El hombre que pudo reinar (1888) trata de dos aventureros británicos en la India que se convierten en reyes de Kafiristán, una parte remota de Afganistán. La historia está inspirada en las hazañas de …
Ever so nimble at bashing heads with her little hammer, Katie Slapes was her parents' joy and certain fortune. As the cellar filled with corpses, the family coffers fill…
Guerlain revient en compagnie de son jeune fils vivre dans le manoir où lui-même a vécu avec ses trois soeurs étant enfant. Étrangement, il n'a aucun souvenir de ce temps passé. Alors que Guerlain est…
In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual plants. The work drew her into an exhilarating investigation of paradise and its long association with g…
German Black Lena was queen of The Black Triangle, Manhattan's decadent empire of opium dens, gambling casinos, drunken sailors, gaudy hookers, and back room abortions. With her daughters and grandchi…
A prescient literary mystery about corporate espionage, family dynamics, and the follow-up to Jane Pek’s “thoroughly modern twist on classic detective fiction,” The Verifiers (New York Times Book Revi…
A lo largo de los años el dueño llena de recuerdos su casa, testigo mudo de su vida. Y aquél es también la fiel imagen de ella. Como las parejas que han convivido siempre juntas. Así, cuando su ocupan…
When Laura Willowes’s beloved father dies, she is absorbed in the household of her brother and his family. There, she leaves behind “Laura” and enters into the state of “Aunt Lolly,” a genteel spinste…
