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My Year of Rest and Relaxation: A Novel
Ottessa Moshfegh · 2019
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Vice, Bustle, The New York Times, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Entertainment Weekly, The AV Club, & Audible A New York Times Bestseller • New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century “One of the most compelling protagonists modern fiction has offered in years: a loopy, quietly furious pillhead whose Ambien ramblings and Xanaxed b*tcheries somehow wend their way through sad and funny and strange toward something genuinely profound.” — Entertainment Weekly “Darkly hilarious . . . [Moshfegh’s] the kind of provocateur who makes you laugh out loud while drawing blood.” —Vogue From one of our boldest, most celebrated new literary voices, a novel about a young woman's efforts to duck the ills of the world by embarking on an extended hibernation with the help of one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature and the battery of medicines she prescribes. Our narrator should be happy, shouldn't she? She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, works an easy job at a hip art gallery, lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like the rest of her needs, by her inheritance. But there is a dark and vacuous hole in her heart, and it isn't just the loss of her parents, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her best friend, Reva. It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a powerful answer to that question. Through the story of a year spent under the influence of a truly mad combination of drugs designed to heal our heroine from her alienation from this world, Moshfegh shows us how reasonable, even necessary, alienation can be. Both tender and blackly funny, merciless and compassionate, it is a showcase for the gifts of one of our major writers working at the height of her powers.
The Essential Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson · 2016
The essential poems of Emily Dickinson selected and introduced by Joyce Carol Oates<br/>“Between them, our great visionary poets of the American nineteenth century, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, have come to represent the extreme, idiosyncratic poles of the American psyche. . . .<br/>Dickinson never shied away from the great subjects of human suffering, loss, death, even madness, but her perspective was intensely private; like Rainer Maria Rilke and Gerard Manley Hopkins, she is the great poet of inwardness, of the indefinable region of the soul in which we are, in a sense, all alone.” —from the introduction by Joyce Carol Oates
DIARIOS DE ALEJANDRA PIZARNIK
Alejandra Pizarnik
Una Habitacion Propia
Woolf Virginia · 1980
Este ensayo tuvo su origen en unas conferencias que Virginia Woolf dio sobre el tema de la mujer y la novela. En él la autora expone su concepción sobre las mujeres y su papel en la literatura, que se basa en la necesidad que tienen estas de un replanteamiento en sus vidas, alejandose del ideal de mujer de la epoca victoriana para convertirse en mujeres con inquietudes, que necesitan un espacio propio, una "habitacion" en la que pensar y desarrollarse con independencia.
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka · 2020
MUJERCITAS
Alcott,Louisa May · 2019
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
Lana Del Rey · 2020
The New York Times bestselling debut book of poetry from Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass.<br/><br/>“Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make the perfect poem. They are eclectic and honest and not trying to be anything other than what they are and for that reason I’m proud of them, especially because the spirit in which they were written was very authentic.” —Lana Del Rey<br/><br/>Lana’s breathtaking first book solidifies her further as “the essential writer of her times” (The Atlantic). The collection features more than thirty poems, many exclusive to the book: Never to Heaven, The Land of 1,000 Fires, Past the Bushes Cypress Thriving, LA Who Am I to Love You?, Tessa DiPietro, Happy, Paradise Is Very Fragile, Bare Feet on Linoleum, and many more. This beautiful hardcover edition showcases Lana’s typewritten manuscript pages alongside her original photography. The result is an extraordinary poetic landscape that reflects the unguarded spirit of its creator.<br/><br/>Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is also brought to life in an unprecedented spoken word audiobook which features Lana Del Rey reading fourteen select poems from the book accompanied by music from Grammy Award–winning musician Jack Antonoff.
