In 1930s England, Christopher Banks has become one of the country's most celebrated detectives, his cases are the talk of London society. Yet one crime has always haunted him; the mysterious disappearance of his parents in Old Shanghai, when he was a boy
Kesey fans have waited long for his latest offering, a collection of experiences, stories, and poetry. Most of the tales concern the life and times of "Devlin E. Deboree," a counterculture author who serves time in Mexico on a narcotics charge and...
Kultovyj roman, kotoryj vkhodit v sotnju samykh chitaemykh po versii "Tajms". Vyshel v shestidesjatykh, v jarkoe vremja protesta novogo pokolenija protiv alchnosti, obezlichivanija, vojn i nasilija.
An international bestseller and the basis for a hugely successful film, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was one of the defining works of the 1960s.
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter.
Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and stepmother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters.
Ten-year-old Abdullah would do anything for his younger sister. In a life of poverty and struggle, with no mother to care for them, Pari is the only person who brings Abdullah happiness.
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter.
Han transcurrido diez anos desde su publicación y sigue siendo un fenómeno imparable: con más de 23 millones de ejemplares vendidos en 54 lenguas y un millón en castellano, Cometas en el cielo puede considerarse un clásico contemporáneo.