Títulos em Literatura Mundial

Behind the Iron Curtain, the Truth Can Kill You. Europe, 1956. The Iron Curtain divides the Free West from the Soviet Bloc, and the battle for hearts and minds is waged with words, not bullets. Charlie Atkins, a 23-year-old California farm girl, works at Radio Free Europe in Munich, relaying Western news to millions trapped behind Soviet borders. She longs to report real stories—like her own, marked by the mysterious disappearance of her father, Captain A. J. Atkins, in the last days of World War II. Her boss dismisses her: too young, too green, too female.

Most people do not even realize that a language imbues attributes in them which largely rules ones thoughts, actions and belief systems. This is our second book in our endeavour to explore international languages. We aim to expand our listener base.

Swamp Jesus is a story about a young man coming of age. Dillon is raised in a single parents household in rural Louisiana surrounded by social economic inequality and the dark side of substance abuse. He dreams of breaking free and moves to Nashville, when invited by a friend. In this new city, he uses his love for music to establish new roots, find, love and maybe success in the home of country music. It isn’t as easy as it sounds.

El lector tiene en sus manos una “verdadera pieza maestra del arte literario mexicano”, una “proeza de la imaginación, la inteligencia y la inventiva”, como lo llamó David Huerta. El juego del arte es uno de los libros más divertidos e inteligentes en la literatura escrita en español en las últimas décadas. Aquí un escritor que ha imaginado los monstruos más conspicuos y algunas de las situaciones más novelescas de nuestra literatura reciente desentraña los grandes misterios del arte, a medida que sostiene una conversación accesible y adictiva con el lector.

La actuación del clero católico en el trágico y dolorido siglo XIX mexicano esconde un sinnúmero de respuestas para explicar la conformación de nuestro país. La jerarquía eclesiástica acaparó la riqueza durante más de tres siglos, y se coludió con militares para derrocar gobiernos como el de Juárez e instaurar tronos como los de Iturbide y Maximiliano.

Sotto le luci miserabili e iperboliche di Hollywood, Arturo Bandini sogna il successo di scrittore mentre con la mano sinistra scrive pessime sceneggiature che non vedranno mai la luce. Potrebbe essere la premessa di una tragedia, ma come sempre, in bocca a Bandini, tutte le tragedie finiscono in commedia. Anche in quest'ultimo capolavoro colpisce l'inconfondibile voce fantiana, quell'impasto di humour, candore e cattiveria che ne ha fatto uno degli scrittori piú amati dei nostri anni.

Pur essendo ormai anziano, il pittore Louis Cuchas, quando qualcuno gli chiede qual è l’immagine che ha di sé stesso, risponde, senza esitazione alcuna, che lui si vede sempre come un ragazzino. Perché di fatto la sua arte è il frutto di quel modo particolare di vedere la realtà che solo l’anima pura di un ragazzino riesce a percepire.

A cowboy lies dead on the trail, shot through the heart with no one around. Detective Dan Alsop must find his killer through a maze of squabbling relatives, disgruntled friends and Hollywood mobsters. The setting is Carson City, Nevada in one of the worst snowstorms in recent history. He finds an unlikely ally in Chloe Ball, cousin to the deceased cowboy. She's in town to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with her husband and his relatives. She becomes more involved in the case than Dan would like, but is helpful in clumsy ways.

With clear-eyed observations and gentle musicality, Allen takes stock of the burden of our collective history and looks directly into passing storms that we each must face alone. When the skies clear, how do we come to terms with self and our place in this world, and what do we build from the wreckage?

Rolson McKane thought his crime-solving days ended the night he lost his badge in a drunken accident. But when he discovers the body of a young Black man near his property—and the dead man visits Rolson in his dreams—he realizes this case is personal. As Rolson digs deeper, he collides with a corrupt police force, a ruthless local politician, and a town determined to bury the truth, not just with this case, but with something that happened decades ago. Every step pulls him into a darkness he may not be able to escape.

Told through a mix of true stories and new fiction, Dear Orchid opens the heart in unexpected ways: through loss and love, silence and recovery, and the hard-won resilience of people who don’t always fit the mold. With tenderness and heart, Dear Orchid is an Asian American author's homage to Mary-Louise Parker’s Dear Mr. You, through letters to a girl newly freed from East Berlin, an aunt lost to Communist-era borders, and Purple Heart-decorated heroes. These intimate portraits explore the messy beauty of friendship, family, disability, and belonging.

Joseph Fasano’s The Last Song of the World delves into the chaos of the modern world, and searches for resilience in the face of environmental and societal devastation. Dripping with images of ancient ruins and mythological figures, these poems serve as vignettes of fatherhood, love, and desire against the backdrop of apocalyptic events.

Books 1-3 of the contemporary Native American amateur sleuth murder mystery series Spotted Pony Casino. Disabled veteran Dela Alvaro has investigation skills from her time in the service. She digs for the truth with help from her Umatilla friends and her connections with the FBI and Tribal Police to get justice for the victims.

Through Birddog’s tender yet unflinching voice, we witness the harsh beauty of rural America: a world of broken promises, family secrets, and unexpected moments of grace. Both devastating and redemptive, this story lingers long after the last word is spoken.

Butchers, bakers, brewers, businessmen, farmers, fabric workers, entertainers, comedians, gluttons, lechers, spongers and swindlers, prostitutes and parasites, the pope and his priests, the king and his courtiers, compete for attention in this lively and subversive vision of corruption in fourteenth-century England.

After years of survival and devastating loss, the promise of a new settlement in North Dakota feels like salvation. A chance for my children to reclaim some semblance of normalcy, studying and making friends again, and for me to find new purpose, reporting on this strange new world we’re living in for a newspaper. I’m even forming new friendships as I grow closer to Jack Norman, the settlement’s deputy leader.

Pack your bags and get ready to fall in love with The Hotel by the Sea—your next romantic getaway awaits! Rebecca needs to escape. After making a complete fool of herself watching the man she's secretly loved for years run off with someone else—she jumps at a temporary job at the family-run...

From the psych ward to flight deck, from whispered goodbyes to quiet strength, I Remember You is a raw and unflinching book of poetry and prose by Navy veteran Patrick J. Hughes. Seamed from the unvarnished material of trauma, healing, fatherhood, friendship, and mental illness, these poems will find an echo within anyone who's ever stood in a doorway and wondered how to move forward. With a raw honesty and with unexpected graciousness, Hughes charts life after conflict, the unseen scars of depression and PTSD, and the lifelines of salvation that bind us when we are breaking.

Divided into four sections and mixing poetry with lyric essay, Animal Histories explores the origin, acquisition, and development of poetic language. Contrasting poetic language from language used for communication, the book posits that poetry is maternal, learned in utero by listening to the cadences and rhythms of the mother’s speech (the “mother tongue”) while communicative language is paternal, shaped by power structures that are often patriarchal (the “father tongue”).

Роман Ким Ман Чжуна «Облачный сон девяти», созданный в конце XVII века, долгое время оставался любимейшей книгой в Корее. Для автора, отпрыска аристократической семьи, необычайно важна была добродетель сыновней почтительности, и этот волшебный роман он написал, чтобы утешить свою овдовевшую мать, которую вынужден был покинуть, отправляясь в изгнание из-за политических перипетий.