Rowina's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 12 Mar 2025 06:40:15 -0700 60 Rowina's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg The Artist 223632683 All Joseph wants is to be let into Tartuffe's world. All Ettie wants is to escape it.

The year is 1920. The place is a remote farmhouse in Provence, home to the reclusive painter Edouard Tartuffe and his niece, Ettie. Into this strange, silent house walks a young journalist hoping to write an article about Tartuffe. But the more he entangles himself in the peculiar household, the more Joseph's curiosity grows . . .

Ettie cooks and cleans for her uncle. She prepares his studio, scrubs his paintbrushes, and creates the perfect environment for him to work. She has never gone further than the local village. She is sharp-eyed and watchful. But beneath her cool exterior, Joseph senses something simmering. Ettie, Joseph and Tartuffe circle each other throughout the hot, crackling summer, until finally they collide.

The Artist is about two people grabbing the other by the hand and pulling each other into life.]]> Lucy Steeds Rowina 0 to-read 4.33 2025 The Artist
author: Lucy Steeds
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.33
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]]> Un tranv┴a llamado deseo 59610783 Death of a Salesman and The Crucible), and Williams¨ essay ＾The World I Live In.￣

It is a very short list of 20th-century American plays that continue to have the same power and impact as when they first appeared！57 years after its Broadway premiere, Tennessee Williams¨ A Streetcar Named Desireis one of those plays. The story famously recounts how the faded and promiscuous Blanche DuBois is pushed over the edge by her sexy and brutal brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski. Streetcar launched the careers of Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden, and solidified the position of Tennessee Williams as one of the most important young playwrights of his generation, as well as that of Elia Kazan as the greatest American stage director of the ¨40s and ¨50s.]]> 125 Tennessee Williams 847389054X Rowina 0 to-read 4.06 1947 Un tranv┴a llamado deseo
author: Tennessee Williams
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1947
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]]> Blame!, Vol. 1 32321 256 Tsutomu Nihei 1595328343 Rowina 3 4.14 1998 Blame!, Vol. 1
author: Tsutomu Nihei
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1998
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/28
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Las ilustraciones son lo mejor, incre┴blemente detalladas y atmosf└ricas. Sin embargo, en lo personal, se me hizo dif┴cil de seguir y me dej┏ muchas dudas. En general, un manga cyberpunk visualmente impresionante.
]]> <![CDATA[Nausica? of the Valley of Wind, Vol. 1]]> 844349
Nausicaa took Miyazaki 12 years to create, in part because he worked with few or no assistants, doing both the writing and drawing using a meticulously detailed style that critics have compared to the work of the French artist Moebius.]]> 264 Hayao Miyazaki 1569310963 Rowina 5 favorites 4.51 Nausica? of the Valley of Wind, Vol. 1
author: Hayao Miyazaki
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.51
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]]> Strange Weather in Tokyo 18283207 176 Hiromi Kawakami 1846275083 Rowina 2 3.63 2001 Strange Weather in Tokyo
author: Hiromi Kawakami
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2001
rating: 2
read at: 2025/02/24
date added: 2025/02/24
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No conect└ con los personajes, no me gust┏ la diferencia de edad y me aburri┏ mucho.
]]> <![CDATA[El hombre que confundi┏ a su mujer con un sombrero]]> 396756 316 Oliver Sacks 6077720240 Rowina 0 currently-reading 3.98 1985 El hombre que confundi┏ a su mujer con un sombrero
author: Oliver Sacks
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1985
rating: 0
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]]> Kitchen 50144 Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, is an enchantingly original and deeply affecting book about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan. Mikage, the heroine of Kitchen, is an orphan raised by her grandmother, who has passed away. Grieving, she is taken in by her friend Yoichi and his mother (who was once his father), Eriko. As the three of them form an improvised family that soon weathers its own tragic losses, Yoshimoto spins a lovely, evocative tale that recalls early Marguerite Duras. Kitchen and its companion story, "Moonlight Shadow," are elegant tales whose seeming simplicity is the ruse of a writer whose voice echoes in the mind and the soul.]]> 160 Banana Yoshimoto 0802142443 Rowina 3
Por cierto, la portada me parece de lo m│s genial.]]> 3.91 1988 Kitchen
author: Banana Yoshimoto
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1988
rating: 3
read at: 2021/09/10
date added: 2025/02/14
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La dependencia excesiva de la historia en la tragedia y el dolor no me agrad┏ del todo. Yoshimoto crea personajes simp│ticos, pero a veces su falta de profundidad hace que sea dif┴cil conectarse con ellos de alguna manera. En general, es una lectura decente.

