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It was a hard sell, but Cameron had convinced Heather to return to the exoplanet Sang-Morang - where he had hoped they could experience the wonder of this majestic corner of the universe, together. The spacecraft Primion was flight-ready and the immense creature - the Minal Loth - seemed content to follow him wherever he went. And he still had the old Ford pickup truck, gassed up, and ready to explore more of that alien landscape. But Cameron’s well-intentioned plan turns out to be one of his very worst.

Gerard sits, fully clothed, in his empty bathtub and pines for Benna. Neighbors in the same apartment building, they share a wall, and Gerard listens for the sound of her toilet flushing. Gerard loves Benna. And then Benna loves Gerard. She listens to him play piano, she teaches poetry, and sings at nightclubs. As their relationship ebbs and flows, through reality and imagination, Lorrie Moore paints a captivating, innovative portrait of men and women in love and not in love.

Mexican author Rubirosa is attending a book fair in Tangier when he reconnects with an old acquaintance, a Moroccan artist who asks one favor of his visiting friend: to access the puzzling files on a memory card. It could help fulfill the destiny of his son Abdelkrim. It could also unwittingly draw both men into irreversible events already in motion on distant shores. In America, Abdelkrim, a brilliant aspiring astronaut deemed “too Muslim” for citizenship, has teamed up with an equally gifted young prodigy, a witness to the plight of Syrian refugees.

A la sala d'espera de la consulta de la seva metge, una dona espera el diagnosi definitiu. Sap que es mor. En aquella sala d'hospital, la protagonista rememora la joventut, l'amor, l'amistat, els desenganys, els somnis. Els records de tota una vida esdevindran una reflexió sobre el fet ineludible de la mort. Per més que neg uem aquest fet biològic, a tots ens atraparà en un moment o altre.

Une femme se raconte en sept nuits : de la première alors qu'elle veille sa mère qui va mourir et que lui revient le souvenir de ses 7 ans à Berlin en 1943 quand avec cette mère jeune, belle et intrépide elle traverse la ville en ruines pour rencontrer dans une prison ce père qu'elle ne connaissait pas, à la presque dernière ce sont des nuits nourries par la passion, l'attente ou le désespoir, il lui faudra la dernière pour connaître l'apaisement. Une initiation en sept étapes, un roman porté par un souffle de poésie et une interrogation profondément contemporaine.

La Font de la Salut és un lloc concret en el món, un santuari al cor del Maestrat, i també una idea sobre la vida, la individual i la que vivim amb els altres, els qui van venir abans i els qui vindran.

Apol·lo o Dionís? Saber erudit o veritat vital? Oblit del cos o ex-altació dels instints masculins? Mossèn Miquel, protagonista d’ Entre dues llums, prova de respondre a aquestes preguntes i es mou en una angoixa que l’abocarà a un destí peculiar. El narrador proposa una visió excèntrica del mite de l’immortal i sempre d’actualitat Èdip de Sòfocles, amb la qual el lector s’adonarà dels estralls que pot arribar a provocar un sentiment de culpa portat a l’extrem, condicionat per la figura materna i la poca alternativa que hi ha al fet d’haver nascut.

Com cada divendres després de sortir de la vella llibreria on treballa, Pedro realitza un trajecte amb autobús per visitar la seva nòvia, Rosane, que viu als afores de la ciutat. Durant el viatge, marcat pel congestionat trànsit de lhora punta, Pedro sentreté llegint un relat sobre el pas de Darwin per Brasil, escoltant rum ors sobre revoltes als afores, observant la ciutat i als passatgers de lautobús.

"Al mattino la superficie del fiume splende come se migliaia di fogli d'oro stropicciati scorressero sull'acqua." Sei bozzoli di preziosa seta esistenziale. Sei fili tesi dal destino. Sei racconti intorno al tempo, alla guarigione, al fato. Sei racconti tessuti in una Tokyo sfolgorante di luci notturne e pulsante di vita. Tutti feriti, chi da un trauma infantile, chi da un abbandono, chi da una storia d'amore tormentata, i protagonisti si sono chiusi in un guscio che li protegge ma insieme li separa dal mondo.

