The Things We Don't Do - formato ePub

La narración brillante e íntima de la Argentina contemporánea en una edición reescrita y ampliada de una de las obras fundamentales de Andrés Neuman.Cierto día, el narrador recibe una inesperada carta...

¿Qué es nombrar? ¿Qué implica pronunciar una palabra?Los Barbarismos despliegan un provocador repertorio de observaciones y sátiras sobre las urgencias de nuestro tiempo. En ocasiones reformulan conceptos...

"Me gusta que las cosas que me gustan estén por ocurrir". Esa prometedora inminencia podría definir estos cuentos, que supusieron la primera incursión de Andrés Neuman en la narrativa breve. Un conjunto...

En la habitación de un sanatorio, rodeado por el médico, las enfermeras y su esposa, un hombre intenta dar a luz y concebir a otro hombre. Con este insólito y estremecedor inicio arranca Alumbramiento....

"Escribir un cuento se parece a tirarse en paracaídas".En los relatos de este libro asistimos a la consumación de la técnica del minuto, a la explotación máxima de los matices y contradicciones de un...

Una silla esperando a alguien que no llega. Un zapato con memoria. Una madre que corre en sueños. Una pareja enamorada de lo que no hace. Un psiquiatra atendido por su paciente. Una moneda volando en...

La primera y aclamada novela de Andrés Neuman: una obra conmovedora sobre el desarraigo y las contradicciones humanas«Una obra de auténtica belleza y brillante inteligencia de un autor de prodigioso talento.»The...

El conmovedor relato de la gestación de un padre, por el ganador del premio Alfaguara 2009UNO DE LOS MEJORES LIBROS DEL AÑO SEGÚN EL CULTURAL«Encantado, hijo mío, de empezar a la vez a ser lo que seremos».Un...

Un cruce entre la narrativa más actual y la crónica relámpago. Una visión literaria, al vuelo, de la geografía entera de la lengua. Reflexionando sobre el escaso tiempo previsto para recorrer cada país...

Anatomía sensible es una celebración del cuerpo en toda su amplitud. Una defensa de la imperfección y sus bellezas alternativas, mediante un recorrido poético, político y erótico por la materia que somos....

Andrés Neuman no cree que las palabras se lleve el viento. Más bien, afirma, viajan, vuelan alto y se comparten. Esa cualidad aérea les permite permanecer, propagarse, habitar en la memoria. Este libro...

"El arte de narrar puede consistir en replegar las velas de la lógica y dar lugar al habla desquiciada. Cuando eso ocurre, el narrador se queda en un paréntesis y observa el poema que lo rodea como un...

El regreso de Andrés Neuman a la gran novela tras El viajero del siglo, Premio Alfaguara y Premio de la Crítica.Una historia sobre la belleza que emerge de las cosas rotas.FINALISTA DEL PREMIO NOVELA...

Tras permanecer más de una década agotada y requerida por los lectores, Alfaguara publica esta nueva edición, especialmente revisada, de La vida en las ventanas. Una novela que fue pionera en explorar...

La poesía como un lugar en el que cobijarse y al que regresar aunque nos hayamos perdido. Como destello de belleza, de permanente bienvenida. Andrés Neuman nos abre las puertas de esta Casa  fugaz, antología...

POR EL GANADOR DEL PREMIO ALFAGUARA Y PREMIO DE LA CRÍTICA.Después de Umbilical, uno de los libros del año según El Cultural, Neuman lleva más lejos «uno de los mejores homenajes a la paternidad» (Babelia)Las...

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome,...

The Lost Continent, A classic "lost race" story, with all of the required elements: a seductive empress, a straight-arrow hero, battles, escapes, sorcery, and earth-shattering cataclysms! Eminently readable...

Philip Haldane and his sister lived in a little red-roofed house in a little redroofed town. They had a little garden and a little balcony, and a little stable with a little pony in it—and a little cart...

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES 'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily' DAILY MIRRORThis is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne,...

A gripping 'cuckoo in the nest' domestic thrillerAfter the death of their mum, twins Chloe and Charlie are shocked when their dad introduces Lynne as their 'new mummy'. Lynne, a district nurse, is trusted...

THE REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK 'Dark academia, secret societies, and murder - what's not to love?' Jessica Payne'Takes you on a wild ride. It's a must-read!' Courteney CoxHow far would you go to...

