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Un texto ingenioso, penetrado de un sutil sentido delhumor, en el que Virginia Woolf dirige una mirada reflexiva sobre su propia forma de ser.
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Maigret has been interrogating Carl Andersen for seventeen hours without a confession. He's either innocent or a very good liar. So why was the body of a diamond merchant found at his isolated mansion? Why is his sister always shut away in her room? And why does everyone at Three Widows Crossroads have something to hide?
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‘Doctor, I think I’m losing my mind…’. When a wealthy young man turns up at respected psychiatrist Dr George Matthews’ office uttering these words, it changes his safe existence forever. Suddenly Matthews finds himself dragged into a strange, surreal world where nothing is certain. And when an actress is found murdered, a horse tied up outside her apartment, Matthews loses his memory – and must find it in a nightmarish urban jungle of mistaken identities, secrets and insanity.
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When a chance encounter makes him a witness to the abduction of a child, private detective Lew Archer can't help but be drawn into the case, pursuing a trail that leads all too quickly to murder. While forest fires rage in the hills around Los Angeles, threatening the homes of some of the city's wealthiest families, Archer unearths a hidden history of failed marriages, runaway children, and a man's life consumed by a search for the father who abandoned him.
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Murder is never just a walk in the park . . . When friends Louise and Irina find a dead body in the local park whilst walking their dogs, they are soon drawn into the mystery of who murdered local entrepreneur Phil Creasey. Phil used to be a member of their dog walking community – nicknamed The Pack – until the death of his cockapoo, and The Pack feel they owe it to Phil to investigate his death. With Louise and Irina leading the charge, they soon come up against local drug dealers, stolen cars and a disturbing incident of poisoned dog biscuits. Have The Pack bitten off more than they can chew, or can they follow their noses and solve the crime? The Dog Park Detectives is a joyous and fur-ociously entertaining murder mystery for fans of dogs and cosy crime, and the first in a pawfully exciting new series that is perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Robert Thorogood.
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The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable ... She is a true master' A. M. HomesLiving in the Blackwood family home with only her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian for company, Merricat just wants to preserve their delicate way of life. But ever since Constance was acquitted of murdering the rest of the family, the world isn't leaving the Blackwoods alone. And when Cousin Charles arrives, armed with overtures of friendship and a desperate need to get into the safe, Merricat must do everything in her power to protect the remaining family.
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A love letter to the small shop, and shop owners everywhere, by beloved bookseller Peter Miller.There is a tradition of shopkeeping, a tradition of codes, etiquette, and customs. For the most part, it is an oral history, passed along, person to person. You learn to be a retailer-not by going to college, but by going to work. You learn from people who have learned how to run a shop.'' [from the Introduction]For more than four decades, Peter Miller has run a design bookshop that shares his name in Seattle. He has also written three of his own books, manuals about cooking and about food and about eating together. In this love letter to his day job, Miller writes for the first time about his other love: shopkeeping.Miller crafts stories from the bookshop floor with wry humor and skillful storytelling. Readers are taken on a shopkeeping journey and will come to understand along the way that small shops characterize our towns and cities, making them unique, special, and worth visiting and living near. This essay collection is for shop lovers everywhere and captures the art and heart of running a local shop treasured by the community that surrounds it. By the end, you can't help wanting to own a shop.
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A desperate young publicist tries to save her career by turning a grungy retreat centre and its charismatic leader into the hot new self-care brand in this darkly comedic, razor-sharp send-up of the wellness industry. For fans of Halle Butler's THE NEW ME, Abigail Bergstrom's WHAT A SHAME and Liane Moriaty's NINE PERFECT STRANGERS
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En esta colección de cuentos, nominada a los premios Bram Stoker, Gwendolyn Kiste se adentra en las tinieblas que se ciernen sobre la belleza y lo monstruoso, y en las que no se puede confiar bajo ningún concepto. Desde reinos de cuento de hadas y feria abandonadas hasta ceremonias nupciales y campamentos de verano que no son tan alegres como parecen, estos catorce relatos de terror y fantasía oscura exploran la muerte, el renacimiento y la ilusión a través de los ojos de los marginados, de los olvidados, de los abandonados, de los que solemos conocer como ''los otros'', ninguno de los cuales quiere permanecer por más tiempo sumido en la oscuridad.
