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The beloved classic that turned Carson McCullers into an overnight literary sensation and one of the Modern Library's top 20 novels of the 20th century. “A remarkable book…From the opening page, brilliant in its establishment of mood, character, and suspense, the book takes hold of the...

It is impossible to be unaware of the effect of development, invariably at the hands of outsiders, upon the lands, inhabitants and very nature of faraway climes. Hunter School shows us first-hand the immediate and long-reaching effects of such changes upon an indigenous people. The fabric of the community is changed, its balance and its self-sufficiency undermined, and confusion reigns. A common theme running throughout this charming but important book is that of a young man learning about himself and his heritage from the past, elders, ancestors, and nature itself.

Robotics scientist Rachel Prosper has created a top-secret humanoid android. When she dies suddenly, her family take the robot, which looks just like Rachel, into their home as part of an experiment. The After Wife is the story of a family ripped apart by grief who are given a second chance to reconnect with the woman they loved and lost.

Armed with a Crock-Pot and a pile of recipes, a grandmother, her granddaughter, and a mysterious young man work to bring a community together in this uplifting novel for readers of The Chicken Sisters. Esther Larson has been cooking for funerals in the Northwoods of Wisconsin for seventy years...

Un hombre pasa los últimos días de su vida en la casa en la que nunca quiso vivir y que está, sin embargo, cargada de recuerdos. Desde ahí busca construir el rompecabezas de su pasado. Recuerda sus modestos inicios, su ascenso económico y social en el Madrid de la inmediata posguerra, sus amantes y amigos. En algún lugar del trayecto se le perdió el alma y se le desvaneció el amor. Chirbes vuelve al espacio moral de sus anteriores novelas. Nos habla en un tono tenso de una generación que se reclama «inocente», pero que se ha construido sobre los cimientos que pusieron las «manos sucias» de otros.