Mar: 1984 books

"You two would make such a great couple." I rolled my eyes. I heard this sort of crap at least five times a day. Snap chats sent to me of Ben and I together with little captions, “Couple in the making” and all sorts of other shit. We were mates. End of. I didn’t see him as boyfriend material...

Publica en 1895, “Peñas arriba” es considerada una de las mejores obras de José María de Pereda, y una de las novelas imprescindibles del siglo XIX. Pereda narra la estancia de Marcelo en casa de su tío Celso en Tablanca durante un invierno, su tío lo hará su heredero. Tras excursiones y...

Nunca he acertado a leer los libros de Pereda con la impasibilidad crítica con que leo otros libros. Para mí (y pienso que lo mismo sucede a todos los que hemos nacido de peñas al mar), esos libros, antes que juzgados, son sentidos. Son algo tan de nuestra tierra y de nuestra vida, como la brisa de...

José María de Pereda publica “El sabor de la tierruca” en 1882. Escritor costumbrista, esta es una de las novelas que mejor encarnan el realismo, traducido en la descripción de los paisajes y gentes cántabros el siglo XIX.

My life had been turned on its head and destroyed in a matter of a few short weeks. My beautiful, gentle, loving wife had gone – I’d been robbed of the life we should have had together and in her place I’d been landed with a child that I had absolutely no idea what to do with. Luckily, I wasn't...

The second short story about Penelope and James. They have been together for two years now and everything seems to be absolutely perfect. When he decides to go to Art College instead of staying on to finish his A Levels with her, though, their relationship starts to get a little strained - and when...

Becky has just moved to England from America. On her first day of school she meets Jamie. Jamie is everything Becky wants in a boyfriend, only he's going out with Sarah. Becky is everything Jamie wants in a girlfriend too, but he is trapped in his relationship with Sarah and doesn't seem able find...

Wolves! Wolves have returned to Florida, or at least in eastern Big Cypress County, and no one knows why or how. Janos Pac, the new Witch of the Wood, is desperately trying to hold Flora May's old Circle together, but things are falling apart despite his best efforts. Stone, the youngest member of...

Spring is here, and the second edition of Krowd Review is is dedicated to hummingbirds and other exotic fauna from the Brazilian lowlands, as lyrically reflected in the wildly flowered, exquisite prose of one of the most important Brazilian contributors to world literature, João Guimarães Rosa, beautifully...

Esta obra explora el complejo entramado de poder que se intuye tras la publicación de la traducción de una obra literaria. Partiendo de la Sociología Crítica de Pierre Bourdieu, el concepto de poder de Michel Foucault o el de paratexto de Gérard Genette, así como de los avances previos realizados...

Muchos gobiernos de América Latina han impulsado transformaciones importantes durante la última década; modificaron sus estrategias de desarrollo, resignificaron el rol del Estado y renovaron el uso de las palabras "inclusión", "justicia social" y "soberanía popular"....

Por primera vez se publica una edición actualizada y ampliada de Tradiciones y leyendas sevillanas, que incluye nuevas fotografías de la ciudad y material inédito aportado por el autor. Sevilla es una ciudad rica en leyendas, muchas de las cuales han pasado a la literatura, la música y...

Maisie Bywater liked highwaymen. She was also rather intrigued with smugglers and pirates - so long as they were between the pages of her favourite books... Matthew St Clair however was a real highwayman - and her first encounter with him was at once terrifying and rather thrilling. He was handsome,...

Ephraim was the eldest son of Lord Anthony Brunswick, the Duke of Circhester, and as such, he was the first in line to inherit the Dukedom one day. His official title was the Earl of Brunswick – or at least it had been on the day of his birth... Sadly, Ephraim stutters, and his father decides that...