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In this powerful, eerily convincing fictional speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Don DeLillo chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald's odyssey from troubled teenager to a man of precarious stability who imagines himself an agent of history. When "history" presents itself in the form of two disgruntled CIA operatives who decide that an unsuccessful attempt on the life of the president will galvanize the nation against communism, the scales are irrevocably tipped. A gripping, masterful blend of fact and fiction, alive with meticulously portrayed characters both real and created, Libra is ...

Una historia de amor y amistad entre dos mujeres por la autora de La señora de las especias. Sudha y Anju nacieron el mismo día y se criaron en la misma casa. Sudha es dócil y bella; Anju, inquieta y rebelde. Las dos compartieron experiencias durante la infancia y la adolescencia. Pero Sudha esconde un secreto que no puede revelar a su hermana y que condicionará su futuro. Cuando se casen, sus caminos se separarán: Anju emigrará a Estados Unidos y Sudha se quedará en Calcuta tras aceptar un matrimonio de conveniencia.

In this bold novel that shatters the barriers between fiction and reality, the dark object of narrator Chris's desire is Dick, a well-known theorist who refuses to answer her letters. Chris tenaciously continues to pursue him nonetheless, eventually traveling across the country. The passion-fueled journey pushes the protagonist to a state of madness that moves her away from a life in the shadow of her successful husband and brings her to question the very foundation of her femininity. Chris's compulsive love letters act as essays, and a moment arrives when the letters are in and of themselves ...

Un hombre parado ante un semáforo en rojo se queda ciego súbitamente. Es el primer paso de una 'ceguera blanca' que se expande de manera fulminante. Internados en cuarentena o perdidos en la ciudad, los ciegos tendrán que enfrentarse con lo que existe de más primitivo en la naturaleza humana; la voluntad de sobrevivir a cualquier precio.