El amor enfermo

This is one of the most important novels in recent years. A ghostwriter is in charge of simultaneously writing a biography of a millionaire and preparing a report on the discovery of what hides behind Nabokov's The Original of Laura. In this investigation, much more is discovered about the Russian writer while his posthumous work is revealed. An exciting story that encounters many characters, travels to New York, California, and islands in the South Pacific, this book teaches the reader that people are never who they seem to be. A novel filled with humor, adventure, intrigue, and wisdom that...

Feroces, crueles, valientes y apasionados, los cosacos hacen temblar la estepa bajo los cascos de sus caballos. Y entre ellos se encuentra Taras Bulba, un anciano lleno aún de fuerza e inteligencia que junto a sus hijos, Ostap y Andrí, avanzará por tierras polacas con intención de vengar su fe ortodoxa burlada por los católicos. Ninguna guarnición, ciudad amurallada o iglesia podrán detenerlos, hasta que la desgracia se cierna sobre ellos y el apuesto y enamoradizo Andrí haga que su padre maldiga el día en que lo engendró. Taras Bulba, una anomalía entre la obra más conocida de...

A young Australian travelling for academic purposes in Europe visits a monastery in Spain and is waylaid by an old man selling his produce by the roadside at a nearby war cemetery. He innocently asks about the massive eucalypt trees in the monastery grounds and is then entranced by the old man and the story he tells of their history which weaves together the secret 16th-century exploration of Terra Australis, the Emperor Charles V, the dedication of a botanist, fundamentals of gardening and the wonder of Nature. "I found myself translating a story written by someone I hardly knew, about some...

Tres jóvenes tienen la posibilidad de una vez cada diez años, transformar sus colas en piernas y subir a la superficie. Los machos de su especie se han extinguido en su manada y deciden...