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The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 1)
Suzanne Collins • 2009
This Special Edition of <i>The Hunger Games</i> includes the most extensive interview Suzanne Collins has given since the publication of <i>The Hunger Games</i>; an absorbing behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the series; and an engaging archival conversation between Suzanne Collins and YA legend Walter Dean Myers on writing about war. The Special Edition answers many questions fans have had over the years, and gives great insight into the creation of this era-defining work.<p></p>In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to death before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Still, if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
Catching Fire (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 2)
Suzanne Collins • 2010
Against All Odds, Katniss Everdeen Has Won The Annual Hunger Games With Fellow District Tribute Peeta Mellark. But It Was A Victory Won By Defiance Of The Capitol And Their Harsh Rules. Katniss And Peeta Should Be Happy. After All, They Have Just Won For Themselves And Their Families A Life Of Safety And Plenty. But There Are Rumors Of Rebellion Among The Subjects, And Katniss And Peeta, To Their Horror, Are The Faces Of That Rebellion. The Capitol Is Angry. The Capitol Wants Revenge.
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka • 2009
"The Metamorphosis" (original German title: "Die Verwandlung") is a short novel by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into an insect.
El Fantasma De La Opera
Leroux Gaston • 1990
5★
Six Crimson Cranes
Elizabeth Lim • 2021
El lagarto negro (Spanish Edition)
Edogawa Rampo • 2017
Publicada por entregas, a razón de un capítulo mensual a lo largo de todo el año 1934, El lagarto negro es la novela policíaca más célebre de Edogawa Rampo, tanto dentro como fuera de sus fronteras.<br/><br/>La lucha de dos enemigos acérrimos con inteligencias privilegiadas que, a su vez, sienten admiración y fascinación mutuas.<br/>Verdadero icono de la novela policíaca japonesa, la celebridad de Edogawa Rampo se extendió también fuera de su país. Publicado el año 1934, este libro no sólo es una de sus obras más emblemáticas, sino también un claro ejemplo de la figura del investigador entendido como gran maestro de la deducción y de la lógica, en la línea del Auguste Dupin de Poe y el Sherlock Holmes de Conan Doyle. Pero el talento de Rampo fue aún más allá y, bajo la influencia del pulp estadounidense, combinó como nadie la tradición del género con una acción trepidante, por momentos extrema, y siempre aderezada con un sentido del humor que sedujo a miles de lectores y convirtió este black en un fenómeno auténticamente popular.<br/>La historia nos sumerge en la lucha sin cuartel entre dos enemigos acérrimos, cuya admiración y fascinación mutuas son un acicate para mantener una rivalidad innegociable. Así pues, Kogor Akechi -el inmortal personaje de Rampo, un detective capaz de solucionar cualquier caso con su brillante interpretación de la escena del crimen y un don para anticiparse al siguiente paso de sus rivales- ha de enfrentarse a la pérfida y sensual madame Midorikawa, quintaesencia de la femme fatale, apodada «Lagarto Negro» por el espectacular tatuaje que luce en un brazo. Midorikawa padece la necesidad enfermiza de coleccionar los objetos más bellos del planeta, y cuando se propone conseguir la joya más preciada de Japón, la fuerza que la empuja no es tanto el afán de satisfacer su deseo como la oportunidad de retar a Akechi y demostrarle que su inteligencia es superior a la de él.<br/>El duelo está servido.<br/>La crítica ha dicho...<br/>«Las escenas son espeluznantes. ¡No me imagino al Sherlock Holmes victoriano en situaciones tan impactantes!»<br/>PulpRack<br/>«Edogawa Rampo, como escritor y como crítico, debe ser reconocido como la figura más influyente de la historia de la novela policíaca de Japón.»<br/>Criminal Element<br/>«Lectura recomendada a cualquier adicto al misterio.»<br/>Daily Yomiuri<br/>«Lleno de giros inesperados, repleto de acción, trepidante.»<br/>Crime Fiction Lover<br/>«Rampo juega con la irreverencia y el resultado es realmente entretenido.»<br/>Genji Press<br/>«El Lagarto Negro está a años luz de cualquier novela de detectives moderna.»<br/>La Littérature Japonaise
Misery
Stephen King • 2016
The #1 New York Times bestseller about a famous novelist held hostage in a remote location by his “number one fan.” One of “Stephen King’s best…genuinely scary” (USA TODAY).<br/><br/>Paul Sheldon is a bestselling novelist who has finally met his number one fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes, and she is more than a rabid reader—she is Paul’s nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also furious that the author has killed off her favorite character in his latest book. Annie becomes his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house.<br/><br/>Annie wants Paul to write a book that brings Misery back to life—just for her. She has a lot of ways to spur him on. One is a needle. Another is an axe. And if they don’t work, she can get really nasty.<br/><br/>“Terrifying” (San Francisco Chronicle), “dazzlingly well-written” (The Indianapolis Star), and “truly gripping” (Publishers Weekly), Misery is “classic Stephen King...full of twists and turns and mounting suspense” (The Boston Globe).