Por cierto, la portada me parece de lo m│s genial.
]]> <![CDATA[Nodame Cantabile, Vol. 1 (Nodame Cantabile, #1)]]> 1261277
Then one day he meets fellow student Megumi Noda, also known as Nodame. This oddball girl cannot cook, clean, or even read a music score, but she can play the piano in incomparable Cantabile style. And she teaches Chiaki something that he has forgotten: to enjoy his music, no matter where he is.]]> 208 Tomoko Ninomiya 0345481720 Rowina 0 currently-reading 4.19 2002 Nodame Cantabile, Vol. 1 (Nodame Cantabile, #1)
author: Tomoko Ninomiya
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2002
rating: 0
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]]> Perra 206756115 76 Marie-Pier Lafontaine 9878928632 Rowina 5 favorites
No es una lectura incre┴ble; es una lectura devastadora e imposible de olvidar. Le di cinco estrellas, pero no porque la haya disfrutado, sino porque reconocer su valent┴a y crudeza es lo m┴nimo que puedo hacer.]]> 4.09 2019 Perra
author: Marie-Pier Lafontaine
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/10
date added: 2025/02/10
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No encuentro palabras para describir esta lectura sin sentir que cualquier elogio se queda corto e incluso fuera de lugar. No es una historia que se lea con facilidad ni con distancia: es un grito de dolor y de resistencia. Marie-Pier nos advierte que no contar│ todo, porque incluso con lo que cuenta, teme no ser cre┴da. Y aun as┴, cada palabra pesa y cada silencio, tambi└n.

No es una lectura incre┴ble; es una lectura devastadora e imposible de olvidar. Le di cinco estrellas, pero no porque la haya disfrutado, sino porque reconocer su valent┴a y crudeza es lo m┴nimo que puedo hacer.
]]> おやすみプンプン 1 [Oyasumi Punpun 1] 2043575 224 Inio Asano 4091512186 Rowina 2 4.25 2007 おやすみプンプン 1 [Oyasumi Punpun 1]
author: Inio Asano
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2007
rating: 2
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Es asquerosamente deprimente, lo odi└.
]]> <![CDATA[Wings of Starlight (Disney Fairies)]]> 212808316 Brimming with magic and romance, a young fairy queen must form an unlikely alliance or risk an unspeakable danger destroying all she holds dear in this standalone YA novel from New York Times bestselling author Allison Saft.

It¨s been centuries since a warm-season fairy in Pixie Hollow has crossed into the Winter Woods, and while most fear the legends of monsters lurking in the frozen lands, Clarion, can¨t help being intrigued by Winter¨s stoic beauty. But under the watchful eyes of the current monarch and the court's seasonal ministers, Clarion has little time to dwell on daydreams while the days to her coronation dwindle away.

That is, until reports of a monster crossing from Winter into Spring make their way to the palace. Clarion sees defeating this threat as an opportunity to prove that she is worthy of her new role. But instead of finding a monster at the edge of Winter, she finds Milori, a young guardian of the Winter Woods. Together, they form an unlikely bond as they race to save their lands.

But as their alliance warms to something more, they will discover there is a reason a warm-season fairy and a winter fairy must not be together. And the cost could be just as deadly as the monsters that prowl the Winter Woods.