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An insidious darkness threatens to devastate a rural New England village when occult forces are conjured and when bigotry is left unrestrained. After a recent string of disappearances in a small Connecticut town, a grieving widower with a grim secret is drawn into a dangerous ritual of dark magic by a powerful and mysterious older gentleman named Heart Crowley. Meanwhile, a member of local law enforcement tasked with uncovering the culprit responsible for the bizarre disappearances soon begins to learn of a current of unbridled hatred simmering beneath the guise of the town's idyllic community - a hatred that will eventually burst and forever change the lives of those who once found peace in the quiet town of Henley's Edge. From the Bram Stoker Award (R)-nominated author of the viral sensation, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, Everything the Darkness Eats is a haunting supernatural thriller from a new and exciting voice in genre fiction.
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A sus cuarenta y un años, tras su separación, Jordi ha tenido que volver a vivir con sus padres. El día de su santo, su madre se acerca a la nueva librería del barrio para comprar-le un libro que lo anime. Cuando Ana, la librera, recibe la misión de encontrar una lectura para alguien «a quien no le gusta leer» se sorprende, pero acepta el reto. Ana será, en este caso, el «caballero» que liberará a Jordi de las garras de un monstruo temible: la aversión a la lectura. Lo conquistará libro a libro, sin agobiarlo ni mirarlo con condescendencia, y él terminará por enamorarse... no solo de los libros. En esta gesta, el amor y la pasión serán los verdaderos protagonistas.
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You probably don’t know this, but the cloister of Barcelona’s Gothic cathedral is home to a gaggle of geese. We are those geese, the geese of Saint Eulalia. We’ve heard so many tourists and locals talkabout how beautiful Barcelona is that today we’re breaking out of the cloister to go see it at last!
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Viatge d'hivern a Madeira (I Premi de Narrativa. Premis Lleida, 2002) és la recreació d'una atmosfera, la mirada de l'autor sobre l'illa atlàntica mentre hi deambula prenent apunts per a una novel·la i descobreix que Madeira és, sobretot, un estat d'ànim.
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Una naturalesa desolada i freda, plena de volcans, glaceres i guèisers, domina el paisatge d'Islàndia, una illa allunyada de tot on hi viuen 280.000 persones i on la llengua, la cultura i les tradicions juguen un paper primordial. de la mà d'un amic islandès, Xavier Moret ens endinsa en la història, en les anècdotes i en el dia a dia d'un país que va fascinar escriptors com Tolkien i Borges i que atrau cada any milers de visitants. El món dels elfs i de les sagues conviuen amb la modernitat dels bars de Reykjavik en aquest llibre que ens vol mostrar les dues cares d'Islàndia: la de l'estiu, presidida per la llum de vellut del sol de mitjanit, i la de l'hivern, dominada per una llarga i freda nit compensada de tant en tant per l'esclat de llum i de màgia de les aurores boreals.
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Xavier Febrés ens ofereix una deliciosa, interessant i personal crònica de la història de Banyuls, aquesta localitat vinícola del Rosselló, on va néixer Arístides Maillol i on s'hi fan alguns del vins naturalment dolços més celebrats del món. Banyuls, mon amour és el número 15 de la col·lecció Envinats de Vibop edicions, que vincula el vi amb les arts i la creació.