El primer árbol
Uzziel Misle
Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot series Book 10)
Agatha Christie • 2003
THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY OF ALL TIME—NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH AND PRODUCED BY RIDLEY SCOTT! “The murderer is with us—on the train now . . .” Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again. “What more . . . can a mystery addict desire?”—New York Times
Picking Daisies on Sundays
Liana Cincotti • 2023
Perfect for fans of Lynn Painter and Jenny Han, this romantic comedy follows a hopeless romantic finishing college who agrees to embark on a fake relationship with her childhood best friend, who, unfortunately for her, also happens to be her first love.<br/><br/>Daniella Daisy Maria wanted love. It’s all she hoped for when watching endless rom-coms every Friday night. What she hadn't hoped for was to find it in her childhood best friend Levi. It was the hand-trembling, heart-thumping kind of love that wasn't supposed to happen when you saw your best friend. But it all ended when he didn’t feel the same way and she vowed to never see him again.<br/><br/>Four years later and one night in a crowded bar in the West Village, there he was, just as perfect as ever. Maybe it was the lighting or the way his hair curled above his brow, but she couldn’t say no when he asked her to be his fake girlfriend for his sister’s wedding. Another chance at being his friend and mending her immature mistake? How was she supposed to say no?<br/><br/>The weight of possible rejection from her dream grad school quickly became the least of her problems. With old, resurfacing feelings at every staged, romantic interaction and stolen glance, she struggles to find confidence. She couldn't help but think that maybe she should’ve said no to protect her heart for a second time.
4★
Piercing
Ryu Murakami • 2007
Alicia en el País de las Maravillas
Lewis Carroll • 2016
La dependienta
Sayaka Murata • 2019
The Girl on the Train
HAWKINS PAULA • 2015
Just a typical book on the shelf collecting dust. Also has some shelf wear so cover isn't shiny. Wear & scuffing on spine and edges. Book is in good condition. We will respond to your mails within 12 hours. You will be HAPPY with your purchase. Your satisfaction is d!
Mockingjay (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 3)
Suzanne Collins • 2010
The Greatly Anticipated Final Book In The New York Times Bestselling Hunger Games Trilogy By Suzanne Collins. The Capitol Is Angry. The Capitol Wants Revenge. Who Do They Think Should Pay For The Unrest? Katniss Everdeen. The Final Book In The Hunger Games Trilogy By Suzanne Collins Will Have Hearts Racing, Pages Turning, And Everyone Talking About One Of The Biggest And Most Talked-about Books And Authors In Recent Publishing History!!!!
