El aroma del arrayán

Alan Bennett's extraordinary ear for dialogue and sharpness of perception have made him a master storyteller. "The Laying On of Hands," a brilliantly funny satire, describes a society memorial service for a rather special masseur who died tragically young.

Graham Greene was powerful enough to convince a communist driver, who denies any life exists after death, share a road trip with a Catholic priest on the verge of retirement. This book demonstrates the tension between the idealists who believe in a better world, and those disappointed with humanity. The discussions, stories, and jokes exchanged during this crucial week-long trip will change both their lives.

Dulce Nombre is a novella by Spanish author Concha Espina, who was nominated for a Nobel prize in literature twenty-five times during her life. Espina went blind in 1940 but managed to keep writing despite it.

El bosque nublado está habitado por las más diversas criaturas. De entre todas, aquellas que imponen mayor respeto son los lobos, tal vez por ser las que con mayor facilidad pueden aparecerse tanto dentro como fuera de sus lindes. Sin embargo, y aunque las muchas leyendas sobre otros seres, como bien pueden ser los ugels o el mítico Khashai, se alimentan del imaginario colectivo para engrandecerse y no puede deducirse cuánto hay de cierto en ellas, sí que se sabe que se han construido sobre historias reales, contadas por personas reales y conocidas, que, en muchas ocasiones, han sido las ...