Cuentos de Hispanoamérica en el siglo XX

In 1976 I had a wonderful encounter with intelligent beings from the star cluster of the Pleiades in the constellation of Taurus located 422 light years away from the earth, its star is binary and its name is Taygeta, in the rst contact there was no approach, but the next day they materialized in my bedroom, I don´t know how they entered, they handle matter, time and space, I was taken to a laboratory ship where I was part of a biogenetic experiment in which they inserted microchips in my Achilles heels to be able to communicate with me, they also put their chromosomes for when I procreated...

Francesca y Andrew cruzan sus destinos de manera casual enredando sus vidas por completo. Obligado a contraer matrimonio con la joven, el duque de Somerset reniega de la mentira que lo subyaga cavilando la posibilidad de aceptarla. Andrew Pickford, duque de Somerset, es una persona un tanto hosca y renegada que nada quiere saber de matrimonio tras haber enviudado, hasta que llega Francesca Castelveccio y pone su vida de revés. La joven napolitana, lejos de querer vivir Londres y con ansias enardecidas de retornar a su hogar, se ve obligada por sus padres a desposarse con un longevo conde...

La inesperada muerte de una amiga dispara esta novela-tapiz, donde se entretejen varios tiempos, historias, conversaciones y viajes. Esta es una historia de crecimiento, de los desajustes de la identidad y el cuerpo adolescente. Punto de cruz narra el devenir adultas en una sociedad atravesada por violencias machistas, clasistas, racistas y medioambientales. Para las protagonistas de este libro, la amistad se vuelve la principal herramienta de cuidado, sentido, reparación y resistencia. La amistad y el bordado, esa actividad en que las mujeres de cientos de culturas y épocas encontraron al...

In this bold novel that shatters the barriers between fiction and reality, the dark object of narrator Chris's desire is Dick, a well-known theorist who refuses to answer her letters. Chris tenaciously continues to pursue him nonetheless, eventually traveling across the country. The passion-fueled journey pushes the protagonist to a state of madness that moves her away from a life in the shadow of her successful husband and brings her to question the very foundation of her femininity. Chris's compulsive love letters act as essays, and a moment arrives when the letters are in and of themselves ...