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Born of bright-white wishing and black-edged desire, the Grimm girls each command a single element and wield it with great power. But a child born of a Grimm and a fallen star will have command over every element . . . and wield infinite power.At twenty-one, Goldie gave birth to a daughter by her dead lover. Now Goldie is nearly thirty and Luna almost nine. Conceived in the realm between life and death, Luna is part star-soldier, part Grimm and now those opposing forces are waging war within her.Terrified of losing her increasingly volatile child, Goldie goes on the run. Then an act of violence forces her to return and Luna is taken into care. Mother and child can still meet - in the haunted otherworld that is Everwhere.Desperate to reclaim her daughter, Goldie must also confront whatever is corrupting Everwhere. For fresh leaves are falling, and Grimm girls are dying. Fearing the return of her father, Goldie knows she cannot succeed alone and summons her sisters.But can the bonds of sisterhood bear the terrible price that will be paid . . .
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The first woman ever admitted to a prestigious order of mages unravels a secret conspiracy that could change the practice of magic forever, in this standalone dark fantasy from the author of The Sword of Kaigen.For twenty years, Sciona has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fuelled by a mad desire to achieve the impossible: to become the first woman ever admitted to the High Magistry at the University of Magics and Industry.When Sciona finally achieves her ambition and becomes a highmage, she finds her challenges have just begun. Her new colleagues are determined to make her feel unwelcome – and, instead of a qualified lab assistant, they give her a janitor.What neither Sciona nor her peers realise is that her taciturn assistant was not always a janitor. Ten years ago, he was a nomadic hunter who lost his family on their perilous journey from the wild plains to the city. But now he sees the opportunity to understand the forces that decimated his tribe, drove him from his homeland, and keep the privileged in power.At first, mage and outsider have a fractious relationship. But working together, they uncover an ancient secret that could change the course of magic forever – if it doesn’t get them killed first.
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Escape to the wild west with a sizzling cowboy romance that will leave you breathless…If you love Elsie Silver you will fall head over heels for Paisley Hope’s Silver Pines series.Wade Ashby is a closed book. With the weight of the family business on his shoulders, and his ongoing battle to escape a failed marriage, he only has time for one looking after his ranch.Life has dealt Ivy Spencer some tough blows. So when the opportunity to work on the Silver Pines ranch presents itself, she grabs it by the horns. Nothing will stand in the way of her dream of training a racehorse on route to the Kentucky Derby.Wade might be determined to keep his heart under lock and key, but Ivy’s constant presence soon ignites a passion he thought he’d lost long ago.And once she starts tearing down his walls, there’s no going back. . .Because the only way he’ll open up his heart again is if it stays that way forever.
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***GIVE THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS EARLY WITH THIS DELICIOUSLY DARK CHRISTMAS MYSTERY FOR FANS OF CLEVER, PUZZLING CRIME. THE PERFECT STOCKING FILLER***THIS CHRISTMAS, A KILLER TAKES FAMILY GAMES TO A MURDEROUS NEW LEVEL.On 19th of December, renowned puzzle setter, loner and Christmas sceptic Edie O’Sullivan finds a hand-delivered present on her doorstep. Unwrapping it, she finds a jigsaw box and, inside, six jigsaw pieces. When fitted together, the pieces show part of a crime scene – blood-spattered black and white tiles and part of an outlined body. Included in the parcel is a message: ‘Four, maybe more, people will be dead by midnight on Christmas Eve, unless you can put all the pieces together and stop me.’ It’s signed, Rest In Pieces.Edie contacts her nephew, DI Sean Brand-O’Sullivan, and together they work to solve the clues. But when a man is found near death with a jigsaw piece in his hand, Sean fears that Edie might be in danger and shuts her out of the investigation. As the body count rises, however, Edie knows that only she has the knowledge to put together the killer’s murderous puzzle.Only by fitting all the pieces together will Edie be able to stop a killer – and finally lay her past to rest.