***A new Peter Diamond novel from the CWA Diamond-Dagger-winner Peter Lovesey***'His work is the gold standard for UK crime fiction writing' DEADLY PLEASURES'Peter Lovesey writes feel-good crime yet he...

Gilmore Girls hit our screens in 2000 and has been our autumn obsession ever since. There's a reason that Vogue calls it 'the quintessential autumn girl show' and that, years later, we're still head over...

IN THE UNDERGROUND FAE REALM, ONLY THE STRONGEST AND MOST RUTHLESS HAVE POWER - BUT A YOUNG HUMAN WOMAN FORCED INTO A LIFE OF SERVITUDE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING 'A darkly enchanting page-turner laden...

'Warm, wise, witty, and just plain fun' Maggie Shipstead At a perfectly ordinary cocktail party, Francis is introduced to Billy and - although it slips right by him at the time - he falls in love with...

'If you've ever been in a relationship with another person, if you've ever had a family, you need to read this book' Ann PatchettPolly Solo-Miller Demarest is the perfect flower of the Solo-Miller family.The...

This stand-alone edition of King's novella, retitled The Shawshank Redemption, like the film, celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Best Picture Academy Award nominee. A mesmerising tale of unjust imprisonment...

'Addictive and impossible to put down, my favourite book of the decade' No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van DykenYou made a bargain... Your soul for his - and now, you are mine.Cate Holloway...

It all starts with a fire. Seven children, asleep in a big house in the Italian countryside. A forgotten candle. Their parents are not there. They are in a different country, a different continent, Africa,...

A viciously funny and intelligently provocative play about family, friendship and faith, adapted by the author from his Pulitzer-finalist short story.Who in your life would you trust to keep you alive?...

When Daniel Leicester goes in search of his late wife's missing bicycle in the oppressive heat of a Bologna summer, he is transported to her final days. But as unfinished business bleeds - quite literally...

NO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAY.THE BRAND NEW GANGLAND CRIME NOVEL FROM ROBERTA KRAYShe sold him out. Now he's out for revenge . . .After her murderous ex-boyfriend who she turned in to the police was released...

Having been saved from execution at the hands of the Draoihn - powerful magic users Raine used to count as allies - Raine finds herself in the Fault, a vast magical wasteland, which is falling apart before...

Moidl is a farmer's daughter from the Hohenhauser Farm in Hintertux in the Zillertal region of Tyrol. Her close bonds with her family and the farm are her lifeblood, and the various blows they are dealt...

Three middle-class sixth-form girls leave their independent boarding school in the summer of 1918. They are told by their headmistress that their prospects of marriage have been reduced following the...

'Thrilling and propulsive, glorious and terrifying. Julia Phillips is a brilliant writer' Ann Patchett'Wondrous ... a fairy tale for the strange times in which we live' Rumaan AlamThey were sisters and...

'Brilliant, compelling, heart-wrenching writing.' PETER JAMESYour son has gone missing.And then the police arrest the prime suspect.You.You know you're innocent.That someone else took your son.But the...

From internationally bestselling author Mary E. Pearson, The Courting of Bristol Keats is the first book in her debut adult fantasy series, filled with forbidden romance, deadly faerie curses and pulse-pounding...

From USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey... Countdown to the Fourth of July… Just weeks before Independence Day, the President is targeted for assassination by a powerful...

From USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey... In a crowded parking lot, chaos erupts as a Porsche careens out of control. An SUV crashes through a dealership window, and a...

 "IN TRUE MAY MCGOLDRICK STYLE, A TIMELY AND HEARTWARMING STORY FOR THE HOLIDAYS!"  Paige Coleman has stayed away from her beloved seaside home in the Connecticut village of Stonington ever since being...

 A fast-attack nuclear submarine cuts silently through the waters of the North Atlantic, hijacked by two-dozen armed terrorists.  The target: New York City  Trapped aboard the submarine, Ship Superintendent...

A PENNINGTON FAMILY NOVELLALady Millie, youngest of the Pennington family, has always lived in the shadow of her talented and powerful siblings. She's been the rock of stability and order for her sisters...

A PENNINGTON FAMILY NOVELLA CollectionFrom USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick…Three poignant stories of emotion, hope, and forever love—a duke and a Highland heiress, a prince and a pauper, and...

Mysterious murders are taking place in the Lake District in the northwest of England. Mysterious, since there seems to be no connection between them and no motive can be determined for any of them. It...