Late Afternoon, by Kent Haruf

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After his previous book published in Spain: The Song of the Plain, Kent Haruf returns to the assault of the bookstores with this novel that again addresses an intimacy of private lives, suddenly abandoned in the middle of the moor, among the valley of already dry tears , what has been ...

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Devotion, by Patti Smith

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If there were awards to the iconic characters of the musical world, two of the most prestigious accolades of the XNUMXth century would go to David Bowie on the male side and Patti Smith on the female side. Being an icon or symbol in the musical goes far beyond the musical notes, of ...

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The Gods of Guilt, by Michael Connelly

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Since the American writer Michael Connelly burst onto the Spanish literary scene, back in 2004, the flood of his works has not stopped. Emblematic characters such as the prolific Harry Bosch have managed to win a space on the tables of many readers thanks to that mix between the police and ...

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Far from the heart, from Lorenzo Silva

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A writer can only write so many good books, in such a short span of time, by possessing devils made muses. In just one year, Lorenzo Silva has presented the novels They will remember your name and So many wolves, while he has also written the book Blood, sweat and peace and ...

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Talión, by Santiago Díaz

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For Marta Aguilera, the time has come when the future is the least important. And someone without fear of what will happen, someone freed from the heavy consequences can finally undertake the revenge of good on an evil that has prevailed since time immemorial. Does not about …

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Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan

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Clarissa Goenawan is a new literary value of the black genre that shows that the extension of this genre is a worldwide phenomenon. From Indonesia to the world, this young writer invites us to new scenarios in which to discover the dark side of things that ends up leading to novels ...

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The Mermaid's Favor, by Denis Johnson

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Fiction can be written about the heaviest matters of the soul, about all those contradictions that our existence contains, about guilt and regrets, about the feeling of defeat regarding the time that escapes. But you have to know how to do it. The truth is that, in this case, nature ...

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The thirty surnames, of Benjamín Prado

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Juan Urbano is a unique character from Benjamín Prado, an alter ego who served as a journalist in local columns of the newspaper El País and who later took up a new, fuller life in the author's fictional narrative. If I remember correctly, the last book of Benjamín Prado ...

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If you don't know the lyrics, hum, by Bianca Marais

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Since 1990 South Africa began to come out of apartheid. Nelson Mandela was released from prison and the black political parties had equality in parliament. All this effective social segregation was carried out with the typical reluctance of privileged whites and with the consequent conflicts. Must …

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The bad seed, by Toni Aparicio

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The blame. One of the worst human sensations, capable of overriding whoever joins in his lap. And Lieutenant Beatriz Manubens is immersed in that destructive chrysalis that limits the will, that frustrates and that prevents facing the present and the future from that irreconcilable past with the soul. ...

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All your names, by Fernando García Pañeda

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In the worst moments of World War II, hiding was the only hope for German Jews, lost Allied soldiers at the front, or anyone else who needed to escape the Nazi regime. Brussels was one of the cities in which the resistance groups worked best those ...

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Bad Business, by Paula Daly

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The underworld of events that we see on television, the abyss of extreme situations ... Nobody wants to leave the comfort zone of stable work or income that ensures a normal lifestyle with which to cope with routines and expenses common. The …

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