Elisa frente al mar

In subtle, sensuous prose, the stories in Sara Majka's debut collection explore distance in all its forms: the emotional spaces that open up between family members, friends, and lovers; the gaps that emerge between who we were and who we are; the gulf between our private and public selves. At the center of the collection is a series of stories narrated by a young American woman in the wake of a divorce; wry and shy but never less than open to the world, she recalls the places and people she has been close to, the dreams she has pursued and those she has left unfulfilled. Interspersed with...

A Lara Gladstone le encantaba jugar... especialmente si se trataba de sexo. Nada más ver a Daniel Savage, tuvo la total seguridad de que a él le ocurría lo mismo. Él estaba a punto de convertirse en el cazador y ella en la presa; y todo indicaba que iba a ser una persecución apasionante. Era increíble lo que aquella mujer conseguía hacer con él con solo una mirada... Solo deseaba tener el mismo efecto en ella, quería provocarle la misma pasión irrefrenable, el mismo deseo arrebatador que estaba volviéndolo loco. Lara creía que lo tenía todo bajo control, pero no sabía que él...

Vivienne is a collection of eight books that details the life of Vivienne, a French woman, penned by Rita. Eliza Humphreys (aka Rita) was an English novelist known for creating stories with strong female central characters. Excerpt: "The old woman left the room, and Vivienne and Madame Pitteri resumed their efforts at restoring the suspended animation to the senseless figure before them. How long the time seemed as they waited for medical help! What an eternity of horror were those anxious moments when the white, still face was locked in that rigid semblance of death, and neither pulse nor...

El mundo continúa agonizando entre dos bandos, un extraño culto global y los Otros. En medio de la vorágine, se encuentran los desequilibrados protagonistas de la primera parte, que siguen recorriendo caminos en los se tropezarán con personajes más perturbados que ellos mismos.