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A gripping new novel set in the universe of John le Carré's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick HarkawaySet in the missing decade between two iconic instalments in the George Smiley saga, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Nick Harkaway's Karla's Choice is an extraordinary, thrilling return to the world of spy fiction's greatest writer, John le Carré.It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West's spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only on a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a rumour in Whitehall – unconfirmed and a little scandalous – that George Smiley might almost be happy.But Control has other plans. A Russian agent has defected in the most unusual of circumstances, and the man he was sent to kill in London is nowhere to be found. Smiley reluctantly agrees to one last simple task: interview Susanna, a Hungarian émigré and employee of the missing man, and sniff out a lead. But in his absence the shadows of Moscow have lengthened. Smiley will soon find himself entangled in a perilous mystery that will define the battles to come, and strike at the heart of his greatest enemy…
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Las leyendas eran ciertas, y al fin dioses y demonios vuelven a habitar el mundo mortal Parece tarde para la paz en Muriath. Ahora más que nunca, las relaciones entre humanos y dáricos penden de un hilo, y la inestabilidad de sus respectivos gobiernos imposibilita un frente unido. Mientras Alviat se prepara para recibir a Kishur y a su grupo como traidores, la corona vuelve a tener un portador. Los dáricos se enfrentan a la mayor división de su historia, un conflicto que amenazará con bañar la ciudad de sangre. La inquietud reina en Muriath tras el despertar de Osharan, el dios Dragón, tan ansiado por algunos y tan temido por otros. Osharan vuelve a caminar por el mundo, y su misión parce ser la de perseguir a Kishur y a Alhanna con el propósito de separarlos. Mientras el dárico gris acepta poco a poco su verdadera identidad, Alhanna comienza a manifestar un poder terrible e incontrolable que la llevará a comprender por fin el rol que la historia de Muriath la ha llamado a desempeñar. Un papel del que Quiazz, el portador de muerte, tampoco podrá escapar.
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This book is about an estate agent. Only she’s a vampire, the house on sale is haunted, and its ghost was murdered.When Viola Marek hires Fox D’Mora to deal with a ghost-infested mansion, she expects a competent medium. But unbeknownst to Viola, Fox is not a medium at all. He’s a fraud – and the godson of Death.As the mystery of the mansion unfolds, Viola and Fox are drawn into an unlikely quest that neither wants nor expects. They’ll need the help of a demonic personal trainer, a steadfast reaper, and an angel with her own secrets. It transpires that an inconvenient dead body and a lost love are intrinsically linked. Can this coalition of unwilling allies solve this conundrum and un-haunt a house – by winning a devious immortal game?
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer…Alexandra, Lucy, Bridget, River and Natalie. Five friends who wish they’d never met. Because the one thing they have in common is the worst thing in their lives: they are all being stalked.When one of their group is murdered, days after their stalker is released from prison, time stands still for them all. They know their lives could end just as brutally at any moment – all it takes is for the people they fear the most to catch up with them.When the group receive a threat that one of them will die in ten days’ time, the terror that stalks their daily lives becomes all-consuming. But they know they don’t want to be victims anymore – it’s time to turn the tables and finally get their revenge.Because the only way to stop a stalker is to become one yourself…The multimillion bestseller returns with her most propulsive and addictive book yet. A chilling and terrifyingly real thriller that will keep you up all night – and looking over your shoulder for days to come…
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***PRE-ORDER NOW! A FESTIVE MYSTERY FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE, FOR FANS OF JANICE HALLETT AND PETER SWANSON'S THE CHRISTMAS GUEST***My name is Ernest Cunningham.I’m not a detective. I just happen to have a knack for what makes mysteries – and murderers – tick. I’d hoped, this Christmas, that any killers out there might be willing to take a break for the holidays.I was wrong.So here I am, backstage at the Christmas show of world-famous magician Rylan Blaze, whose benefactor has just been murdered. From the magician’s assistant to the hypnotist, my suspects are all professional tricksters. Masters in the art of misdirection.My clues are even more of a mystery:A suspect covered in blood, with no memory of how it got there.A murder committed without setting foot inside the room where it happens.And an advent calendar. Because, you know. It’s Christmas.Solving the murder is the only gift I want this year. But can I catch a killer, and make it home for Christmas alive?
