Relatos

Inscribed in the rich fantastical tradition of Romanian literature while communing with other traditions, this book uses fantasy to denounce, in a covert manner, the grotesqueness of existence within a totalitarian state. The four stories included belong as much to fantastical literature as they do to testimony writing, the narrative combining as it does the confessional tone of a realistic journal with incursions from a visionary imagination. Rediscovered in 1977 after having been rejected by Romanian censorship due to its antisocial tendencies, this was the first book of short stories...

Esta novela ambientada en Francia durante la Edad Media describe la pugna entre el poder temporal, representado por la nobleza, y la autoridad de la Iglesia. El duque de Charny intenta utilizar el gran influjo que ejerce el Santo Sudario para impulsar la construcción de un templo que, en definitiva, sólo servirá a sus propios intereses. Sin embargo, será su propia hija Christine quien se oponga a sus designios. Ella mantiene un agitado romance con un monje. Finalmente, consternada por las depravaciones que albergan los conventos, pone todo su esfuerzo en la fundación de una ciudad...

Norman Mailer ha realizado un amplio trabajo como reportero en diversos periódicos y revistas americanas. Este libro es buena parte del fruto de dicho trabajo. Mailer traza un retrato de la América política desde 1960 a 1999, desde la elección de Kennedy

After a lifetime of chasing women, he took one look at Francesca Bridgerton and fell in love. Unfortunately for Michael, Francesca's surname was to remain Bridgerton for only a mere thirty-six hours longer, the occasion of their meeting was, lamentably, a supper celebrating her imminent wedding to his cousin.