Titoli in Metafisica e visionaria

Un taxidermista recibe un encargo que representa uno de los tabúes de su profesión: el montaje de un caballo de paso propiedad de un hacendado, al tiempo que se propone completar un diorama de aves exóticas inspirado en los museos de historia natural. Pero el descubrimiento de una sombra sospechosa en uno de sus pulmones cambiará todos los planes y lo llevará a cuestionarse las relaciones entre el arte, la vida y la muerte, tan propias de su quehacer.

O acidente que causou a morte de Eddie no parque de diversões deixou marcas profundas e permanentes em Annie. Ferida, assustada e incapaz de se lembrar do que aconteceu, ela cresceu isolada, achando que toda a sua existência havia sido um erro. Até que reencontra Paulo - o grande amor de sua adolescência - e começa a acreditar que finalmente terá uma chance de ser feliz. Mas quando uma nova tragédia interrompe seus planos, Annie precisa enfrentar o passado e enxergar a verdade por trás das lembranças que reprimiu por tanto tempo.

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER The first of a two-volume masterpiece, The Passenger series, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road The story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a...

What if you learn that everything you have been taught about happiness is false? What if you realize that happiness is not a goal and therefore it cannot be achieved? What if you discover that it is the ordinary path that leads to extraordinary treasure? This is a story about how two men from...

Cadenza is the City of Words, a city run by poets, its skyline dominated by the steepled towers of its libraries, its heart beating to the stamp and thrum of the printing presses in the Printing Quarter. Carlo Mazzoni, a young wordsmith, arrives at the city gates intent on making his name as the bells ring out with the news of the death of the city's poet-leader. Instead, he finds himself embroiled with the intrigues of a city in turmoil, the looming prospect of war with their rival Venice ever-present.

Dagens hus nattens hus er en mangetydig og farverig roman om mennesker og menneskeskæbner i grænselandet mellem Polen og Tjekkiet. En magisk fortalt lag-på-lag fortælling hvor personer og historier ligesom lægges oven over hinanden. Med jævne mellemrum møder man f.eks. en middelalderlig kvindelig helgen ved navn Kummernis der som ung fik Kristus ansigt for at undslippe et uønsket ægteskab. En anden genkommende figur er den transseksuelle munk Paschalis som er den der skriver Kummernis historie.

“One of [Le Guin's] most radical novels. . . . A study in what a complete and utter rejection of capitalism and patriarchy might look like—for society and for the art of storytelling.""—The Millions Ursula K. Le Guin’s magnificent work of imagination, a visionary, genre-crossing story...

“Una pieza de arte. En cada una de sus páginas, sentirás el flujo de una poderosa energía que murmurará a cada una de tus células que es tiempo de salir de tu escondite, de abrir las ventanas, de respirar con libertad, de vestirte de colores… de volar”. —Laura Esquivel, autora de...

In Almas Leben fühlt sich gerade nichts richtig an. Es ist, als würde sie sich mit ihren Problemen im Kreis drehen, obwohl sie sich nichts mehr wünscht, als endlich einfach glücklich zu sein. Aber was sie auch unternimmt, alles scheint wie blockiert - bis ihr eines Tages ein Paket gebracht wird. Darin: ein an sie adressierter Brief und ein Notizbuch. Es ist der Beginn einer inspirierenden Begegnung mit einer ihr zugleich fremden und doch so vertrauten Person, mit einer besonderen älteren Dame - und der Auftakt zu einer Reise zu sich selbst.

Titelnovellen handler om en kvindelig narratolog, der samler på eventyr. På en forelæsningsrejse i Tyrkiet forærer en ven hende en flaske af noget meget specielt glas, kendt som "nattergalens øje". Hun tager flasken med hjem på hotelværelset og snart efter befinder der sig en kæmpestor, charmerende, sandeltræsduftende tyrkisk djinn hos hende. De fortæller hinanden historier: han om adskillige årtusinder med erotisk tant og fjas, hun om sociale forskelle i nutidens England.

Lejla drages til havet. Selv om det skræmmer hende. Det er, som om det kalder på hende. Samtidig er der noget mystisk over den lækre Seth, der ikke vil have, at hun nærmer sig vandet. Havets Tåre er en havfruehistorie, der berører emner som kærlighed, identitet, magt og kontrol(tab). Og det at blive voksen og tage ansvar for sig selv.

A fin de transmitir sus vivencias, Marlo Morgan editó por su cuenta y riesgo esta novela que, meses después de ver la luz, se convirtió en un extraordinario best seller internacional.

“A work of art. In each of the pages, you will feel the flow of a powerful energy which will murmur to each of your cells that it is time to come out of hiding, to open the windows, to breathe freely, to dress colorfully… to fly.”—Laura Esquivel, author of Like Water for Chocolate A...

¿Puede refugiarse el alma en una barra de pan? ¿O tener la forma de una guitarra eléctrica llamada Sirena en manos de un joven pescador? Desde la antigüedad, la búsqueda más intensa del ser humano es la del lugar donde habita el alma. He aquí una respuesta actual, sencilla, irónica y sorprendente a ese gran enigma histórico. El resultado de un duro viaje de ida y vuelta a las entrañas. Cada relato de esta nueva colección está protagonizado por las diferentes formas que puede adquirir el alma.

Following the acclaimed Secrets of The Talking Jaguar and Long Life, Honey in the Heart, this is an expansive, lyrical novel in the tradition of indigenous oral storytelling. Based on the author's many years of living in a Guatemalan village, Stealing Benefacio's Roses interweaves dramatic...

When a once-promising young writer agrees to ghostwrite a famous physicist’s memoir, his livelihood is already in jeopardy: Plagued by debt, he’s grown distant from his wife and is haunted by an overwhelming sense of dread he describes as “The Mist.” Then, things get worse: The physicist...

The Dalai Lama’s Cat is confronted by a most unpleasant truth: she is getting old. A routine visit to the vet confirms this. But is a future of decrepitude and senior cat biscuits inevitably a cause for despair? As it happens, she soon finds that a startling reminder of life’s transience is exactly what’s needed to renew our gratitude for life. To lighten up, accept ourselves and value what truly matters.

The acclaimed actor’s shockingly prescient novel of speculative fiction “presents a near-future United States torn apart by civil war and deep racial strife” (Tampa Bay Times). For the first time ever, available as an audiobook read by the author. America today is teetering on the edge of...

Brought to you by Penguin. **SCIENCE FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH** - THE TIMES "Skyward Innfeels like an instant classic of the genre." -The Guardian "Rarely has a writer who is not Philip K. Dick had so much fun building a world only to take it apart." - LA Times Drink down the brew and dream of...

When novice monk Tenzin Dorje is told by his lama that the Red Army is invading Tibet, his country's darkest moment paradoxically gives him a sense of purpose like no other. He accepts a mission to carry two ancient, secret texts across the Himalayas to safety. Half a century later, in a paradox of similarly troubling circumstances, Matt Lester is called upon to convey his own particular wisdom as a scientist, when Matt's nanotech project is mysteriously moved from London to a research incubator in Los Angeles.