What Are You Going Through

Kawakami, Hiromi

In the distant future, humans are on the verge of extinction and have settled in small tribes across the planet under the observation and care of the Mothers. Some children are made in factories, from cells of rabbits and dolphins; some live by getting nutrients from water and light, like plants. The survival of the race depends on the interbreeding of these and other alien bei...

O`farrell, Maggie

Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third daughter of Cosimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings. But when her older sister dies on the eve of marriage to Alfonso d'Este, ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request her hand in marr...

De Saint-Exupéry, Antoine

Here is my secret, which couldnt be simpler. It is only with the heart that one can rightly see; what is essential is invisible to the eyes. ...

Austen, Jane

‘You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone forever.'Anne Elliot is persuaded to reject a marriage proposal from handsome Captain Wentworth because he lacks rank or fortune. But when he returns home from the Navy, more than seven years later, Anne realises she still has strong feelings for him, despite th...

Tolkien, J.r.r

Begin your journey into Middle-earth. A New Legend Begins on Prime Video, in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The first part of J.R. R. Tolkien's epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS.In a quiet village in the Shire, young Frodo is about to receive a gift that will change his life forever. Thought lost centuries ago, it is the One Ring, an object of terrifying power on...

Scott Fitzgerald, Francis

The Great Gatsby is one of the most recognized texts by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, considered a classic of American literature, whose exquisite work maintains all its relevance and freshness.Gatsby, the gentleman who reigns over West Egg, the host of the restless nights, but also the winner marked by the tragic fate of an unintended loneliness, is the archetype of those twenties...

Nunez, Sigrid

Un trío inusual se ve forzado a convivir en un apartamento durante el confinamiento. Una novela preciosa sobre la amistad y la empatía. «Elegía más comedia es la única manera de expresar cómo vivimos hoy. Y que algo no sea divertido en la vida real no significa que no pueda escribirse sobre ello como si lo fuese», dice un personaje de esta novela. Su narradora es una mujer soli...

Nunez, Sigrid

La narradora visita en el hospital a una amiga que padece un cáncer terminal y decide instalarse con ella en su casa para acompañarla en sus últimos días. Sigrid Nunez se adentra en territorios complejos. Tirando de una gran sutileza, con pinceladas de humor y una enorme capacidad reflexiva, aborda el final de la vida y la asunción de la muerte, y al hacerlo nos regala un libro...

Nunez, Sigrid

La singular, bellísima y conmovedora historia de la amistad entre una escritora neoyorquina y un perro, con el dolor de la pérdida de fondo. La protagonista y narradora de esta novela es una escritora neoyorquina que pierde de forma inesperada a su gran amigo y mentor, y de forma no menos inesperada se ve obligada a hacerse cargo de su perro -un enorme y artrítico gran danés-, ...

Nunez, Sigrid

Un día de 1976, una joven aspirante a escritora, Sigrid Nunez, cruza la puerta del 340 de Riverside Drive, el apartamento en el que vive, escribe, ama y piensa Susan Sontag, uno de los grandes iconos de la intelectualidad norteamericana, una figura legendaria gracias a sus polémicos ensayos, su desbordante inteligencia y su personalísimo estilo. Este primer encuentro cambiaría ...