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From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an enchanting, beautifully illustrated short story set in the Strange universe.'A church is a sort of wood. A wood is a sort of church. They're the same thing really.'Nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scott is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees - and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods.One snowy afternoon, out with her dogs and Apple the pig, Merowdis encounters a blackbird and a fox. As darkness falls, a strange figure enters in their midst - and the path of her life is changed forever.Featuring an introduction by Susanna Clarke and gorgeous illustrations truly worthy of the magic of this story, this is a mesmerizing, must-have addition to any fantasy reader's bookshelf.
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Maggie Rose, la hija de una famosa actriz de Hollywood, ha sido secuestrada. También el hijodel secretario del Tesoro. La vida de ambos pende de un hilo y no hay tiempo que perder. Están enmanos de Gary Soneji, un asesino en serie que desea ser el centro
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Perdido, Alabama, has scarcely recovered from the floods that devasted the community. Now a scheme to build a levee is dogged by a series of mysterious events: unpredictable currents in the river, worrying disappearances. Meanwhile in the Caskey family, Marie-Love, the matriarch, continues her machinations against Elinor, her strange daughter in law. Plots, unholy alliances, sacrifices - in the struggle between them, nothing is off limits. In Perdido, the changes will be profound, the consequences irreversible.
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A new era has begun for the Caskey family.Elinor’s relentless determination and the years of struggle are finally beginning to bear fruit: old hostilities have faded and the town is ripe for change. The conflict in Europe has brought new blood to Perdido, men arriving from far afield wanting to ingratiate themselves with the powerful family.But tangling with the Caskeys comes at a cost, and soon they must ask themselves how close is too close…
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La naturaleza ha sido totalmente domesticada. No queda nada que sea auténtico... Salvo quizá la Isla Grande que flota en el mar eterno. Una fábula sobre el colonialismo.En la mítica Sitadèl Laferrière, donde se llevan a cabo ceremonias vudú para honrar a los loas y los pastores de zombis cuidan de sus rebaños, Erzuli y sus seguidores se enfrentarán al desafío de encontrar la verdad detrás de la existencia de la Isla Grande, un territorio desgajado del mundo y envuelto en un velo de ilusiones.
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A warrior princess trained in isolation, Lara is driven by two certainties. The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy. And the second is that she’ll be the one to bring him to his knees.The only route through a storm-ravaged world, the Bridge Kingdom enriches itself and deprives its rivals, including Lara's homeland. So when she’s sent as a bride under the guise of peace, Lara is prepared to do whatever it takes to fracture its impenetrable defenses. And the defenses of its king.Yet as she infiltrates her new home and gains a deeper understanding of the war to possess the bridge, Lara begins to question whether she’s the hero or the villain. And as her feelings for Aren transform from frosty hostility to fierce passion, Lara must choose which kingdom she’ll save… and which kingdom she’ll destroy.Passionate and violent, The Bridge Kingdom is a seductive fantasy perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Court of Thorns and Roses.
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Elif Shafak, que triunfó en 2009 con La bastarda de Estambul, entrega ahora esta espléndida novela, que recrea el esplendor del Estambul del siglo XVI a través de los ojos de un joven que se convertirá en un arquitecto de renombre. «Debajo de una piedra enterré un secreto. Ha llovido mucho desde entonces, pero todavía debe de estar allí. Me pregunto si algún día alguien lo encontrará... y llegará al centro del universo.»Hay ciudades donde las piedras encierran la historia del mundo entero y pasiones que viven de nuestra imaginación. Jahan sabía que su amor solo podría dibujarse en el aire, pero eso poco le importó. El joven había llegado de la India con solo doce años, a principios del siglo XVI, para trabajar al servicio del gran arquitecto Sinan y construir los mejores palacios y mezquitas de Estambul. Llevaba consigo a un fiel amigo, un elefante blanco que encandiló a la corte, y en los exóticos jardines de la mansión imperial Jahan conoció a Mihrimah, la hija del sultán. Los consejos de Sinan, la mirada cómplice del elefante y el deseo por la hermosa mujer siguieron al hombre durante muchos años, mientras iba juntando proyectos y recuerdos. Ahora, poco antes de morir, el viejo Jahan nos cuenta por fin su historia: sabremos cómo vivió su amor y cómo guardó los secretos aprendidos de su maestro, unas palabras que nos llevarán al centro del universo, ese lugar donde todo es posible, incluso la felicidad... Una novela para los que aman, una novela para los que nunca se cansan de aprender.Reseña:«Un cuento mágico y colorista.»Camilla Parker Bowles, Telva
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Este pack incluye el libro El libro negro de las horas + Los libros de las horas.Descubre la historia de los libros de horas, cómo se producían, cuál era su uso y muchos más detalles fascinantes. Alguien que lleva muerto cuarenta años no puede ser secuestrado y, desde luego, no puede sangrar.Vitoria, 2022. El exinspector Unai López de Ayala —alias Kraken— recibe una llamada anónima que cambiará lo que cree saber de su pasado familiar: tiene una semana para encontrar el legendario Libro Negro de las Horas, una joya bibliográfica exclusiva, si no, su madre, quien descansa en el cementerio desde hace décadas, morirá.¿Cómo es esto posible?Una carrera contrarreloj entre Vitoria y el Madrid de los bibliófilos para trazar el perfil criminal más importante de su vida, uno capaz de modificar el pasado, para siempre.
