Títulos em Realismo Mágico

In 1969, during the crux of the Vietnam war, Jack Tagger is on the run. As the war in Southeast Asia rages on, he has made the moral decision to resist the draft. In his effort to avoid the authorities and the war, he seeks refuge on a desolate coastal barrier island where unbeknownst to him, while avoiding one war, he finds himself unwittingly caught in the middle of another deadly land-war between two very powerful men at Sunset Beach, North Carolina.

Impulsive, budding artist, Pearl, jumps on a bus headed for the driest place she knows, Australia’s Nullarbor Plain, to escape a terrifying undersea curse, only to find it waiting for her in a fish tank when she arrives. In her Aunty’s derelict roadhouse, she amuses and outrages the local misfits by seeing their hidden traumas in watery visions–which she paints. Eddie, a hot, young windmill repairer, shows interest, but soon must vie for this amazing artist’s attention with Italian cave diver, Massimo.

Un giovane asinello, ribelle e intraprendente, non vuole assoggettarsi alle regole precostituite che i suoi genitori vorrebbero imporgli. Un giorno decide di partire per cercare un nuovo ruolo nel mondo. Durante il suo lungo viaggio vive avventure straordinarie, aiuta i bisognosi e dimostra grande coraggio e saggezza. Alla fine, tornerà al luogo natio, ma anche qui dovrà attingere al suo coraggio, all’astuzia e alla perspicacia per risanare una situazione che sembra ormai perduta.

Comedic memoir of growing up in 1960's Whittier, CA. Part magical realism, but mostly exaggerated realism for adults and young people alike.

Zauberhafter Auftakt zur Romantasy-Dilogie von Ursa Jaumann für alle Fans von Fourth Wing und Iron Flame mit Cinderella- und Mulan-Vibes.Wenn du dich zwischen der Liebe und deinem Traum entscheiden musst ... Schon fast ihr ganzes Leben träumt Vic davon, einmal zu den legendären Drachenrittern zu gehören und den Kontinent auf einem Drachen zu bereisen. Allerdings ist Frauen der Zutritt zu der magischen Elite verboten. Vic ist jedoch fest entschlossen, ihr Ziel zu erreichen und ist sogar bereit, sich dafür als Mann verkleidet der Ausbildung zum Knappen zu stellen.

Samson Kolechko and his colleague have been dispatched to investigate the illegal sale of meat. How selling cuts of one’s own livestock qualifies as a crime eludes the young investigator, but an order is an order, and, at the insistence of the secret police officer assigned to “reinforce” the Lybid police station, Samson vows to do his very best.

Casandra, Caleb y Calia son tres hermanos a cada cual más insólito. Casandra, la mayor, siente atracción sexual por los objetos; Caleb, el mediano, provoca la muerte a todo animal que se acerque a él; por último, Calia, la más pequeña, permanece en silencio todo el tiempo y tiene un talento especial para el dibujo hiperrealista de animales.

El circo y La Mariposa es una novela colectiva escrita por 13 autores de Rosario, en pandemia, “encerrados con un solo juguete”, como diría Juan Marsé. Al producirse el 20 de marzo de 2020 el primer confinamiento nacional dispuesto por el gobierno con motivo de la pandemia Covid-19, quedaron varados en el territorio argentino, cuarenta (40) circos, situación que no se ha modificado mucho en el momento que escribo estas líneas, un año y medio después.

In a lighthouse on a crumbling coastline, two greying wives keep the fires lit, reading futures in fish scales and sending signals into the dark, while a monster with an almost human face circles their garden, sly and hungry. Further up the coast, a woman experiencing strange cravings after an intense heartbreak feels herself pulled to the light at the cliff's edge, where she might finally be able to satisfy her hunger.

Werden Mel und Romeo ihr Happyend bekommen? Endlich weiß Mel, wer hinter den Angriffen steckt. Sie zieht zu ihrem Vater, um sich voll und ganz auf ihre neue Aufgabe zu konzentrieren. Während sie sich ihrem Erbe stellt, begreift sie nach und nach die Zusammenhänge und findet unerwartete Verbündete. Fragen werden beantwortet, doch ständig tauchen weitere auf und stellen sie vor neue Herausforderungen. Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt.