Discover the origin of the sweeping, star-crossed romance between the queen of Pixie Hollow and the lord of the Winter Woods.]]> 400 Allison Saft 1368098452 Rowina 0 to-read 4.27 2025 Wings of Starlight (Disney Fairies)
author: Allison Saft
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.27
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]]> <![CDATA[Los misterios de la taberna Kamogawa]]> 132057830 192 Hisashi Kashiwai 8419346020 Rowina 0 to-read 3.64 2013 Los misterios de la taberna Kamogawa
author: Hisashi Kashiwai
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> El gourmet solitario 10824374
A trav└s de la mirada curiosa de este viajero gastron┏mico, los autores, Jiro Taniguchi y Masayuki Kusumi, trazan un aut└ntico retrato sociol┏gico de Jap┏n y de su riqueza gastron┏mica. Ambos consiguen sumergirnos en las costumbres japonesas, en un paseo sembrado de olores, sabores y diversidad. El gourmet solitario forma parte de esas cosas sencillas que nos ayudan a ver el lado bueno de la vida.]]> 200 Jir┃ Taniguchi 8492769688 Rowina 5 favorites 3.76 1997 El gourmet solitario
author: Jir┃ Taniguchi
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1997
rating: 5
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Un manga simple pero encantador. El gourmet solitario es un viaje tranquilo por la cotidianidad, donde cada comida es un momento de pausa y disfrute. Acompa?ar a Gor┃ en sus exploraciones gastron┏micas es casi terap└utico: la calma con la que elige, prueba y reflexiona sobre cada plato hace que uno quiera saborear la vida con la misma atenci┏n. Ojal│ fuera m│s largo, porque es de esos mangas que se disfrutan sin prisa y siempre dejan con ganas de m│s.
]]> El llano en llamas 2075382 210 Juan Rulfo 9500718030 Rowina 4 温稼岳看鉛看乙┴温壊
La prosa de Rulfo es escueta e intensa. Cada cuento deja una sensaci┏n de desamparo, de destino sellado, de personajes que parecen condenados desde la primera l┴nea. Hay momentos de una poes┴a tremenda, de esas que se sienten en el pecho, pero tambi└n pasajes donde la narraci┏n se vuelve mon┏tona, como si uno caminara por el mismo llano polvoriento una y otra vez.

Es un libro que se siente, m│s que se lee; pero en mi opini┏n tambi└n puede volverse repetitivo.]]> 4.22 1953 El llano en llamas
author: Juan Rulfo
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1953
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/05
date added: 2025/02/05
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Juan Rulfo escribe con el peso de la tierra y el silencio del monte. El llano en llamas es un libro que sabe a polvo, a sol implacable y a la dureza de un M└xico rural. Sus relatos son crudos, a veces │ridos, pero tienen mucha belleza.

La prosa de Rulfo es escueta e intensa. Cada cuento deja una sensaci┏n de desamparo, de destino sellado, de personajes que parecen condenados desde la primera l┴nea. Hay momentos de una poes┴a tremenda, de esas que se sienten en el pecho, pero tambi└n pasajes donde la narraci┏n se vuelve mon┏tona, como si uno caminara por el mismo llano polvoriento una y otra vez.

Es un libro que se siente, m│s que se lee; pero en mi opini┏n tambi└n puede volverse repetitivo.
]]> <![CDATA[The Handmaid¨s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)]]> 38447
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.]]> 311 Margaret Atwood 038549081X Rowina 5 favorites
Como advirti┏ Simone de Beauvoir:
"No olvid└is jam│s que bastar│ una crisis pol┴tica, econ┏mica o religiosa para que los derechos de las mujeres vuelvan a ser cuestionados. Estos derechos nunca se dan por adquiridos, deb└is permanecer vigilantes toda vuestra vida".

Aunque el libro nos presenta una realidad dist┏pica, no podemos dejar de notar las similitudes con algunas sociedades actuales, donde las mujeres a┣n enfrentan horribles desigualdades. Y si me lo preguntan: s┴, definitivamente creo que algo as┴ podr┴a ocurrir en este mundo. La Historia ha demostrado que cuando se le da poder a los extremistas, son capaces de cometer actos atroces para imponer sus ideolog┴as. Esta novela, aunque pueda parecer exagerada, en realidad es una amplificaci┏n de tendencias que existen actualmente y es una advertencia de que debemos estar atentas.]]> 4.15 1985 The Handmaid¨s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1985
rating: 5
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Margaret Atwood no inventa nada imposible; su Gilead es la consecuencia l┏gica de lo que ocurre cuando el fanatismo y el poder se alinean contra los derechos m│s b│sicos. Lo aterrador del libro no es su ficci┏n, sino lo cerca que est│ de la realidad. Leerlo es indignarse, es sentir impotencia, es reflexionar sobre c┏mo las libertades pueden desmoronarse con tanta facilidad.

