La granja

Nestled in New York is a luxury retreat boasting every amenity--and all of it for free. The catch? For nine months, you cannot leave the grounds, your movements are monitored, and you are cut off from your former life while you dedicate yourself to the task of producing the perfect baby. For someone else.

In the beginning of the book (which consists of two volumes bound face to face, perhaps in a symbolic confrontation between two absolute truths), the girl protagonist learns to look beyond the appearance of material things under the guidance of a lullaby seer, wise and miracle-worker, an expert in the secrets of herbs and drinks. The young woman finds a partner who enjoys intense flavors: the enjoyment soon becomes transcendent emotion and participant in rituals and ceremonies.

Dulce dueño by Emilia Pardo Bazán, Emilia Pardo Bazán was a Galician author and scholar from Galicia. She is known for bringing naturalism to Spanish literature, for her detailed descriptions of reality, and for her role in feminist literature of her era.Her first novel, Pascual López (1879), is a simple exercise in fantasy of no remarkable promise, though it contains good descriptive passages of romance. It was followed by a more striking story, Un viaje de novios (1881), in which a discreet attempt was made to introduce into Spain the methods of French realism. The book caused a...

Exorcismos de estilo es un laberinto en sí mismo, rico en sutilezas semánticas, repleto de saber clásico y sarcásticas investigaciones literarias. Compuesto de piezas breves, secuencias incendiarias que despiertan la risa y la reflexión, estas "herejías" del lenguaje ponen en cuestión la inmutabilidad de géneros y convenciones: juegos verbales, parodias, intromisiones en el habla popular cubana...

Primero de la saga. Esposo de alquiler. Con unos ojos negros como la noche y la habilidad de adivinar cualquier secreto, Nick Valkov era el tipo de hombre del que cualquier mujer inteligente huiría. Pero las circunstancias hicieron que una chica sensata como Caroline Fortune acabara pidiéndole a aquel atractivo desconocido que se casara con ella. La fortuna familiar estaba en las manos de Nick, pero Caroline no estaba preparada para resistir sus apasionados abrazos... y no sospechaba que un matrimonio de conveniencia como aquel pudiera dar lugar a algo tan peligroso. El millonario. Hacía...