Verano de Kalashnikovs

Una historia apasionante que sigue a sus protagonistas a través de la India, África y América a lo largo de cinco décadas. Mientras la India celebra su flamante independencia, la abadesa de un convento de carmelitas en Madrás hace realidad uno de sus sueños más audaces: enviar a África dos jóvenes monjas enfermeras con la noble misión de transmitir el amor de Cristo ayudando a mitigar el dolor de los que sufren. Siete años más tarde, en el modesto hospital Missing de Adis Abeba nacen dos varones gemelos, Marion y Shiva Stone. El hecho no tendría nada de particular si no fuera...

The modern fall and genesis of the sons of the present system. The lost Eve rejected Adam when they were twenty-three years old; and now, ten years later, Adam is rich and with rich dreams full of idealism, bigger than his house and his need to regain Eve and an ideal. Another man is invited to the party in Bello Mar, and people adore him. He is one of the leaders of a political party. The fall of the modernity; with no possibility to return to the old ideal of a paradise? The madness and decline of modern times and modern men and women, with a luxurious and ruthless style. A novella that you ...

From the author of The Good Earth, an "Oprah's Book Club Selection." On her fortieth birthday, Madame Wu tells her husband that after twenty-four years their physical life together is now over and she wishes him to take a second wife, and thus arranges for a young country girl to come take her place in bed. The House of Wu, one of the oldest and most revered in China, is thrown into an uproar by her decision, which changes the life of all that surround her. On the fringes of WWII the family is at crossroads, facing betrayal, communism and Western thought, and underlying all, the quest for...

José María de Pereda nos trae la historia de De Tal Palo, Tal Astilla. Con un enfoque sencillo y cercano, nos sumerge en el día a día de una familia donde encontraremos costumbres y alimentación de la época. La trama se desarrolla entre hijos y amistades, donde las disputas y amarguras nos enseñan una valiosa lección sobre el valor de la amistad y la enseñanza.