Como advirti┏ Simone de Beauvoir:
"No olvid└is jam│s que bastar│ una crisis pol┴tica, econ┏mica o religiosa para que los derechos de las mujeres vuelvan a ser cuestionados. Estos derechos nunca se dan por adquiridos, deb└is permanecer vigilantes toda vuestra vida".

Aunque el libro nos presenta una realidad dist┏pica, no podemos dejar de notar las similitudes con algunas sociedades actuales, donde las mujeres a┣n enfrentan horribles desigualdades. Y si me lo preguntan: s┴, definitivamente creo que algo as┴ podr┴a ocurrir en este mundo. La Historia ha demostrado que cuando se le da poder a los extremistas, son capaces de cometer actos atroces para imponer sus ideolog┴as. Esta novela, aunque pueda parecer exagerada, en realidad es una amplificaci┏n de tendencias que existen actualmente y es una advertencia de que debemos estar atentas.
]]> The Garden Party 25167837 'They could not have had a more perfect day for a garden-party if they had ordered it.' A windless, warm day greets the Sheridan family on the day of their garden party. As daughter Laura takes the reins on party preparations the news of a neighbour's demise casts a cloud over the host and threatens the entire celebration.]]> Katherine Mansfield Rowina 2 温稼岳看鉛看乙┴温壊 3.70 1921 The Garden Party
author: Katherine Mansfield
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1921
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/07
date added: 2025/02/05
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review:
Una colecci┏n de cuentos que no lograron capturar mi inter└s. La prosa de Mansfield es delicada y refinada, pero los relatos me parecieron demasiado sutiles y carentes de conflicto.
]]> Los detectives salvajes 56670955 785 Roberto Bola?o 9877385872 Rowina 0 to-read 4.42 1998 Los detectives salvajes
author: Roberto Bola?o
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.42
book published: 1998
rating: 0
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]]> No-res 34822842 150 Janne Teller 8415097549 Rowina 2 3.71 2000 No-res
author: Janne Teller
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2000
rating: 2
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El cuestionamiento absoluto del sentido de la vida, pero llevado al extremo por un mont┏n de ni?os locos.
]]> Dracula 10483223 399 Bram Stoker 1435129733 Rowina 0 currently-reading 3.96 1897 Dracula
author: Bram Stoker
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1897
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Kiki's Delivery Service (Kiki's Delivery Service, #1)]]> 53029302 Nostalgic fans of the Miyazaki film and newcomers alike--soar into the modern classic about a young witch and her clever cat that started it all!

Half-witch Kiki never runs from a challenge. So when her thirteenth birthday arrives, she's eager to follow a witch's tradition: choose a new town to call home for one year.

Brimming with confidence, Kiki flies to the seaside village of Koriko and expects that her powers will easily bring happiness to the townspeople. But gaining the trust of the locals is trickier than she expected. With her faithful, wise-cracking black cat, Jiji, by her side, Kiki forges new friendships and builds her inner strength, ultimately realizing that magic can be found in even the most ordinary places.

