for his extreme intelligence, influenced the majority of later detective fiction. He is the creator of his own profession ‘detective consultant,’ which consists of helping clarify the particularly difficult cases to the official detectives of Scotland Yard, or private detectives, like is the...

¡Tarta de Fresa va a celebrar una fiesta para sus mejores amigos! Pero como Ani Vainilla no recibe su invitación, está convencida de que Tarta de Fresa ya no quiere ser su amiga. ¿Cómo aclarará Tarta de Fresa este lío?

Bienvenidos a la serie de libros Novelistas Imprescindibles, donde les presentamos las mejores obras de autores notables. Para este libro, el crítico literario August Nemo ha elegido las dos novelas más importantes y significativas de Teresa de la Parra que son Ifigenia y Memorias de Mamá Blanca. Teresa de la Parra fue una escritora venezolana considerada la novelista más importante de la primera mitad del siglo XX en su país. Su ideario acerca del importante y progresista papel de la mujer en la sociedad, le inscriben en un feminismo moderado, que fue plasmado en varios discursos y...