Youth and the Bright Medusa - formato ePub

«Decía Harold Bloom en 'Genios', que los personajes femeninos de Willa Cather nos inspiran amor como se lo inspiraron a ella. Visto así, Lucy Gayheart, protagonista de la novela que edita ahora Alba,...

«Sabía lo que quería escribir, tenía una concepción noble y profunda de la vida y supo cómo hacerlo.» José Maria Guelbenzu «Quien se acerque por primera vez a la obra de esta autora, puede concluir que...

«Un texto bello y lúcido que no me cansaré de recomendar, que nos hace gozar de la gran literatura» Cándido Pérez Gallego «Una novela humana, profunda, vitalista en la alegría y la desgracia; una mirada...

«Era, sencillamente, que la consideraba una gran artista. Tan buena como Flaubert.» Este juicio de Truman Capote quizá no ilustre tanto las virtudes narrativas de Willa Cather como su gran influencia...

La colección de cuentos The Troll Garden and Selected Stories fue el primer libro de ficción de Willa Cather y tan relevante hoy como en el momento de su publicación en 1905. Es curioso que ese duende,...

Black Creek Valley, Virginia, 1856. Sapphira Colbert es una de las pocas propietarias que mantienen esclavos en sus tierras. Una práctica que su marido, Henry, considera cada vez más difícil de defender....

A los diez años Jim Burden pierde a sus padres y deja su Virginia natal para trasladarse a casa de sus abuelos en Nebraska. En el viaje conoce a Ántonia, cuatro años mayor que él, hija de una familia...

Uno de los nuestros narra la vida de Claude Wheeler, un joven americano del Medio Oeste que vive y trabaja en la granja familiar y al mismo tiempo estudia en una universidad cristiana. No se siente satisfecho...

Publicada en 1940, Sapphira y la joven esclava es la última novela que Willa Cather escribió antes de morir. Representa, pues, su testamento literario y un regreso a los escenarios de su infancia, en...

Historia de fascinación sostenida y de sueños traicionados, vista por un joven que se abre a la vida: Marianne Forrester, esposa de un pionero del ferrocarril, anfitriona de la única casa elegante de...

Bartley Alexander anda ya por la mediana edad y es un ingeniero de éxito, un hombre hecho a sí mismo, admirado por los puentes que construye. Casado con una mujer culta y rica, vive en una bonita casa...

Uno de los nuestros narra la vida de Claude Wheeler, un joven americano del Medio Oeste que vive y trabaja en la granja familiar y al mismo tiempo estudia en una universidad cristiana. No se siente satisfecho...

Una dama extraviada apareció en 1923 y, dos años después, su autora recibió una carta de Francis Scott Fitzgerald, que acababa de publicar El gran Gatsby y estaba preocupado por ciertas similitudes entre...

Situada en una pequeña localidad de Nebraska a finales del siglo XIX, Pioneros (1913) relata una historia de inmigración y supervivencia cuya figura central es Alexandra, una valiente joven que, a la...

Mujeres que reclaman su derecho a trabajar en un mundo de hombres, valientes guerreras indias, forajidas del Oeste americano, inmigrantes sin pelos en la lengua, heroínas atrapadas en tenebrosos bosques…...

Alexander's Bridge is the first novel by American author Willa Cather. First published in 1912, it was re-released with an author's preface in 1922. It also ran as a serial in McClure's, giving Cather...

Becoming a loup-garou—a werewolf—is never easy. It's especially hard if you're still in high school, the first female to survive the transformation, and the embodiment of an ancient prophecy, expected...

**Second Edition**When high school student Katey McCoy accepted the offer of the boy she fell in love with, she knew her world would be changed forever. She just didn't realize how profound—and dangerous—those...

Fated mates and love? Not for me.  I've spent centuries honing my sharp tongue and emotional walls. No damned curse is going to make them crumble, least of all for a monk-like Dacian warlock. I'm so far...

One mistake cost her everything, including love Lady Astrid made one reckless mistake at a house party and became a pariah. Instead of cowering under society's censure, she embraces her inner villain....

DARE YOU READ A DIFFERENT STORY?To read the first Spanish grip-lit and the most controversial? Guided by desperation and a mysterious diary from World War II, a mother will cross the line of good and...