Sandokán
Emilio Salgari • 1900
Carmilla (Clockwork Editions)
Joseph Sheridan Lefanu • 2019
<p><i>"To this hour the image of Carmilla returns to my memory with ambiguous alternations--sometimes the playful, languid, beautiful girl; sometimes the writhing fiend I saw in the ruined church. Sometimes, I start from a reverie, certain I heard the light step of Carmilla at the drawing-room door."</i><br></p> <p><p>Isolated in a remote mansion in a central European forest, Laura longs for companionship--until a carriage accident brings another young woman into her life: the secretive and sometimes erratic Carmilla. As Carmilla's actions become more puzzling and volatile, Laura develops bizarre symptoms, and as her health goes into decline, Laura and her father discover something monstrous.</p> <p><p>Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's compelling tale of a young woman's seduction by a female vampire was a source of influence for Bram Stoker's <i>Dracula</i>, which it predates by over a quarter century. <i>Carmilla</i> was originally serialized from 1871 to 1872 and went on to inspire adaptations in film, opera, and beyond, including the cult classic web series by the same name.</p>
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Jenny Han • 2016
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is now a major motion picture on Netflix and the inspiration for the spin-off series XO, Kitty—now streaming on Netflix!<br/>A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)<br/><br/>Lara Jean’s love life gets complicated in this New York Times bestselling “lovely, lighthearted romance” (School Library Journal) from the bestselling author of The Summer I Turned Pretty series.<br/><br/>What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them…all at once?<br/><br/>Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control.
El chico de las estrellas
Chris Pueyo • 2014
Me enamoré de la villana 1
Inori • 2021
«Soy la heroína de un juego otome, pero… ¿Tan malo es que me guste la villana?»<br/><br/>La oficinista, esclava de su trabajo, Oohashi Rei se reencarna y despierta en el cuerpo de la protagonista de su juego otome favorito: Revolution. Para su sorpresa, la primera persona con la que se encuentra es también su personaje favorito: Claire François, ¡la principal villana de la historia! Sin dudarlo ni un solo instante, Rei se decide a enamorar a Claire en lugar de a los protagonistas masculinos del juego... Pero, ¿cómo reaccionará la villana ante sus pretensiones?
Crónica de una muerte anunciada
Gabriel García Márquez • 2003
«El día en que lo iban a matar, Santiago Nasar se levantó a las 5.30 de la mañana para esperar el buque en que llegaba el obispo».<br/>Acaso sea Crónica de una muerte anunciada la obra más «realista» de Gabriel García Márquez, pues se basa en un hecho histórico acontecido en la tierra natal del escritor. Cuando empieza la novela, ya se sabe que los hermanos Vicario van a matar a Santiago Nasar -de hecho, ya le han matado- para vengar el honor ultrajado de su hermana Ángela, pero el relato termina precisamente en el momento en que Santiago Nasar muere.<br/>El tiempo cíclico, tan utilizado por García Márquez en sus obras, reaparece aquí minuciosamente descompuesto en cada uno de sus momentos, reconstruido prolija y exactamente por el narrador, que va dando cuenta de lo que sucedió mucho tiempo atrás, que avanza y retrocede en su relato y hasta llega mucho tiempo después para contar el destino de los supervivientes. La acción es, a un tiempo, colectiva y personal, clara y ambigua, y atrapa al lector desde un principio, aunque este conozca el desenlace de la trama. La dialéctica entre mito y realidad se ve potenciada aquí, una vez más, por una prosa tan cargada de fascinación que la eleva hasta las fronteras de la leyenda.<br/>Otros autores opinan...<br/>«Un genio».<br/>Julio Cortázar<br/>«La suya es una devoción sin límites por las letras, desorbitada, febril, insistente, insomne entrega a las secretas maravillas de la palabra escrita».<br/>Álvaro Mutis<br/>«Su mundo erael mío, traducido al español. No es extraño que me enamorara de él, no por su magia, sino por su realismo».<br/>Salman Rushdie<br/>«La voz garciamarquiana alcanza aquí un nivel en el que resulta a la vez clásica y coloquial, opalescente y pura, capaz de alabar y maldecir, de reír y llorar, de fabular y cantar, de despegar y volar cuando es necesario».<br/>Thomas Pynchon
La naranja mecánica
Anthony Burgess • 2022
Lolita (Vintage International)
Vladimir Nabokov • 2010
The most famous and controversial novel from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century tells the story of Humbert Humbert’s obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. “The conjunction of a sense of humor with a sense of horror [results in] satire of a very special kind.”—The New Yorker One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Awe and exhilaration—along with heartbreak and mordant wit—abound in Lolita, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsession for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America. Most of all, it is a meditation on love—love as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation.
