Cuentos de reflexión

The Eusistocratic Republic of Finland has bred a new human sub-species of receptive, submissive women, called eloi, for sex and procreation, while intelligent, independent women are relegated to menial labor and sterilized so that they do not carry on their "defective" line.

What is so seductive about the idea of escaping? Why do we all feel the desire to flee and only few dare to fulfill it? In this novel, Norma Knot introduces us to four possible artists of escapism: Sofia, a woman caught in her own melancholy that is not able to run away from herself; Carmelo, an old escapist that is able to break away from a magic box while he continues to be trapped in a tortuous relationship; Sebastian, a former prodigy boy trying to forget the disillusion that he caused his parents and, finally, a Bengala tiger that escapes from its captivity causing chaos in the city. The ...

Lo sobrenatural y lo fantástico son, en el siglo XIX, literatura, y se impone con fuerza extraordinaria durante el Romanticismo. Alexandre Dumas, maestro de la novela histórica, no dejó escapar la oportunidad de someter a su desbordante poder de fabulación las leyendas, cuentos, episodios y escenas que sus anfitriones le fueron contando en sus viajes por Europa, el Próximo Oriente o África del Nor

El mundo placentero de Imogen, hija del señor de Carrisfod, se desmorona una noche cuando la violencia y la muerte irrumpen en su castillo. Muerto su padre, conquistada su tierra, Imogen se convierte en el más preciado botín de guerra: cualquiera que se