Thousand pieces of gold
Ruthanne Lum McCun
Eleanor y Park
Rainbow Rowell · 2013
Para todos aquellos que quedaron fascinados por Las ventajas de ser un marginado.<br/>Una historia de amor entre dos outsiders lo bastante inteligentes como para saber que el primer amor nunca es para siempre, pero lo suficientemente valientes como para intentarlo.<br/>-Bono conoció a la que seríasu mujer en el instituto -dijo Park.<br/>-Sí, y también Jerry Lee Lewis -contestó Eleanor.<br/>-No estoy bromeando.<br/>-Pues deberías. Tenemos16 años -dijo Eleanor.<br/>-¿Y qué pasa con Romeo y Julieta?<br/>-Superficiales, confundidos y, posteriormente, muertos.<br/>-Te quiero, y no estoy bromeando -le dijo Park.<br/>-Pues deberías.<br/>Eleanor es nueva en el instituto; su vida familiar es un desastre;con su intenso pelo rojo, su extraña y poco conjuntada forma de vestir no podría llamar más la atención aunque se lo propusiese.<br/>Park es un chico mitad coreano; su vida familiar es tranquila; no es exactamente popular, pero con sus camisetas negras, sus cascos y sus libros ha conseguido ser invisible.<br/>Todo empieza cuando Park accede a que Eleanor se siente a su lado en el autobús del instituto el primer día de clase. Al principio ni siquiera se hablan, pero poco a poco comparten sus hobbies y empiezan una relación de amistad... para terminar enamorándose de la forma en que te enamoras la primera vez, cuando eres joven, y sientes que no tienes nada y todo que perder.<br/>Eleanor & Park ha sido galardonada con el GoodReads Choice Award 2013 en la categoría de literatura juvenil y con el Boston Globe Horn Book 2013 al mejor libro de ficción.<br/>Reseñas:<br/>«Tierna, emocionante, deliciosa, Eleanor & Park es una novela para paladear y disfrutar con pausa. Una historia inolvidable, bellísima y llena de sutilezas que muestra cómo el amor es capaz de todo, por muy hostil que sea el entorno. Porque cada vez que las manos de Eleanor y Park se rozan, con sorpresa y sensualidad recién descubierta, suena música.»<br/>Amy Lab, autora de Nunca digas nunca y Pero a tu lado<br/>«Divertida, esperanzadora, inspiradora, sexy y absolutamente emotiva; esta historia de amor cautivará a los lectores, y no solo a los jóvenes.»<br/>Kirkus Review<br/>«En este curioso y sorprendente acercamiento al amor entre dos outsiders, Rowell nos muestra la belleza de lo rasgado.»<br/>Stewart Lewis<br/>«Es un libro que te llega al corazón. Es fascinante. Una buena manera de llegar a muchos alumnos a todos el tema del bullying.»<br/>Javier Ruescas en Youtube<br/>En los blogs...<br/>«Una historia dulce, tierna, llena de matices, con muchos personajes secundariosa los que amarás y muy realista. Si quieres pasar una buena tarde con una buena lectura Eleanor y Park es tu novela.»<br/>Blog Mi sala de lectura
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky · 2012
“A timeless story for every young person who needs to understand that they are not alone.” —Judy Blume<br/><br/>“Once in a while, a novel comes along that becomes a generational touchstone. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of those books.” —R. J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wonder<br/><br/>This #1 New York Times bestselling coming-of-age story with millions of copies in print takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory.<br/><br/>The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.<br/><br/>A #1 New York Times bestseller for more than a year, adapted into a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson (and written and directed by the author), and an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults (2000) and Best Book for Reluctant Readers (2000), this novel for teen readers (or wallflowers of more-advanced age) will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps feel nostalgic for those moments when you, too, tiptoed onto the dance floor of life.
Hecha de estrellas (Spanish Edition)
Ashley Herring Blake · 2019
Mara and Owen are the closest twins in the world; therefore, when he is accused of rape, she doesn't know what to think. Could her brother be capable of such a thing? Torn between her love for her family and her sense of justice, Mara must face a past trauma that keeps her from being strong and free in order to deal with what is happening.
Almendra
Won-Pyung Sohn · 2020
«La última sensación de la literatura surcoreana.» Xavi Ayén, La Vanguardia<br/>La novela coreana del momento, Almendra,es una historia sobre crecer, descubrirse a uno mismo y aceptar que la ayuda no siempre viene por donde la esperamos.<br/><br/>Yunjae tiene dieciséis años, está en la edad de las emociones desbordadas, el amor y la rabia. Pero las amígdalas de su cerebro son pequeñas, más pequeñas que una almendra y, como consecuencia, Yunjae es incapaz de sentir nada.<br/><br/>Educado por su madre y su abuela, aprende a identificar las emociones de los demás y a fingir estados de ánimo para no destacar en un mundo que pronto lo tachará de extraño. «Si tu interlocutor llora, tú entrecierra los ojos, baja la cabeza y dale una suave palmada en la espalda», le dice su madre. Así construye una aparente normalidad que se hace trizas el día en que un psicópata ataca a ambas mujeres en la calle. Desde entonces, Yunjae debe aprender a vivir solo, sin deseo de derramar una lágrima, sin tristeza ni miedo ni felicidad.<br/><br/>A Yunjae le tienden la mano personas improbables: un antiguo amigo de su madre, una chica capaz de romper certezas e incluso un abusón con más afinidad de la esperada. Los tres quebrarán la soledad del protagonista de Almendra.<br/><br/>Una novela breve y lacerante en la que solo la empatía puede llevar a la esperanza.
