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En este breve pero intenso texto –hasta ahora inédito en castellano–, el maestro siciliano se convierte en Tiresias y se sumerge en su mito para revelar la verdadera esencia del adivino ciego. Entregado a esa narración viva y carismática tan propia de toda su extensa obra, Camilleri repasa en estas páginas héroes y dioses, escritores y personajes literarios, hila el pasado con el presente y, como Tiresias, escudriña el futuro con sus mirada al mismo tiempo ciega y clarividente.

A short sublime book on the three things dearest to Jean-Claude Izzo’s heart: his native Marseilles, the sea in all its splendor, and Mediterranean noir — the literary genre his books helped to found. This collection of writings shows Izzo, author of the acclaimed Marseilles trilogy, at his most contemplative and insightful. His native city, with its food, its flavors, its passionate inhabitants, and its long, long history of commerce and conviviality, constitute the lifeblood that runs through all of Izzo’s work.

With provocative discussions from both professional and fan writers, on subjects from Star Trek to The X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Harry Potter, Twilight, and beyond, Fic sheds light on the widely misunderstood world(s) of fanfiction - not only how fanfiction is transforming the literary landscape, but how it already has.

In this slim memoir, Theodor Kallifatides explores the interplay of meaningful living and meaningful work, and the timeless question of how to reconcile oneself to aging. But he also comments on worrying trends in contemporary Europe - from religious intolerance and prejudice against immigrants to housing crises and gentrification - and his sadness at the battered state of his beloved Greece. Kallifatides offers an eloquent, thought-provoking meditation on the writing life, and an author’s place in a changing world. 

Resulta fascinante que un cuerpo sin pelo, fruto de un artefacto social como la depilación, se considere muestra de feminidad innata. Lo lógico sería que el vello corporal, que separa a la niña de la mujer, se considerase intrínsecamente femenino, incluso sexi. Sin embargo, ocurre todo lo contrario, infantilizamos a las mujeres al tiempo que sexualizamos a las niñas. La mayoría de las mujeres que se depilan afirman hacerlo porque quieren, porque se sienten más atractivas o por motivos de higiene. No depilarse o mostrar públicamente que no lo hacen suele ser, más bien, una decisión política.

The books will always be a part of you. Now, revisit old Hogwarts haunts. Reconnect with favorite characters. And learn far more than the correct pronunciation of “Wingardium Leviosa.” With Life Lessons Harry Potter Taught Me, you’ll discover how the universal themes and lessons of the series apply to your Muggle life, including drawing strength from friends, learning from mentors and heroes, challenging conventional ideas, overcoming obstacles and setbacks, and trusting yourself when others don’t.

The first book in The Art Of series of books on the craft of writing, fiction writer and essayist Charles Baxter's The Art of Subtext discusses and illustrates the hidden subtextual overtones and undertones in fictional works haunted by the unspoken, the suppressed, and the secreted. 

A book can open an entire world of experience or provide a recipe for meatloaf. Either is wonderful to Lewis Buzbee, who has spent much of his life in bookstores as a bookseller, a sales representative, and a customer. In The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, Buzbee celebrates the unique experience of the bookstore - the smell and touch of books, getting lost in the deep canyons of shelves, and the silent community of readers.