Indigno de ser humano
Osamu Dazai • 2010
Publicada por primera vez en 1948, "Indigno de ser humano" es una de las novelas más célebres de la literatura japonesa contemporánea. Su polémico y brillante autor, Osamu Dazai, incorporó numerosos episodios de su turbulenta vida a los tres cuadernos que conforman esta novela y que narran, en primera persona y de forma descarnada, el progresivo declive como ser humano de Yozo, joven estudiante de provincias que lleva una vida disoluta en Tokio. Repudiado por su familia tras un intento de suicidio e incapaz de vivir en armonía con sus hipócritas semejantes, Yozo malvive como dibujante de historietas y subsiste gracias a la ayuda de mujeres que se enamoran de él pese a su alcoholismo y adicción a la morfina. Sin embargo, tras el despiadado retrato que Yozo hace de su vida, Dazai cambia repentinamente de punto de vista y nos muestra, mediante la voz de una de las mujeres con las que Yozo convivió, una semblanza muy distinta del trágico protagonista de esta perturbadora historia. "Indigno de ser humano" se ha convertido, con el paso de los años, en una de las obras más populares de la literatura japonesa, superando los diez millones de ejemplares vendidos desde su primera publicación.
Gallant
V. E. Schwab • 2022
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A KIRKUS BEST BOOK A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER “A bone-chilling standalone . . . which fuses Shirley Jackson’s gothic horror sensibilities with the warmth and dark whimsy of Neil Gaiman.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Gripping worldbuilding, well-rounded characters, and fantastic horror.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Unsettling and intriguing.”—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) Everything casts a shadow. Even the world we live in. And as with every shadow, there is a place where it must touch. A seam, where the shadow meets its source. #1 New York Times–bestselling author V. E. Schwab weaves a dark and original tale about the place where the world meets its shadow, and the young woman beckoned by both sides. The Secret Garden meets Crimson Peak in this stand-alone novel perfect for readers of Holly Black and Neil Gaiman. Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for Girls, and all she has of her past is her mother’s journal—which seems to unravel into madness. Then, a letter invites Olivia to come home to Gallant. Yet when Olivia arrives, no one is expecting her. But Olivia is not about to leave the first place that feels like home; it doesn’t matter if her cousin Matthew is hostile, or if she sees half-formed ghouls haunting the hallways. Olivia knows that Gallant is hiding secrets, and she is determined to uncover them. When she crosses a ruined wall at just the right moment, Olivia finds herself in a place that is Gallant—but not. The manor is crumbling, the ghouls are solid, and a mysterious figure rules over all. Now Olivia sees what has unraveled generations of her family, and where her father may have come from. Olivia has always wanted to belong somewhere, but will she take her place as a Prior, protecting our world against the Master of the House? Or will she take her place beside him? New York Times–bestselling author V. E. Schwab crafts a vivid and lush novel that grapples with the demons that are often locked behind closed doors. An eerie, stand-alone saga about life, death, and the young woman beckoned by both. Readers of Neil Gaiman, Holly Black, Melissa Albert, and Garth Nix will quickly lose themselves in this novel with crossover appeal for all ages.
