La Espera y otros relatos oscuros

These works of fiction are a sample of perhaps the most original Latin American writing today. Mauricio Molinas exceptional use of language and agile prose captivate readers attention from the very first line and hold it throughout the constant shifts in the time periods and everyday situations that become extraordinary events when least expected. Every page takes the reader toward discovering the aptly-defined secret rules that apply to the vertigo of life

When Gillian Chappell and Owen Moore meet by chance in Verona, Italy, their relationship seems as doomed as that of the city’s most famous tragic lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Little do Gillian and Owen know that the ghosts of Romeo and Juliet are guiding them, hoping to steer them to the happy ending Romeo and Juliet had dreamed of for themselves. But like Shakespeare’s hero and heroine, Gillian and Owen are star-crossed, forced to deal with historic feuds, meddlesome friends and relatives, and their own irrational longing for each other. From Verona, Italy to Verona, New Jersey, Owen fights ...

Although first published in 1891, this ghost story remains a classic of Wildean wit and Victorian sentimentality. True, some of the references to melodrama and nineteenth-century Anglo-American attitudes may elude modern readers, but the basic story of a hardheaded American family that buys a haunted British manor house and proceeds to drive the resident ghost nearly crazy with its skepticism is still a delight, as are Wilde's epigrams.

Leonor sufre un duro golpe cuando su marido muere en accidente de tráfico. A partir de entonces su vida da un giro de ciento ochenta grados, donde ya nada será igual. Tras el trágico suceso, Leonor se aferra a su hijo Isaac, con quien intentará superar el trauma de la pérdida, sin sospechar las consecuencias imprevistas que tendrá su acercamiento...