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El desierto de Horacio Quiroga cuenta la historia de un padre que con su hijo e hija viven una vida feliz, aunque completamente aislada. Desde que enviudó, el hombre ha aprendido a criar a sus hijos pequeños con libertad y confiando en los niños.

Yann Martel’s astonishing novel begins with a successful writer attempting to publish his latest book, made up of a novel and an essay. Henry plans for it to be a “flip book” that the reader can start at either end, reading the novel or the essay first, because both pieces are equally concerned with representations of the Holocaust. Faced with severe and categorical rejection, Henry gives up hope. He abandons writing, moves with his wife to a foreign city, joins a community theatre, becomes a waiter in a chocolatería.

Este livro é uma preciosidade. Contém os primeiros contos do jovem Cortázar, que já em 1951 se mostrava um narrador extraordinário. Para Davi Arrigucci Jr., a admirável arte do Julio Cortázar contista já está toda aqui. "A perfeita naturalidade com que seu mundo cotidiano sofre a ruptura abrupta do fantástico vem vazada em prosa displicente na aparência, mas de implacável precisão em cada palavra", escreve o crítico.

Um homem deixa misteriosamente sua vida pregressa rumo a uma comunidade litorânea. Relato incisivo sobre a desagregação física, familiar e social, A segunda morte traz uma singular descrição da velhice e do encontro humano com a morte. "Ele vê a mata escura da serra acender no retrovisor, rajada pelo vermelho das luzes quando pisa no freio, e outra vez o mundo atrás de si desaparece no breu." Assim começa este breve romance, numa descida, espécie também de fuga, com um personagem que deixa uma vida para trás.

Do vencedor do prêmio Jabuti, a história de luta e coragem de uma adolescente negra que sonha em ser filósofa e encontrar seu lugar no mundo. Um pouco antes das eleições de 1989, a protagonista deste romance migra de Porto Alegre para o Rio de Janeiro. Entre as duas cidades, entre a infância e a adolescência pobres, acompanhamos a trajetória de Estela em meio a uma sequência de violências, faltas e desamparos a que ela, a mãe e o irmão são submetidos. Manifestando suas inquietações com a vida, as perguntas da jovem perscrutam seu mundo e as dores que carrega.

What happens when you return to the place where your love story began, only to discover you're sharing the city with characters from your favorite novel? Roberto and Marianne Castellanos are celebrating their fifteenth wedding anniversary with a week in Paris—their first return since their chaotic honeymoon with all five children from their blended family. Roberto has just retired from teaching literature; Marianne retired early after a hiking accident changed how she sees the world through her camera lens.

In Chronicles of Ori, her debut book, Harmonia Rosales retells the African myths she has long treasured, crafting an enthralling epic that spans the birth of the universe to the modern world of colonialism and resistance. She writes of the powerful, temperamental deities called the Orishas; of the founding of Yorubaland by the shrewd leader Oduduwa; of the young heroine Eve, born in a time of violence and despair, who would help her people regain their past splendor; and of shimmering serpents and monstrous shadows who stalk the lands of mortals.

Levi’s life is missing something. He isn’t sure what. Between the stress of trying to get into medical school, the humiliation of constantly sticking his foot in his mouth when it comes to romance, and the existential angst of living with a roommate who is a living philosophy textbook, he hardly has time to look for the direction he so desperately needs. Then he meets Charlotte, a living juxtaposition of deep pain and incredible light. His quest to help her unlock her full potential will turn his life upside down for the better—and the worst.

Lóri, a primary school teacher, is isolated and nervous, comfortable with children but unable to connect to adults. When she meets Ulisses, a professor of philosophy, an opportunity opens: a chance to escape the shipwreck of introspection and embrace the love, including the sexual love, of a man. Her attempt, as Sheila Heti writes in her afterword, is not only “to love and to be loved,” but also “to be worthy of life itself.”

Alberto Ruiz-Tagle was once the quiet, unknowable, unpromising member of Chile's young poetry scene. But the military coup of 1973 sees Alberto reborn as Chile's leading celebrity poet, Carlos Wieder. Told from across the years in exile in Europe, the narrator's attempts to trace the fate of his old circle will lead him to one last confrontation with the brutality of their generation.

When I discovered that my online gaming friend was Leo Evans, a student from my university, I had no idea how much my life would change. On paper, we’re complete opposites. He’s a shy computing student and I’m an outgoing footballer. Yet there’s an undeniable connection between us. Despite our differences, he’s become my closest friend, and I'm on a mission to make him see himself the way I see him. So I’ve been daring him to do things to get him out of his comfort zone, to prove to himself that he’s capable of so much more than he thinks he is.

Romance de estreia de Oscar Nakasato e vencedor do prêmio Jabuti, Nihonjin — que significa "japonês" — é uma saga familiar contada a partir da vida de Hideo Inabata, um imigrante orgulhoso da própria nacionalidade que, como tantos conterrâneos, aporta no Brasil no início do século 20 para trabalhar nas lavouras de café do interior de São Paulo.

Eros is a stunning collection of short stories, grounded in truth and coloured with dazzling imagination and alluring unpredictable mystery. Revealing how queerness, nature and myth have been intertwined for eternity, these are stories of gods and goddesses: of Zeus, of Eurydice, of Hermaphroditus, of Icarus before he flew into the sun. Stories of queer life, lust, revenge, wrath, passion and sex. Of yearning, love, loss. Some stories span across a life, and others, an evening. Perspectives will shift. Houses will burn. Lovers will learn their fate.

昭和21年(1946年) 初出。小説家・新吉は原稿を送るために大阪の中央郵便局に向かっていた。夜の清荒神駅で電車を待っていると、逆方面の電車からみすぼらしい姿の女が降りてきて、新吉に声をかける。「ここは荒神口でしょうか―」

大正10年(1921年) 初出。一刻も早くパリに帰らなければならないカラタール氏はロンドンゆき急行に乗り遅れてしまったため、マンチェスターゆき臨時急行列車を手配しリヴァプールを出発した。しかし、マンチェスター駅からは予定時刻を過ぎても急行列車が到着しないとの連絡が入る―

大正7年(1918)初出。「西郷隆盛は、城山の戦いで死んではいない」と語る老紳士と食堂車で語り合う事になった史学科の大学生 本間。「西郷隆盛は現在も生きている」と告げられた本間は…。

昭和15年(1940年) 初出。グーロフは海岸通りに現れた新しい顔に興味を持った。ベレ帽をかぶり、いつも一人で白いスピッツ犬と散歩する女性。人々は彼女をこう呼んでいた。『犬を連れた奥さん』と―

大正10年(1921年) 初出。支那の上海の或る町。アメリカの商人がインド人の婆さんに占いを依頼する。婆さんの占いは、「アグニの神」直々の御告げによるもので五十年来一度も外れたことがないと言う。しかしその占いのために犠牲になっている者がいた―

昭和46年(1971年) 初出。東亜生理学会で村木博士は人造胎児の実験中であることを発表し翌日の新聞を騒がせることとなった。しかし実験内容に関しては詳しく明かされず、博士は質問にも答えなかった。この奇妙な実験は、成功するのか―

Winner of the 2023 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize. Contest Judge Mary Jo Bang wrote: "Unputdownable, as in 'so gripping as to be read right through at one sitting.'"