"Charlie Nancy leads a normal, boring existence in London. However, when he calls the U.S. to invite his estranged father to his wedding, he learns that the man just died. After jetting off to Florida for the funeral, Charlie not only discovers a brother he didn't know he had, but also learns that his father was the West African trickster god, Anansi. Charlie's brother, who possesses his own magical powers, later visits him at home and spins Charlie's...

"Civil war till late 1970's. West Texas, eastern New Mexico, and the border country of northern Mexico. Francis Chapman, Marin Chapman, Shadrach. There are no Indians"-- "Francis Elmore Chapman was born for the West and but temporarily restrained by an 1875-chance-of-birth in Nashville. Just after his eighteenth birthday, Chapman travels to the Pecos River Valley in the New Mexico Territory with his father. There the younger Chapman witnesses his...

Having left his first wife, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to Stockholm, Sweden, where he leads a solitary existence. He strikes up a deep friendship with another exiled Norwegian, a Nietzschean intellectual and boxing fanatic named Geir. He also tracks down Linda, whom he met at a writers' workshop a few years earlier and who fascinated him deeply.

Una novela desternillante sobre el miedo a ser invadidos. Una historia sobre dos amigos, un barrio y unas cuantas teorías conspiranoicas. Trece mil ochocientos millones de años después del nacimiento de nuestro Universo, en una ciudad del poniente, dos amigos inmigrantes enfrentan una crisis vital. Max acaba de perder su restaurante porque el propietario no le ha renovado el contrato de alquiler; Gastón debe dormir a su perro, Gato, diagnosticado...

Orphelin de mère, indésirable chez son père remarié, élevé par une tante célibataire et un grand-père mutique, Tabor n'avait rien d'un enfant comme les autres. Il a grandi à l'écart de son village aux portes du désert, dormant le jour, errant la nuit, solitaire trouvant refuge dans la compagnie des quelques romans d'une bibliothèque poussiéreuse qui ont offert un sens à son existence. Très tôt en effet, il s'est découvert un don :...

The first Latino novelist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize, Oscar Hijuelos (1951?2013) wrote rich and radiant novels that brought the Cuban American immigrant experience into the heart of American literature. "I marveled," recalls Juan Felipe Herrera, at "how meticulous he was and how deep he got into the lives of Latino and Cuban Americans in the United States." Hijuelos launched his career with Our House in the Last World (1983), a masterful recreation...