La vegetariana
Han Kang • 2024
3★
Carrie
Stephen King • 2008
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY MARGARET ATWOOD • Stephen King's legendary debut, the bestselling smash hit that put him on the map as one of America's favorite writers • In a world where bullies rule, one girl holds a secret power. Unpopular and tormented, Carrie White's life takes a terrifying turn when her hidden abilities become a weapon of horror. "Stephen King’s first novel changed the trajectory of horror fiction forever. Fifty years later, authors say it’s still challenging and guiding the genre." —Esquire “A master storyteller.” —The Los Angeles Times • “Guaranteed to chill you.” —The New York Times • "Gory and horrifying. . . . You can't put it down." —Chicago Tribune Unpopular at school and subjected to her mother's religious fanaticism at home, Carrie White does not have it easy. But while she may be picked on by her classmates, she has a gift she's kept secret since she was a little girl: she can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. Her ability has been both a power and a problem. And when she finds herself the recipient of a sudden act of kindness, Carrie feels like she's finally been given a chance to be normal. She hopes that the nightmare of her classmates' vicious taunts is over . . . but an unexpected and cruel prank turns her gift into a weapon of horror so destructive that the town may never recover.
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
Eric Larocca • 2021
Sadomasochism. Obsession. Death.<br/><br/>A whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s -- a darkness that threatens to forever transform them once they finally succumb to their most horrific desires.<br/><br/>What have you done today to deserve your eyes?
From a Buick 8
Stephen King • 2002
The state police of Troop D in rural Pennsylvania have kept a secret in Shed B out back of the barracks ever since 1979, when Troopers Ennis Rafferty and Curtis Wilcox answered a call from a gas station just down the road and came back with an abandoned Buick Roadmaster. Curt Wilcox knew old cars, and he knew immediately that this one was...wrong, just wrong. A few hours later, when Rafferty vanished, Wilcox and his fellow troopers knew the car was worse than dangerous -- and that it would be better if John Q. Public never found out about it.<br/>Curt's avid curiosity taking the lead, they investigated as best they could, as much as they dared. Over the years the troop absorbed the mystery as part of the background to their work, the Buick 8 sitting out there like a still life painting that breathes -- inhaling a little bit of this world, exhaling a little bit of whatever world it came from.<br/>In the fall of 2001, a few months after Curt Wilcox is killed in a gruesome auto accident, his 18-year-old boy Ned starts coming by the barracks, mowing the lawn, washing windows, shoveling snow. Sandy Dearborn, Sergeant Commanding, knows it's the boy's way of holding onto his father, and Ned is allowed to become part of the Troop D family. One day he looks in the window of Shed B and discovers the family secret. Like his father, Ned wants answers, and the secret begins to stir, not only in the minds and hearts of the veteran troopers who surround him, but in Shed B as well....<br/>From a Buick 8 is a novel about our fascination with deadly things, about our insistence on answers when there are none, about terror and courage in the face of the unknowable.
The Boy In the Striped Pajamas
John Boyne • 2008
Berlin 1942<br/>When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance.<br/><br/>But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.
Cycle of the Werewolf: A Novel
Stephen King • 2019
The classic masterpiece by #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King—illustrated by the legendary artist Bernie Wrightson!<br/><br/>Terror began in January—by the light of the full moon...<br/><br/>The first scream came from the snowbound railwayman who felt the werewolf’s fangs ripping at his throat. The next month there was a scream of ecstatic agony from the woman attacked in her cozy bedroom. Now scenes of unbelievable horror unfold each time the full moon shines on the isolated Maine town of Tarker’s Mills. No one knows who will be attacked next. But one thing is sure. When the full moon rises, a paralyzing fear sweeps through Tarker's Mills. For snarls that sound like human words can be heard whining through the wind. And all around are the footprints of a monster whose hunger cannot be sated...
