El amor por los cuatro costados

Judy Hammer, head of the Richmond police, and Andy Brazil, her righthand man, must go after a gang of delinquents and at the same time, make peace between authorities and the people. Brazil is also an ex-journalist who writes, with a pseudonym, critical articles against the government. His criticism reflects the increasing displeasure that the population feels towards its authorities. This calm place, inhabited mainly by fishermen, has initiated a revolt against the new norms that the governor wants to impose. Judy and Andy will have to mediate between politicians and islanders to avoid...

Enoch Soames es un poeta decadentista tan mediocre como pedante, autor de tres obras que, muy a su pesar, no le han procurado fama ni prestigio alguno. Convencido de ser un escritor de talento injustamente ignorado, sueña con el reconocimiento que, quizá, reciba de manera póstuma. Un día, mientras cena en el Soho londinense con Beerbohm, el involuntario testigo de sus desgracias, un personaje con pinta de pendenciero que afirma ser el diablo le ofrece la oportunidad de viajar al futuro para comprobar qué le depara la posteridad. Publicado originalmente en 1916 en The Century Magazine,...

Presents the title story about the curious case of a baby, born in 1860, who begins life as an old man and who proceeds to age backward, accompanied by the tale of a young southerner who goes to New England, ostensibly for education.

After two years of physical absence, four childhood friends decide to organize a trip to an unknown destination, on the pretext of meeting again and catching up with each other’s lives.