Ilusiones

The tin-whistle dream of drunks and vagabonds comes true in a magical novella, the last work of an anti-fascist writer self-exiled to France from his native Silesia. Roth's protagonist, an alcoholic vagrant named Andreas who lives under the bridges of the Seine, is given 200 francs by a stranger.

A well-researched novel explores Mexico's sometimes violent political climate and the assassination of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio.

"Emily and s Quest is the grand finale of the Lucy Maud Montgomery trilogy, set before World War I on Prince Edward Island, Canada. The orphan in "Emily of New Moon" and the hopeful student in "Emily Climbs" is transformed into a young woman seeking success and love. At the beginning of the story, Emily believes that everyone has abandoned her at New Moon Farms. Best friend Ilsa Burnley has taken off for school in Montreal, suitor Perry Miller is studying Law in Charlottetown. Most annoyingly, Teddy Kent, also left her to study actor and s craft. All she has left is a desire to write and her...

Dos mundos enfrentados, dos concepciones de la vida, en una novela negra trepidante y desgarradora. El�as es un investigador privado, especialista en resolver casos relacionados con obras de arte, cuya vida transcurre entre convencionalismos. Su t�o, el obispo de Cartagena, le encarga recuperar la Vera Cruz de Caravaca, robada en 1934, y conseguir un cuadro que se subasta en Madrid. No logra llevar a cabo este segundo trabajo: una misteriosa y bell�sima mujer, Alicia Silva, roba el lienzo y arrebata al detective la paz de su acomodada vida conyugal. A partir de ese momento El�as...