Praga. In una fredda sera d'autunno 3 uomini siedono al tavolo di un Café nel centro della città. Sono due scienziati (Dominik e Adam) e un esperto di sicurezza informatica (Roberto Boris). Due di loro sono intenti a giocare una partita a scacchi alla cieca, senza l'ausilio della scacchiera, e al tempo stesso tutti e tre discutono dell'affascinante e inquietante "Teoria dell’universo come simulazione".

Before Joe Hart can stop the murder of John Lennon, he must die himself. When Joe Hart dies after leading a wasted life, he chooses to use his second chance to make the world better. Even when he thinks he knows what is coming, changing the past is difficult. What would you do, if you could do it all again?

In this keenly observant dissection of a love affair in limbo, award-winning author Inês Pedrosa masterfully draws readers into the feverish, unsparing dual confessions of a man and a woman who are finally baring their hearts, souls, fury, and grief over a relationship that was abruptly shattered and never forgotten. Until now, there was so much between them left unspoken. With each new unguarded, darkly funny, and emotional disclosure, they’re brought back together—though impossibly so.

2 Erzählungen des Schweizer Autors Jean-Pascal Ansermoz auf der Suche nach dem Sinn und dem Glück und was beides ausmacht. "Regensymphonie" erzählt die Geschichte des 12jährigen Kadirs, der nach der Flucht aus Syrien mit seiner 16jährigen Schwester ohne Eltern in einem italienischen Auffanglager lebt. Als unbegleitete Minderjährige riskieren die beiden jeden Tag, entdeckt und getrennt in Heime gesteckt zu werden.

Mabel Collins (1851-1927) è stata una scrittrice dell'occulto, vicina ai circoli teosofici britannici. Questo romanzo, scritto nel 1890, si muove in realtà di varie dimensioni, e indica palesemente, secondo il pensiero dell'autrice, la via verso l'illuminazione. Nonostante questo intento, il romanzo è un vero e proprio romanzo di formazione e racconta il percorso di un ragazzo in un tempio dell'antico Egitto, e le prove contro le Forze Oscure che devono essere superate nel suo viaggio verso la Luce.

If, after a great struggle, the East were to prevail over the world, what sort of civilization would be imposed by the victors? Would it be an oriental version of the societies we know - or might the great old culture be superimposed upon what was left of Western technology? The story is set in a post-apocalyptic future where global civilization is governed by a hierarchical, religious society centered around belief in karmic-based reincarnation metaphorically viewed as moving forward or backward on a turning wheel.

Fred Wursup has an enviable existence. Paid to travel around the world "harvesting the annual crop of stars and villains", he has a beautiful geophysicist girlfriend and a friendly relationship with his ex-wife Susannah, whose living room he can see into from the roof of his Lexington Avenue apartment. His latest book, a collective portrait of brilliant but flawed leaders called Down the American Drain, had the good fortune to be published at the height of the Watergate scandal, sending it to the top of the best seller lists.

In a world where unemployment is obliterated by putting all jobless people in the military to maintain the endless ongoing warfare, Warrant Officer Viveka Vanachek finds herself in a weirder place yet. Captured, raped, and interrogated she is finally exiled to a remote snow-bound prison camp where she is placed in solitary confinement. It seems like the end of the world when she also becomes too sick to eat, and starts seeing ghosts and hearing mysterious chanting within the noises of the camp.

Cavallo di battaglia di tanti grandi interpreti, "L'uomo dal fiore in bocca" è il dialogo tra un uomo condannato a morte da un male incurabile e un viaggiatore che ha perduto il treno. Il testo acquista presto una valenza metafisica nell'osservazione puntigliosa di un mondo che il protagonista osserva ormai da semplice spettatore.

Desde el sur del continente americano, en la soledad de las montañas y los bosques, cerca de los hielos y los valles, mirando de frente el desierto y el mar, estos relatos nacen con toda la fuerza de un pueblo que se nos revela con su mezcla maravillosa de paisajes y ciudades de bullicios vigorosos. Un desborde de energía en la urbe que se esconde entre las cumbres, poblada de gente creativa y heredera de culturas que lentamente se encuentran con el paso de la historia.

Segundo volumen de una colección de cuentos desde el sur del mundo donde la soledad de desiertos y estepas, montañas y campos incitan al relato, la conversación y la poesía. La naturaleza se hermana con el habitante americano y en una relación estrecha, simbiótica, hay un permanente acto de recreación que a veces es profundo y dramático, otras plácido y dérmico, siempre sensual y mágico.