Always and Forever, Lara Jean
Jenny Han • 2017
Now a Netflix original movie starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo and the inspiration behind the Netflix spin-off series XO, Kitty, now streaming! Lara Jean’s letter-writing days aren’t over in this follow-up to the bestselling To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and P.S. I Still Love You. Lara Jean is having the best senior year a girl could ever hope for. She is head over heels in love with her boyfriend, Peter; her dad’s finally getting remarried to their next door neighbor, Ms. Rothschild; and Margot’s coming home for the summer just in time for the wedding. But change is looming on the horizon. And while Lara Jean is having fun and keeping busy helping plan her father’s wedding, she can’t ignore the big life decisions she has to make. Most pressingly, where she wants to go to college and what that means for her relationship with Peter. She watched her sister Margot go through these growing pains. Now Lara Jean’s the one who’ll be graduating high school and leaving for college and leaving her family—and possibly the boy she loves—behind. When your heart and your head are saying two different things, which one should you listen to?
P.S. I Still Love You
Jenny Han • 2017
Now a Netflix original movie starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo and the inspiration behind the Netflix spin-off series XO, Kitty, now streaming!<br/><br/>In this highly anticipated sequel to the “lovely, lighthearted” (School Library Journal) New York Times bestselling To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, Lara Jean still has letters to write and even more to lose when it comes to love.<br/><br/>Lara Jean didn’t expect to really fall for Peter.<br/><br/>She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren’t. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever.<br/><br/>When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once?<br/><br/>In this charming and heartfelt sequel to the New York Times bestseller To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, we see first love through the eyes of the unforgettable Lara Jean. Love is never easy, but maybe that’s part of what makes it so amazing.
Emma
Austen Jane • 2015
Emma Woodhouse, Handsome, Clever, And Rich, With A Comfortable Home And Happy Disposition, Seemed To Unite Some Of The Best Blessings Of Existence; And Had Lived Nearly Twenty-one Years In The World With Very Little To Distress Or Vex Her. (...) The Real Evils, Indeed, Of Emma's Situation Were The Power Of Having Rather Too Much Her Own Way, And A Disposition To Think A Little Too Well Of Herself; These Were The Disadvantages Which Threatened Alloy To Her Many Enjoyments.the Danger, However, Was At Present So Unperceived, That They Did Not By Any Means Rank As Misfortunes With Her.
Nada
Jane Teller
Pierre Anthon está no sétimo ano e tem a certeza de que nada na vida tem importância. Por isso. ele decide abandonar a sala de aula e passar os dias nos galhos de uma ameixeira. tentando convencer seus companheiros de classe a pensar do mesmo modo. Agora. diante da recusa do menino de descer da árvore. seus colegas farão uma pilha de objetos que significam muito para cada um deles. e com isso esperam persuadi-lo de que está errado. A pilha começa com uma coleção de livros. uma vara de pescar. um hamster de estimação... Contudo. com o passar do tempo. os participantes se desafiam a abrir mão de coisas ainda mais especiais. A pilha de significados logo se transforma em algo macabro e doentio. que coloca em xeque a fé e a inocência da juventude. Após grande aclamação da crítica e inúmeros prêmios. Nada é considerado um clássico moderno. tendo vendido cerca de 240 mil exemplares na Alemanha e com direitos de tradução para 22 países. “Uma parábola provocante e desafiadora sobre a instabilidade humana.” Publishers Weekly
La Ilíada
HOMERO • 2009
rare book
El ocaso
Osamu Dazai • 2004
Rare book
La elegancia del erizo
Muriel Barbery • 2007
2★
Cadáver exquisito (Premio Clarín 2017) / Tender is the Flesh
Agustina Bazterrica • 2017