Blending fantasy with the charm of everyday life, this enchanting new translation will inspire both new readers and dedicated fans.]]> 193 Eiko Kadono 1984896660 Rowina 0 currently-reading 4.17 1985 Kiki's Delivery Service (Kiki's Delivery Service, #1)
author: Eiko Kadono
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1985
rating: 0
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]]> La hija de la costurera 49422099 256 Joumana Haddad 6073183828 Rowina 0 to-read 4.36 2018 La hija de la costurera
author: Joumana Haddad
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> Mil soles espl└ndidos 3184678 382 Khaled Hosseini 8498381355 Rowina 0 currently-reading 4.58 2007 Mil soles espl└ndidos
author: Khaled Hosseini
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.58
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Las venas abiertas de Am└rica Latina]]> 964057 470 Eduardo Galeano 9682319005 Rowina 0 to-read 4.28 1971 Las venas abiertas de Am└rica Latina
author: Eduardo Galeano
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1971
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Shinya Shokudo 1 (Chinese Edition)]]> 29987008 ☆2014定10埖29晩14:59:59までの豚寂浙涙創お編し井です。2014定10埖30晩參週はご旋喘できなくなります。キャンペ`ン豚寂嶮阻朔もおSしみいただくには、宥械井嗤創をご旋喘ください。
ZS瞬の極にある弌さな糾〆侮匚奮銘〇。嘔喫閏笋匚の12扮から劾の7扮矧までだから、みんなが覆返にそう柵んでいる。そこは、メニュ`はわずか、あとは奮べたいものを覆返に廣猟すれば、恬れるものならなんでも恬ってくれる笋錣辰慎蠅世辰拭液液> 152 Yar┃ Abe 7540459247 Rowina 0 to-read 4.44 Shinya Shokudo 1 (Chinese Edition)
author: Yar┃ Abe
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.44
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of the City of Ladies]]> 89049
Inspirada na Cidade de Deus, de Santo Agostinho, Christine de Pizan concebeu uma cidade ut┏pica composta exclusivamente por mulheres, ao abrigo das cal┣nias e injusti?as dos homens. Em seu livro, a autora, hoje reconhecida como a primeira mulher a viver profissionalmente de sua escrita, recupera figuras femininas de diferentes └pocas D guerreiras, artistas, s│bias, amantes e santas D, reinterpretando-as como s┴mbolos de resist┷ncia e sabedoria. Recorrendo ┐ hist┏ria e ┐s mitologias grega e romana, aos poemas de Ov┴dio e Virg┴lio, a epis┏dios da B┴blia, contos de Boccaccio e mais um sem-n┣mero de fontes, Christine debate com grandes nomes do pensamento e da ret┏rica, como Arist┏teles, C┴cero e muitos outros.

Com coragem e erudi??o, A Cidade das Mulheres aborda temas surpreendentemente modernos, como o estupro, a igualdade entre os sexos, o acesso das mulheres ao saber e o reconhecimento da autonomia do pr┏prio desejo, revelando-se uma obra fundamental para a hist┏ria das mulheres e sua longa trajet┏ria de lutas por uma exist┷ncia plena em todos os dom┴nios da ci┷ncia, da cultura e da vida social.]]> 281 Christine de Pizan 0892552301 Rowina 0 to-read 3.80 1405 The Book of the City of Ladies
author: Christine de Pizan
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1405
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]]> <![CDATA[A History of Women in the West. Vol 1. From Ancient Goddesses to Christian Saints (A History of Women in the West, #1)]]> 859195
The inaugural volume brings women from the margins of ancient history into the fore. It offers fresh insight into more than twenty centuries of Greek and Roman history and encompasses a landscape that stretches from the North Sea to the Mediterranean and from the Pillars of Hercules to the banks of the Indus. The authors draw upon a wide range of sources including gravestones, floor plans, papyrus rolls, vase paintings, and literary works to illustrate how representations of women evolved during this age. They journey into the minds of men and bring to light an imaginative history of women and of the relations between the sexes.]]> 596 Georges Duby 067440369X Rowina 0 to-read 4.04 1990 A History of Women in the West. Vol 1. From Ancient Goddesses to Christian Saints (A History of Women in the West, #1)
author: Georges Duby
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1990
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Historia de las mujeres en Espa?a y Am└rica Latina I: De la Prehistoria a la Edad Media]]> 1355070 864 Isabel Morant Deusa 843762259X Rowina 0 to-read 5.00 Historia de las mujeres en Espa?a y Am└rica Latina I: De la Prehistoria a la Edad Media
author: Isabel Morant Deusa
name: Rowina
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]]> <![CDATA[Historia de Asiria: Una gu┴a fascinante de los asirios y su poderoso imperio en la antigua Mesopotamia (Explorando Mesopotamia) (Spanish Edition)]]> 55511049 En Historia de Una gu┴a fascinante de los asirios y su poderoso imperio en la antigua Mesopotamia, usted descubrir│ temas Los asirios llegan a el comienzo del per┴odo asirioEl nacimiento de una civilizaci┏ Del antiguo Imperio asirio al Imperio asirio medioEl comienzo del Imperio neoasirioLa expansi┏n imperial y la Edad de Oro del Imperio neoasirioLa Ca┴da del ImperioGobierno asirioEl ej└rcito asirioLa vida en el Imperio asirioCultura Arte, Matem│ticas y CienciaReligi┏n asiria?Y mucho, mucho m│s!?Obtenga este libro ahora para aprender m│s sobre la historia asiria!]]> 97 Captivating History Rowina 0 currently-reading 3.88 Historia de Asiria: Una gu┴a fascinante de los asirios y su poderoso imperio en la antigua Mesopotamia (Explorando Mesopotamia) (Spanish Edition)
author: Captivating History
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.88
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]]> <![CDATA[Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)]]> 204811915 People) of a novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world.

