The General in his Labyrinth is the compelling tale of Simón Bolívar, a hero who has been forgotten and whose power is fading, retracing his steps down the Magdalena River by the Nobel Laureate Márquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Sitting alone, overlooking the still and blue lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar. She is happily married and has no reason to escape the world she has made with her husband and children.
A. J. Fikry's life is not at all what he expected it to be. He lives alone, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen.
Sam and Sadie meet in a hospital in 1987. Sadie is visiting her sister, Sam is recovering from a car crash. The days and months are long there, but playing together brings joy, escape, fierce competition -- and a special friendship.
When Sam catches sight of Sadie at a crowded train station one morning he is catapulted straight back to childhood, and the hours they spent immersed in video games.
When Sam catches sight of Sadie at a crowded train station one morning he is catapulted straight back to childhood, and the hours they spent immersed in playing games.
Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend.
Doch Tatjany i Dmitrija Belomortsevykh okonchila shkolu, uekhala, i suprugi ponjali, kak malo u nikh, okazyvaetsja, obschego. Odnako i razvoditsja teper glupo. Zhizn stala skuchnoj i presnoj.
Pare che l'espressione "piantare in asso" si debba a Teseo che, uscito dal labirinto grazie all'aiuto di Arianna, anziché riportarla con sé da Creta ad Atene, la lascia sull'isola di Naxos.
One Man's Bible is a fictionalized account of Gao Xingjian's life under the Chinese Communist regime. Daily life is riddled with paranoia and fear, and government propaganda turns citizens against one another.
The New York Times bestsellerA Granta Best of Young American Novelists 2017 'Extraordinary…dazzling… a sprawling, generous, warm-hearted epic of 1970s New York' Observer
The captivating and moving story of an extraordinary family, how they almost fell apart and how they were brought back together by the wisest and most loyal member - Enzo the dog.
Bien sur, Chéri-Bibi est un odieux bandit. Bien sur, il a volé, trompé, tué. Il est si redoutable que le tribunal a préféré l'envoyer au bagne plutôt que de le condamner a la pendaison qui serait un châtiment trop clément.
Compagnon d’infortune de Chéri-Bibi, Palas, de son vrai nom Raoul de Saint-Dalmas est un jeune homme d’excellente famille accusé d’avoir assassiné son bienfaiteur et gaspillé son patrimoine.
Filled with the spectacle of the Paris Opera House in the nineteenth century, this classic work of suspense remains a riveting journey into the dark regions of the human heart.
Living secretly beneath the Paris Opera House, 'The Phantom of the Opera', Erik has haunted those who work there with his demands and shrouded the opera house in fear with the legend of his disfigured face.