On the eve of Genie’s thirtieth birthday, her grandmother gives her an unexpected gift. For women in their bloodline, they can grant another family member’s wish at midnight. Genie laughs it off, and, after an evening fending off invasive questions about her nonexistent love life, returns home to her empty house and her golden retriever, Rory. As she hugs him and gets ready for bed, she wishes to herself that he were human—that would solve all her problems!

An diese Tatsache wird Mo Meng ein weiteres Mal erinnert, als das Namenlose Restaurant vor einer neuen Herausforderung steht. Magie und die Älteren, die sie nutzten, kehren in die Welt zurück. Die Schutzzauber der Anonymität und Verschleierung beginnen zu verblassen, was zur Ankunft neuer Gäste und alter Freunde führt. Was als Möglichkeit begann, gemütlich die Jahrzehnte zu verbringen und ein paar Gäste zu bewirten, ist nun zu richtiger Arbeit geworden.

Freya, Callum, Mischa, and Victoria have nothing in common—well, except for one thing: they’ve each experienced a deep personal loss that has led them to an unconventional group meeting, every Tuesday night at seven. A meeting they’ve been particularly selected for that will help them finally move on. At least, that's the claim. As they warily eye one another and their unnervingly observant group leader, one question hangs over them: why were they chosen?

In 2023, while flames rushed across Canada and produced the orange haze of an apocalyptic future, twenty-one authors picked up their pens and began to write. Red Eyes and Tired Lungs: An Anthology of Wildfire showcases a collection of thirty-five pieces from Canadian writers that were inspired by, or in response to, wildfire.

Once, peace between the Court of Dark and Light seemed possible. A treaty was signed, a new balance was agreed upon. But now it all may go up in flames. Queen Aurora and King Jarvok are refusing to end their battle. And with neither willing to surrender, their kingdoms are on the edge of destruction. Until a ghost from the past intervenes.

In a neighborhood known as the Bramble Patch, the Lyons family endures despite poverty, racism, and the ghoulish appetites of an underworld kingpin called the Barghest. As the years pass and the neighborhood falls into decay, along with the town that surrounds it, what’s left of the Bramble Patch will learn the saying is true: These bones are gonna rise again.

Mexico City, 1988. Long before iTunes or MP3s, you said "I love you" with a mixtape. Meche, awkward and fifteen, discovers how to cast spells using music, and with her friends Sebastian and Daniela will piece together their broken families, and even find love.

But when a body is discovered in the shadow of Cairndale, Charlie and the Talents realize there is even more at stake than they'd feared. For a new drughr has arisen, ferocious, horned, seemingly able to move in their world at will – and it is not alone. A malevolent figure, known only as the Abbess, desires the dust for her own ends. And deep in the world of the dead, a terrible evil stirs - an evil which the corrupted dust just might hold the secret to reviving, or destroying forever.

A spellbinding saga about the inhabitants and inheritors of one rural community, by one of Iceland's most beloved novelists. A man comes to awareness in a cold church in the Icelandic countryside, not knowing who he is, why he's there, or how he arrived, with a stranger staring mockingly from a few pews back. Startled by the man's cryptic questions, he leaves—and plunges into a history spanning centuries, a past pressed into his genes that sinks him closer to some knowledge of himself.

Born in Cuba after her mother Yemaya’s adventures in the New World, Oya has inherited otherworldly powers from her Yoruba Orisha lineage. While Yemaya is known for her healing abilities, Oya’s influence over the storm proves to be destructive, posing a threat to her mother and the island’s safety. Sent to New Orleans to study under Marie Laveau, the Queen of Voodoo, Oya begins a journey across the still young America, encountering a myriad of historical figures, including Mary Ellen Pleasant, Jesse James, Lew Hing, and more.