With her remarkable insight into the human condition and silences that contain multitudes, Elizabeth Strout returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, and to her beloved cast of characters！Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess, and more！as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst, fall in love and yet choose to be apart, and grapple with the question, as Lucy Barton puts it, ＾What does anyone¨s life mean?￣

It¨s autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer Lucy Barton, who lives down the road in a house by the sea with her ex-husband, William. Together, Lucy and Bob go on walks and talk about their lives, their fears and regrets, and what might have been. Lucy, meanwhile, is finally introduced to the iconic Olive Kitteridge, now living in a retirement community on the edge of town. They spend afternoons together in Olive¨s apartment, telling each other stories. Stories about people they have known！＾unrecorded lives,￣ Olive calls them！reanimating them, and, in the process, imbuing their lives with meaning.

Brimming with empathy and pathos, Tell Me Everything is Elizabeth Strout operating at the height of her powers, illuminating the ways in which our relationships keep us afloat. As Lucy says, ＾Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love.￣]]> 326 Elizabeth Strout 0593446097 Rowina 0 to-read 3.99 2024 Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
author: Elizabeth Strout
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[?Qui└n se har│ cargo del hospital de ranas?]]> 49772837 176 Lorrie Moore 9877121697 Rowina 3
Un retrato delicado de lo cotidiano, de las p└rdidas peque?as y las transformaciones inevitables.]]> 3.79 1994 ?Qui└n se har│ cargo del hospital de ranas?
author: Lorrie Moore
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1994
rating: 3
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Aunque me gust┏ y me ayud┏ a salir de un bloqueo lector, me dej┏ una sensaci┏n extra?a, como de melancol┴a que se queda flotando despu└s de la ┣ltima p│gina. Es una novela corta, de lectura │gil, pero su sencillez no implica ligereza. La historia, en s┴, no es extraordinaria; es simplemente la vida de alguien (con sus rutinas, sus recuerdos, sus cambios) y en eso radica su encanto.

Un retrato delicado de lo cotidiano, de las p└rdidas peque?as y las transformaciones inevitables.
]]> Coraz┏n de buey 198113799 que sobrevive y lo que desaparece? Y ?C┏mo nombrar lo que se ve? Algunas preguntas entran en un flujo que es, al mismo tiempo, continuo y pausado, y somos llevados a alzar los ojos de este mundo de papel para ＾observar las cosas que est│n cerca, a 30, 40 cm￣ e intentar hablar de ellas. El poema 2, compuesto por descripciones de acciones rutinarias que no acostumbran ser nombradas
(como tomar un vaso de agua), termina con un gesto que, por definici┏n, no se cierra: ＾continuar, continuar￣, dice el verso final, llevando al lector hacia el texto siguiente y reforzando, con la repetici┏n del verbo, esa idea de un flujo entrecortado por pausas.
Mar┴lia Garcia]]> 82 Ana Estaregui 9566054750 Rowina 0 to-read 4.25 Coraz┏n de buey
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]]> Mi dulce ni?a 51566264 352 Romy Hausmann 8491818073 Rowina 0 to-read 4.13 2019 Mi dulce ni?a
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]]> Kokoro 762476 The New Yorker as "rich in understanding and insight,"

Kokoro！"the heart of things"！is the work of one of Japan's most popular authors. This thought-provoking trilogy of stories explores the very essence of loneliness and stands as a stirring introduction to modern Japanese literature.

What is love, and what is friendship? What is the extent of our responsibility to ourselves and to others? A trilogy of stories that explores the very essence of loneliness, Kokoro opens with "Sensei and I," in which the narrator recounts his relationship with an intellectual who dwells in isolation but maintains a sophisticated worldview. "My Parents and I" brings the reader into the narrator's family circle, and "Sensei and His Testament" features the eponymous character's explanation of how he came to live a life of solitude.

