El Gran Capitán

The 20th century's first Argentine best seller was Cesar Duayen's novel Stella of 1905. "Cesar Duayen" was quickly revealed to be Emma de la Barra (1861-1947), who besides founding the first professional school for women in Argentina, the national Red Cross, and a model factory workers' community, published five extraordinarily sucessful novels about Argentine society in the early part of the century. It was a time of economic anxiety and eagerness to redefine the responsibilities of citizens, both men and women, in this new era of rapid technological change and shifting global relationships. ...

Cuatro voces entrelazadas en una sola historia, cuatro personajes cuyo punto en común es un museo asediado por la guerra. Ellos son Andreas Hymer, Amela Jensen, Ernest Bolsi y Sophie Kesner y sus vidas están unidas por cartas, desapariciones y misterios, pero sobre todo por el miedo, la lucha y la voluntad de vivir. En una novela coral y poliédrica, Márquez consigue plasmar las emociones de los personajes y mostrar su lucha. Con un lirismo preciosista, y a partir del mito de Orfeo, el autor crea una tragedia moderna sobre como, incluso en los momentos más dolorosos, el ser humano es...

Until recently, Zvi was a happily married seventy-year-old engineer with no worrisome ailments beyond those of age. His road projects connected one place to another and opened tunnels of light deep in the mountains. But lately he forgets some names. A visit to the neurologist confirms it: first signs of his decline. Zvi, encouraged by his wife and the specialist, will not give up. His latest work will reveal to you one of the advantages of aging: with memory loss, it increases our ability to understand complex ideas, what is hidden under the surface of all things. From the wonderful pen of...

“Strasser è riuscito ancora una volta a mescolare sapientemente suspence e analisi della psicologia umana. Chiudere questo romanzo prima di averlo finito è davvero impossibile.” Kirkus Reviews