El cerezo de Shinagawa

Wrong will be that one to suppose that the practice of heroic virtues and spiritual life are the privilege of monks and hermits, confused is people who think that the list of men and women who have been elevated to sainthood is composed only of missionaries, martyrs, priests or any other member of the clergy. Error, the list of saints that the church has placed on the altar is full of a multitude of ordinary people, men and women who have gone through life loving and serving others from a common profession, from his workshop from your home, from your regular life of governors or parents.

The celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street “is back with her first work of fiction in almost a decade, a story of memory and friendship [and] the experiences young women endure as immigrants worldwide” (AP). In this masterfully written dual-language edition, a long-forgotten letter sets off a charged encounter with the past. As a young woman, Corina leaves her Mexican family in Chicago to pursue her dream of becoming a writer in the cafés of Paris. Instead, she spends her brief time in the City of Light running out of money and lining up with other immigrants to call...

EDICIÓN 2017 "El asesino de Village Street" se desarrolla en un tranquilo y alejado pueblo del sur de EE.UU al que llega una atractiva joven con la intención de preparar su tesis universitaria. Natalie Davis, una novata investigadora, que tendrá que recomponer el puzzle que la llevará hasta el responsable de varios asesinatos; un carnicero sangriento capaz de mutilar y hacerse con el hígado de sus víctimas como trofeo. Todo transcurre con normalidad hasta que dos semanas después de su llegada, descubre unas marcas en el camino que la llevan a un macabro escenario. Desde ese momento...

Ce livre nous entraîne dans la valse colorée des liens, fragiles ou indéfectibles, salvateurs ou destructeurs, tissés pour un jour ou pour toujours avec parents, amis et tous ceux qui nous lient. Comme dans un kaléidoscope, nous voyons se former et se déformer ces relations ; sentiments forts, confus, complexes, artificiels...