Letteratura

L enfant genial, una delle prime opere di Irene nemirovsky, pubblicato nel 1927, è una novella che ha lo spessore di un romanzo corto. Se c’è una morale, in questa storia di Ismaele, ragazzo del ghetto dotato di genio, è quella della grazia violata e snaturata, e che l’arte, il genio, possono nascere solo nella spontaneità.

Dentro de su labor como escritora de cuentos, la maestría de Ana María Matute queda patente en este volumen, que está compuesto por veintiún relatos brevísimos, pero cuya corta extensión queda compensada ampliamente por la gran riqueza narrativa que encierran. Estos cuentos, dedicados a los niños alegres que viven en este mundo triste, componen una pintura impresionista de una inmensa y serena belleza. 

Alexander Feldmann is a revered and sought-after performer whose prodigious talent, striking good looks, and worldly charm prove irresistible to all who hear and encounter him. After years of searching, he acquires a glorious cello, the Silver Swan, a rare Stradivarius masterpiece long lost to the world of music. Mariana is Alexander’s only child and the maestro has large ambitions for her. By the age of 19 she emerges as a star cellist in her own right, and is seen as the inheritor of her father's genius. There are whispers that her career might well outpace his. 

Rudyard Kipling's classic adventure story, Kim, tells the tale of an Irish soldier's orphan son, who roams the back alleys and bazaars of British-ruled India. The young urchin learns the rules and language of the dirty streets, until he discovers his father's old army regiment. Suddenly, Kim abandons his former life and native customs, buys expensive European clothing, and begins a new career as a secret agent. Both an exciting adventure and a detailed look at a spy's inner conflicts, Kim is one of Kipling's most important and popular novels.

In her first story collection since Love in Infant Monkeys, which became a Pulitzer Prize finalist, Lydia Millet explores what it means to be home. Nina, a lonely real-estate broker estranged from her only relative, is at the center of a web of stories connecting fractured communities and families. She moves through the houses of L.A.'s wealthy and elite and finds men and women both crass and tender, vicious, and desperate. 

Launch into the action with this gritty tale. They had trained together as “boots,” but are now on duty, and in the midst of a fierce rebel uprising in the Haitian jungle - two Marines pitted one against the other with a bitter and deadly score to settle.