Corazon Tan Blanco
By: Javier Marías
4.02
Format: None pages, Paperback
"No he querido saber, pero he sabido que una de las niñas, cuando ya no era niña y no hacía mucho q…
Want to Read $ 12.99"No es fácil saber por qué se mata la gente, ni los más próximos, todo el mundo está trastornado, todo el mundo las pasa putas, a veces sin causa y casi siempre en secreto, la gente vuelve cara contra la almohada y espera al día siguiente. De pronto no esperan."-Javier Marías, Corazon Tan Blanco
"No es fácil saber por qué se mata la gente, ni los más próximos, todo el mundo está trastornado, todo el mundo las pasa putas, a veces sin causa y casi siempre en secreto, la gente vuelve cara contra la almohada y espera al día siguiente. De pronto no esperan."-Javier Marías, Corazon Tan Blanco
"Listening is the most dangerous thing of all, listening means knowing, finding out about something and knowing what’s going on, our ears don’t have lids that can instinctively close against the words uttered, they can’t hide from what they sense they’re about to hear, it’s always too late."-Javier Marías, Corazon Tan Blanco
"Listening is the most dangerous thing of all, listening means knowing, finding out about something and knowing what’s going on, our ears don’t have lids that can instinctively close against the words uttered, they can’t hide from what they sense they’re about to hear, it’s always too late."-Javier Marías, Corazon Tan Blanco
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By: Magda Szabó , George Szirtes
4.31
Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition
When Ettie's husband dies, her daughter Iza insists that her mother give up the family house in the… read more
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"Niçin sevilen varlıkların yitirilmesi gerekiyor?"-Magda Szabó, Iza's Ballad
"She didn’t really like classical music and there was no Vince to whisper in her ear and tell her what was beautiful about it. His descriptions were so clear. Handel was all scarlet ostrich feathers a…"-Magda Szabó, Iza's Ballad
2. Niebla
By: Miguel de Unamuno
4.05
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
Esta obra de Miguel de Unamuno es uno de los ejemplos clásicos más eminentes de la novela moderna. … read more
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"Toda ley es una ley de ritmo, y el ritmo es el amor."-Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla
"El amor precede al conocimiento, y éste mata a aquél."-Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla
"Because Augustus was not a hiker, but a walker of life"-Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla
"Hasta que se llora de veras no se sabe si se tiene o no alma."-Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla
3. Almodovar Teoremi
By: Antoni Casas Ros , Öncel Naldemirci
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Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Bir gece aniden yola fırlayan bir geyik, korkunç bir trafik kazası, kazada ölen bir sevgili, yok ol… read more
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4. Soldados de Salamina
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Un joven periodista topa por casualidad con una historia fascinante, y muy significativa, de la Gue… read more
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5. A Heart So White
By: Javier Marías , Margaret Jull Costa
4.02
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
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"Casi todo el mundo se avergüenza de su juventud, no es muy cierto que se añore como se dice, más bien se relega o rehúye y con facilidad o esfuerzo se confina el origen a la esfera de los malos sueño…"-Javier Marías, A Heart So White
"I have a tendency to want to understand everything people say and everything I hear, both at work and outside, even at a distance, even if it’s one of the innumerable languages I don’t know, even if …"-Javier Marías, A Heart So White
6. La mujer justa
By: Sándor Márai , None
3.38
Format: None pages,
Tres voces, tres puntos de vista, tres sensibilidades diferentes para desentranar una historia de p… read more
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7. Nostalgia
By: Mircea Cărtărescu , Julian Semilian
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Mircea Cartarescu, born in 1956, is one of Romania's leading novelists and poets. This translation … read more
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8. Señora de rojo sobre fondo gris
By: Miguel Delibes
4.10
Format: 224 pages,
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9. The Story of the Cannibal Woman
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Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
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10. Mountolive (The Alexandria Quartet #3)
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4.19
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11. Yesterday
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3.85
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12. Nada
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3.83
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Carmen Laforet’s Nada ranks among the most important literary works of post-Civil War Spain. Loosel… read more
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"You always move in the same circle of people no matter how many turns you seem to make"-Edith Grossman, Nada
"... siempre se mueve uno en el mismo círculo de personas por más vueltas que parezca dar."-Edith Grossman, Nada
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"Su charla insubstancial me parecía el rumor de lluvia que se escucha con gusto y con pereza."-Edith Grossman, Nada
13. The Crystal Frontier
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3.57
Format: 10 pages, Paperback
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14. Baumgartner
By: Paul Auster
3.78
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
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"Vivir es sentir dolor, y vivir con miedo al dolor es negarse a vivir"-Paul Auster, Baumgartner
"To live is to feel pain, he told himself, and to live in fear of pain is to refuse to live."-Paul Auster, Baumgartner
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15. Mañana y tarde
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Format: 102 pages, Paperback
Un niño que se llamará Johannes llega al mundo. Fallece un anciano llamado Johannes. Entre estos do… read more
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"Ahora tú también estás muerto, Johannes, dice Peter Te moriste esta mañana, dice Y como yo era tu mejor amigo, me enviaron a recogerte, dice Pero ¿por qué hemos pescado cangrejos? dice Johannes Tenía…"-Jon Fosse, Mañana y tarde
"Vart ska vi fara? säger Johannes Nej nu frågar du som om du fortfarande var vid liv, säger Peter Inte till någon plats? säger Johannes Nej dit vi nu ska, det är inte någon plats, och därför har den h…"-Jon Fosse, Mañana y tarde
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3.90
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17. Loop
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3.74
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
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"Change. Unlearning yourself is more important than knowing yourself."-Brenda Lozano, Loop
"Childhood is so uncertain, so distant. It's almost like childhood is the origin of fiction: describing any past event over and over to see how far away you are getting from reality."-Brenda Lozano, Loop
"I was left with a scar. I think telling stories is a way of putting a scar into words. Since not all blows or falls leave marks, the words are there, ready to be put together in different ways, anywh…"-Brenda Lozano, Loop
"...the present is also, as its name suggests, a gift. It doesn't suggest longing or loss. It's just a present, a gift, a time with no strings attached which is totally ours, to use however we want, h…"-Brenda Lozano, Loop
18. Un amor
By: Sara Mesa
3.58
Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition
La historia de Un amor ocurre en La Escapa, un pequeño núcleo rural donde Nat, una joven e inexpert… read more
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19. Mirafiori
By: Manuel Jabois
3.55
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
«Si uno está enamorado de verdad, hasta en las almas más libres y salvajes y modernas late dentro e… read more
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20. En agosto nos vemos
By: Gabriel García Márquez
3.63
Format: 142 pages, Hardcover
Un maravilloso regalo inesperado para los innumerables lectores de García Márquez Cada mes de a… read more
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"Do you know how old I am?"-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos
"The sea was an oasis of gold under the afternoon sun."-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos
"They both lay listening intently to the sounds of their souls."-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos
"It was always a joyful love where even madness was admissible."-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos
