“V.: a novel” by Thomas Pynchon “This is the first novel by the author of Gravity’s Rainbow, and a profoundly impressive and original work in its own right. The search for the mysterious V ranges from New York to Cairo to Alexandria to Malta. Apart from its strange heroine, the book’s characters include sailors,
“Prelude to pleasure: a bilingual edition of Víspera del gozo» by Pedro Salinas and translated by Noël Valis “This is the first English translation of Vispera del gozo — a collection of short stories by Pedro Salinas (1891-1951), a writer best known for his poetry and involvement in the Spanish vanguard aesthetic movement of the
“Arthur´s tooth” by Marc Brown “Brown’s forte is amusing and educating small fry on dealing with emergencies. Every boy and girl who has suffered the indignity of a stubborn baby tooth will feel for poor Arthur.” Extraído de amazon.com Ver además: http://pbskids.org/arthur/ http://marcbrownstudios.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Brown_(author) Los títulos seleccionados son una muestra de los materiales de la
“Niágara” dirigida por Henry Hathaway “George Loomis (Joseph Cotten) y su esposa Rose Loomis (Marilyn Monroe) pasan unas vacaciones en un motel junto a las Cataratas del Niágara. Su relación empeora rápidamente. Conocen a unos vecinos Ray Cutler (Max Showalter) y Polly Cutler (Jean Peters) que están pasando su luna de miel en la habitación
“La mujer que buscaba” por Nawal El Saadawi “La mujer que buscaba es un recorrido por la vida de una mujer árabe, de la que se espera que no tenga vida propia ni ambiciones, pero que no puede tampoco conformarse con dejar dormir su inteligencia.” Extraído de Criticadelibros.com Ver además: http://www.criticadelibros.com/drama-y-elemento-humano/la-mujer-que-buscaba-nawal-el-saadawi/ http://www20.gencat.cat/docs/msi-dgac/Premi%20Internacional%20Catalunya/pdf/bio_nawal_cas.pdf http://www.adarra.org/documentos/docs/otros%20libros%20El%20Saadawi.pdf http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/06/20/internacional/1213978001.html http://www.nawalsaadawi.net/
“La sonrisa etrusca“ por José Luis Sampedro “Un viejo campesino calabrés llega a casa de sus hijos en Milán para hacerse una revisión médica. Allí descubre su último amor, una criatura en la que volcar toda su ternura: su nieto, que se llama Bruno, como a él le llamaron sus camaradas partisanos. También allí vive
“The Black Diamond Detective Agency” by Eddie Campbell “John Hardin is a desperate man. He is the sole suspect of the renowned Black Diamond Detective Agency, a private operation determined to solve the mystery and bring its perpetrators to justice—at any cost. Once a quiet Missouri corn farmer, Hardin now finds himself on the run
“Pnin” by Vladimir Nabokov “Nabokov’s comic masterpiece charts the wry, bizarre progress of Professor Timofey Pnin, late of Tsarist Russia, now precariously perched on a college campus in the fast-beating heart of the USA. A man of complex emotions, Pnin does halting battle with American life and language. But in this moving, amusing story of
“William Blake: a selection of poems and letters” “English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.” Extraído de Wikipedia. Ver además: http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/ http://www.epdlp.com/escritor.php?id=1475 http://www.emmitsburg.net/archive_list/articles/ce/misc/drew/blake.htm Los títulos seleccionados son una muestra de los
“The dying animal” by Philip Roth “The Dying Animal (2001) is a short novel by the US writer Philip Roth. It tells the story of senior literature professor David Kepesh, renowned for his literature-themed radio show. Kepesh is finally destroyed by his inability to comprehend emotional commitment.” Extraído de Wikipedia. Ver además: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Roth http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/05/27/reviews/010527.27scottt.html http://www.newstatesman.com/200604240034