Voléngaros

When Maggie Hughes becomes pregnant at fifteen in 1950s Quebec, her parents force her to give baby Elodie up for adoption and get her life back on track. As time passes, the stories of Maggie and Elodie intertwine but never touch, until Maggie goes in search of her long-lost daughter.

A collection of 210 traditional tales by the brothers Grimm, with accompanying explanatory and historical material.

XII Premio de Novela de la Universidad de Sevilla. Entre Sevilla, Granada y Aranjuez discurre la investigación de Marcelo Villafaine sobre una cantaora desaparecida. Las pesquisas conducen al protagonista hasta principios del siglo XX, a la Sevilla de los cafés cantantes y, posteriormente, a un trágico fusilamiento ocurrido el 18 de julio de 1936. En su pericia investigadora una mujer le sirve para rememorar el recuerdo de Inés, y el encuentro con un septuagenario cantaor en La Sonanta, una famosa taberna flamenca, se erige en semillero de confidencias que responden a una pregunta aún...

The 20th century's first Argentine best seller was Cesar Duayen's novel Stella of 1905. "Cesar Duayen" was quickly revealed to be Emma de la Barra (1861-1947), who besides founding the first professional school for women in Argentina, the national Red Cross, and a model factory workers' community, published five extraordinarily sucessful novels about Argentine society in the early part of the century. It was a time of economic anxiety and eagerness to redefine the responsibilities of citizens, both men and women, in this new era of rapid technological change and shifting global relationships. ...