| Title | : | Aura |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 9580469717 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 65 |
Felipe Montero is employed in the house of an aged widow to edit her deceased husband s memoirs There Felipe meets her beautiful green eyed niece, Aura His passion for Aura and his gradual discovery of the true relationship between the young woman and her aunt propel the story to its extraordinary conclusion....
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| Title | : | La febre d'or |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 842971670X |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 |
La febre d or s la gran novel la de la Barcelona del XIX i d una burgesia que veu cr ixer la seva autoritat econ mica i social arran de l especulaci de la borsa de comen aments dels anys vuitanta Es converteix, aix , en un document d estudi per a con ixer un moment crucial de la hist ria d un determinat sector de la societat del seu temps, vist, evidentment, a trav s de La febre d or s la gran novel la de la Barcelona del XIX i d una burgesia que veu cr ixer la seva autoritat econ mica i social arran de l...
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| Title | : | The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1590171322 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 118 |
Spain has produced two books that changed world literature Don Quixote and Lazarillo de Tormes, the first picaresque novel ever written and the inspired precursor to works as various as Vanity Fair and Huckleberry Finn Banned by the Spanish Inquisition after publication in 1554, Lazarillo was soon translated throughout Europe, where it was widely copied The book is a fa Spain has produced two books that changed world literature Don Quixote and Lazarillo de Tormes, the first picaresque novel ever...
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| Title | : | Celestina |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0143106090 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 |
The racy and irreverent Spanish tragicomedy that is considered the first European novel in a spirited new translation A Spanish Romeo and Juliet, Celestina was published in 1499 and became Spain s first ever bestseller Readers thrilled to the salty character of Celestina and her world of prostitutes and black magic even as they mourned the fate of Calisto and Melibea, The racy and irreverent Spanish tragicomedy that is considered the first European novel in a spirited new translati...
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| Title | : | Miauw |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 9074622410 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 330 |
Miauw is misschien wel de intiemste roman van Benito P rez Gald s 1843 1920 , de Spaanse evenknie van Dickens, Balzac en Tolstoi Met groot inlevingsvermogen wordt de ziel en de psyche blootgelegd van de even rechtschapen als plichtsgetrouwe ambtenaar Villaamil, die na bijna veertig jaar trouwe dienst door een gril van het lot ontslagen wordt en zijn pensioen in rook ziet Miauw is misschien wel de intiemste roman van Benito P rez Gald s 1843 1920 , de Spaanse evenknie van Dickens, Balzac en ...
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| Title | : | Onder vrouwen |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 9074622240 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 261 |
In deze familiegeschiedenis zijn de hoofdrollen weggelegd voor een aantal vrouwen, excentrieke dames die hun leven leiden in twee villa s op een afgezonderd schiereiland, in een soort splendid isolation waar de vaders, de echtgenoten, de mannen niet ter zake doen Ze zijn verwisselbaar De vertelster doorloopt haar jeugd en komt tot de ontdekking dat haar schijnbare pa In deze familiegeschiedenis zijn de hoofdrollen weggelegd voor een aantal vrouwen, excentrieke dames die hun leven leiden in twee villa s op...
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| Title | : | A Heart So White |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0811215059 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 |
Javier Mar as s A Heart So White chronicles with unnerving insistence the relentless power of the past Juan knows little of the interior life of his father Ranz but when Juan marries, he begins to consider the past anew, and begins to ponder what he doesn t really want to know Secrecy its possible convenience, its price, and even its civility hovers throughout the novel Javier Mar as s A Heart So White chronicles with unnerving insistence the relentless power of the past Juan knows little of the...
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| Title | : | The Solitudes |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0143106724 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 |
An epic masterpiece of world literature, in a magnificent new translation by one of the most acclaimed translators of our time A towering figure of the Renaissance, Luis de G ngora pioneered poetic forms so radically different from the dominant aesthetic of his time that he was derided as the Prince of Darkness The Solitudes, his magnum opus, is an intoxicatingly lush An epic masterpiece of world literature, in a magnificent new translation by one of the most acclaimed translators of our ...
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| Title | : | Inez |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0747568162 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 150 |
A magical story of love and art, life and death....
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| Title | : | Coplas de Jorge Manrique |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1417955228 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : |
With Henry Wadsworth Longfellow s Rendering....
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