Toussi has spent every day of his life staring out at the vast ocean. He loves his island home, but he is well aware that there is a vast world beyond it. The mainland is populated by people with skin...

When my mama gets kidnapped from prison, it don't take too long for the culprit to come forward. Seems Atlanta's head vampire's got a little problem with her vampires up and dying on her, and she's fingered...

Petal survived a bad breakup and bad press for her new business, but things are finally looking up. That is until her ex calls and suggests they go to dinner—as if she isn't seven months pregnant with...

MI5 Officer David White has always tried to be a good father, so when his daughters want to go to a music festival in Israel, he agrees to take them. But his world falls apart when his daughters are killed...

Alone and tormented by her own mind, a young woman must confront her darkest fears, or be swallowed by them—forever. In the glittering city of Las Vegas, where fortunes are won and lost on a single roll...

Nothing spoils a party like murder... A frantic call from their friend Diamond brings New Orleans private detectives Charmaine and Jessi Joliet to a Mardi Gras costume party. The good times stopped rolling...

Retired Assistant Police Chief Jude Lorcan grieves from the loss of her beloved wife, Lt. Marla Asher, whose memory lingers like a shadow over her heart. Seeking solace by moving to the bustling streets...

A CHANCE ONCE IN LIFETIMEAaron Covaci has been wandering about the world for almost 250 years. He had given up the fact that he would have a soulmate appear before him like his cousin, Gabriel Kovacs,...

The rule of the empire is ever expanding, swallowing up the whole of Valael and its occupants. While many fight back, the will of the empire and its heartless emperor ensures that all resistance is crushed....

My name is Nora Black, local shop owner and part-time psychic consultant for the local police.When an anonymous letter in the local paper exposes my extrasensory secret, Garden Cove is plagued by a series...

Ashlynn Breyer, school-teacher and part-time demon hunter, is just settling into her calling to help identify people suffering from possession, when a niece of her evil ex-boyfriend shows up asking for...

                                             Welcome To Club Nero   club Nero Series returns in this stand-alone series it is now 5 years on from having there son Philip Darian , Cameron and Malcolm have...

A republic in crisis. An embittered faction seeking advantage. One starship captain faces a choice. Dath Raker, captain of the battlecruiser Tenacity, faces a perfect storm: a Board of Inquiry into his...

Thieving Dog and Other Short Stories is a collection of three short stories that include a paranormal horror story, fantasy action story, and a crime drama story. "The Hill Mother" is the opening story...

Katey never expected to marry so young. She also never expected to be pregnant, or the first female loup-garou—werewolf—to give birth in thousands of years. As the embodiment of a Spirit of Peace, Katey's...

The third and final installment in the Nova Series Concludes following the best-selling success of the franchise that started with Convergence, The fanfare continued with Divergence, and now finally after...

Stories of a fictionalized 1960s childhood, as if Judy Blume had written Little House on the Prairie. Nellie and her family and friends navigate various childhood dilemmas full of nostalgic lingo through...

You know what they say about showbiz? They love to build you up, and then they tear you down.  Luna Maara never wanted to be a star, but by the time she realised she hated the limelight, she was in too...

Prof. HarrietSecrets UnveiledAfter the violence of the shootout in Palermo, Harriet regroups with the remaining members of her research team. Trinity College chooses to cancel her work and suspend her...

Old bones and a twisty new mystery make for a delicious pageturner from USA TODAY bestselling cozy author Karen MacInerney!The air at Seaside Cottage Books is tinged with autumn, and bookseller Max Sayers...

After her divorce, Abby feels broken. But Dylan, a much younger man, is determined to put her back together in this steamy, holiday, curvy girl romance.  Abby has given up on falling in love again after...

Growing up is tough. Being grown up is harder. Jazzy can't figure any of it out. The world of school and academics is all she knows. After taking a frightening step into a big and lonely city for her...

A hidden diary. A scrap of paper. An abandoned puppy. Could these three clues mean that Maggie's friend Lawrence didn't die from natural causes? Maggie believes so and intends to investigate, even if...

Tara Coulson has been living a life of freedom, never staying in a relationship for too long. But when she meets a handsome stranger with a motorcycle at the county fair, she finds herself on a ride she'll...

Zeina bounces back to California, with her baggage of cultural confusions and a knack for landing in really f**cking awkward situations. Welcome to her world – where every day is a misadventure in balancing...