The Commander's Death, by Haruki Murakami

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The followers of the great Japanese writer Haruki Murakami approach each new publication of this author with the singular desire of a new reading therapy, a session of narrative hypnosis practically necessary in our days. The arrival of the long novel The Death of the Commander is transformed into a ...

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You will not kill, by Julia Navarro

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In the continuous process of reinvention of the publishing industry, the contribution of the long sellers that remain as a permanent fund in every bookstore, represent a safe bet to reach more readers in a constant trickle. Consequently, the long-selling novel becomes an enduring product that endures ...

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How I Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Sydney Bristow

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And there are already two characters capable of flying over the cuckoo's nest. In the first place, Randle Patrick McMurphy, to whom we all put the face of a histrionic Jack Nicholson in his insane interpretation of the protagonist of this groundbreaking story about psychiatric hospitals and their inhabitants. In second place …

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The Dark Age, by Catherine Nixey

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And when Jesus died on his cross, the day turned to night. Myth or eclipse? for reducing the matter to a humorous point. The point is that there cannot be a better metaphor to consider that the birth of Christianity, at the foot of the cross, acquired that same dark tone ...

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I am Eric Zimmerman, vol II, by Megan Maxwell

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Just a year after we met the first adventure of Mr. Eric Zimmerman, and with more novels published in the meantime, the prolific Spanish-German writer Megan Maxwell invites us to a second part that, according to the warm reception of readers, it will end up being a period smash hit. AND …

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In Our Time, by Ernest Hemingway

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I recently read about the ending of Ernest Hemingway. The passage of time allows us to delve into the most lurid details of the myth, including his suicide. According to the testimony of someone close, the author got up one morning, put on his red robe as the emperor of his house, rescued from his ...

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