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La llegada al Sistema Solar,hacia el año 2130, del monstruoso Rama, esa masa de cuarenta kilómetros de longitud, plantea a los científicos de la Tierra una serie de enigmas a estudiar y resolver. ¿Se trata de un astro con luz propia?¿Es acaso un meterorito escapado del cinturón de Van Allen, o es un vehículo espacial, una aeronave tripulada por seres de una suprema inteligencia o tal vez teledirigido desde algún planeta del Cosmos infinito?Cosmonautas y hombres de ciencia, a la par, dedican todos sus esfuerzos, todos sus conocimientos, a encontrar la solución a tales enigmas, algunos de los cuales podrán aclararse mientras que otros seguirán siendo un misterio cuando Rama, esa verdadera incógnita volante, abandone nuestro sistema planetario para hundirse de nuevo en las procelosas profundidades del insondable espacio cósmico.
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La història del soldat de Baltimore apareix al llibre de Stendhal Racine et Shakespeare (1823). En una conversa entre un acadèmic classicista i un romàntic, surt el terme «il·lusió». Aleshores, el romàntic explica el següent: «L’any passat el soldat que estava en funció a l’interior del teatre de Baltimore, veient que Otel·lo, en el cinquè acte de la tragèdia del seu mateix nom, anava a matar Desdèmona, va cridar: “Que no pugui ser mai dit que en la meva presència un maleït negre haurà matat una dona blanca.” En aquell mateix moment, el soldat dispara amb el seu fusell i fractura un braç a l’actor que feia d’Otel·lo. La representació va haver de plegar». L’anècdota entusiasmava Roland Barthes. Cada any l’explicava als alumnes i, després, es posava a riure. El llibre que teniu a les mans conté un conjunt d’assaigs comparatistes que es posa sota l’aixopluc de Stendhal i de Barthes, però també d’Emmanuel Carrère i de Mircea Cărtărescu, de Sergi Pàmies i de Francesc Serés, estira els fils de la relació entre realitat i ficció i fa una proposta (inevitablement fracassada) de definició de l’autoficció per defugir aquesta mena de calaix de sastre en què s’ha convertit (ple de tota mena de dols, penes, divorcis, separacions…) i que n’oblida la hibridesa interrogativa. Perquè l’autoficció ha de ser un camp de tensió, ha de fer una mica de vertigen… Com en un trompe-l’oeil.
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El día que nació Bushara se oían unas sirenas a lo lejos, que quedaron enmudecidas por la tempestad bélica que cubrió de nuevo el indefenso cielo de Bagdad. Aquel día de marzo de 2003, la ciudad comenzó a arder en llamas, decenas de misiles descendían sin descanso desde el cielo, unas enormes llamaradas que producían un extraño esplendor: el ejército estadounidense había venido a «salvarlos» —menudo eufemismo— de la opresión de un tirano.
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