<b>PREMIO CLARÍN 2017</b><br><br><b>En esta despiadada distopía -tan brutal como sutil, tan alegórica como realista-, Agustina Bazterrica inspira, con el poder explosivo de la ficción, sensaciones y debates de suma actualidad.</b><br><br>La súbita aparición de un virus letal que ataca a los animales modifica de manera irreversible el mundo: desde las fieras hasta las mascotas deben ser sistemáticamente sacrificadas, y su carne ya no puede ser consumida. Los gobiernos enfrentan la situación con una decisión drástica: legalizando la cría, reproducción, matanza y procesamiento de carne humana. El canibalismo es ley y la sociedad ha quedado dividida en dos grupos: los que comen y los que son comidos.<br><br>Marcos Tejo, encargado general del frigorífico Krieg, separado de su esposa y a cargo de su padre, es un oscuro burócrata. El día en que recibe como regalo una mujer criada para el consumo, las tentaciones lo transforman en una conciencia peligrosa de pliegues truculentos que lo llevará a transgredir las nuevas normas hasta límites que la sociedad desconoce.<br><br>¿Qué resto de humanidad cabe cuando los muertos son cremados para evitar su consumo? ¿Quién es el otro si, de verdad, somos lo que comemos?<br><br><b>ENGLISH DESCRIPTION<br><br><b>The electrifying, award-winning, internationally bestselling novel about a dystopian world in which animals have been wiped out, humans are being harvested for food, and society has been divided into those who eat and those who are eaten.</b><br><br></b>Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans—though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that animals had been infected with a virus and their meat had become poisonous. Then governments initiated the Transition. Now, human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing.<br><br>Then one day he’s given a gift: a specimen of the finest quality. He leaves her in his barn, tied up, a problem to be disposed of later. But she haunts Marcos. Her trembling body, her watchful, knowing eyes. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.<br><br>From Agustina Bazterrica, one of Latin America’s most celebrated and original new voices, <i>Tender Is the Flesh</i> is propulsive and profound, a searing cautionary tale about the cost of consumption and the ties that bind and break us.
Invitado a una decapitacion (Spanish Edition)
Vladimir Nabokov • 2002
Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher • 2007
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER<br/><br/>**THE BOOK THAT STARTED IT ALL, NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES**<br/><br/>“Eerie, beautiful, and devastating.” —Chicago Tribune<br/><br/>“A stealthy hit with staying power. . . . thriller-like pacing.” —The New York Times<br/><br/>“Thirteen Reasons Why will leave you with chills long after you have finished reading.” —Amber Gibson, NPR’s “All Things Considered”<br/><br/>You can’t stop the future.<br/>You can’t rewind the past.<br/>The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play.<br/><br/>Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah's voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out why.<br/><br/>Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah's pain, and as he follows Hannah’s recorded words throughout his town, what he discovers changes his life forever.<br/><br/>Need to talk? Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) anytime if you are in the United States. It’s free and confidential.<br/><br/>Find more resources at 13reasonswhy.info.<br/><br/>Find out how you can help someone in crisis at bethe1to.com.
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The Dare
Harley Laroux • 2021
Jessica Martin is not a nice girl. As Prom Queen and Captain of the cheer squad, she'd ruled her school mercilessly, looking down her nose at everyone she deemed unworthy. The most unworthy of them all? The "freak," Manson Reed: her favorite victim.<br/><br/>But a lot changes after high school.<br/><br/>A freak like him never should have ended up at the same Halloween party as her. He never should have been able to beat her at a game of Drink or Dare. He never should have been able to humiliate her in front of everyone. Losing the game means taking the dare: a dare to serve Manson for the entire night as his slave. It's a dare that Jessica's pride - and curiosity - won't allow her to refuse. What ensues is a dark game of pleasure and pain, fear and desire.<br/><br/>Is it only a game?<br/><br/>Only revenge?<br/><br/><br/><br/>Only a dare?<br/><br/>Or is it something more?<br/><br/>The activities depicted in this book are not meant to be realistic depictions of BDSM or safe kink play, this is strictly a work of fiction.<br/><br/>These are the kinks within: erotic humiliation, fearplay, painplay, knifeplay, consensual non-consent (CNC), boot worship, spanking/impact play, clowns/clown costumes, spit, bondage, public play, group sex.
La virgen de la patagonia
JORGE BARADIT • 2022
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Compañía
Samuel Beckett • 1990