Natsume Soseki (1867C1916), perhaps the greatest novelist of the Meiji period, remains one of Japan's most widely read authors. He wrote this novel in 1914, at the peak of his career, and it remains an excellent introduction to modern Japanese literature.]]> 256 Natsume S┃seki 0809260956 Rowina 0 to-read 4.05 1914 Kokoro
author: Natsume S┃seki
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.05
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]]> <![CDATA[Poems of Denise Levertov, 1960-1967]]> 150369 256 Denise Levertov 0811208591 Rowina 0 to-read 4.32 1983 Poems of Denise Levertov, 1960-1967
author: Denise Levertov
name: Rowina
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]]> <![CDATA[La bruja blanca (Asesino de brujas, #1)]]> 53131744
Dos a?os atr│s, Louise le Blanc huy┏ de su aquelarre y se refugi┏ en la ciudad de Cesarine, donde renunci┏ a la magia para vivir de lo que pudiera robar. All┴, cazan a brujas como Lou. Les temen. Y las queman.

Como cazador de la Iglesia, Reid Diggory ha vivido su vida bajo una regla: ?No permitir│s que ninguna bruja viva?. Pero cuando Lou realiza una gran artima?a, tanto ella como Reid se ven obligados a aceptar una situaci┏n impensada: el matrimonio.

Lou, incapaz de ignorar sus sentimientos que son cada vez m│s fuertes, pero sin poder cambiar qui└n es, Lou debe elegir.

Asesino de brujas: la bruja blanca se desarrolla en un mundo de mujeres empoderadas, magia oscura y donde los romances son fuera de serie. Cuando lo termines de leer, querr│s m│s.]]> 482 Shelby Mahurin Rowina 3
La protagonista es valiente y divertida, y desde el principio te cae bien. El protagonista masculino tambi└n tiene su encanto, aunque es un poco serio debido a su religiosidad. La situaci┏n en la que se ven obligados a casarse es interesante, especialmente considerando que └l odia a las brujas y ella es una.

Mi ┣nica cr┴tica es que el romance entre ellos se siente un poco apresurado y falta un poco de chispa. Parece que intentaron hacer un "enemies to lovers", pero no del todo.

En general, es una buena lectura, pero no voy a continuar con la trilog┴a.]]> 4.17 2019 La bruja blanca (Asesino de brujas, #1)
author: Shelby Mahurin
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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Me gust┏ esta lectura r│pida y entretenida. Las brujas siempre me han fascinado y en este libro hay tanto buenas como malas. La historia es enganchadora y nos transporta a otro siglo donde las brujas son perseguidas.

La protagonista es valiente y divertida, y desde el principio te cae bien. El protagonista masculino tambi└n tiene su encanto, aunque es un poco serio debido a su religiosidad. La situaci┏n en la que se ven obligados a casarse es interesante, especialmente considerando que └l odia a las brujas y ella es una.

Mi ┣nica cr┴tica es que el romance entre ellos se siente un poco apresurado y falta un poco de chispa. Parece que intentaron hacer un "enemies to lovers", pero no del todo.

En general, es una buena lectura, pero no voy a continuar con la trilog┴a.
]]> <![CDATA[Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)]]> 9460487 9781594744761

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow-impossible though it seems-they may still be alive. A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.]]> 352 Ransom Riggs 1594744769 Rowina 3 3.92 2011 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
author: Ransom Riggs
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average rating: 3.92
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Una novela tan curiosa como los personajes que habitan en sus p│ginas. Me gust┏ absolutamente todo.
]]> <![CDATA[VEIL 1: Die Temperatur von Orange]]> 129081958 130 Kotteri 3646730536 Rowina 5 favorites Arte, en todos los aspectos. 4.66 2019 VEIL 1: Die Temperatur von Orange
author: Kotteri
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average rating: 4.66
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rating: 5
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Arte, en todos los aspectos.
]]> Emma, Vol. 1 22932 The saga begins. In Victorian England, a young girl named Emma is rescued from a life of destitution and raised to become a proper British maid. When she meets William, the eldest son of a wealthy family, their love seems destined. But in this world, even matters of the heart are ruled by class distinctions.]]> 183 Kaoru Mori 1401211321 Rowina 5 favorites 3.84 2002 Emma, Vol. 1
author: Kaoru Mori
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average rating: 3.84
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Este es uno de los mejores mangas de romance y ficci┏n hist┏rica. Qu└ bonito dibujo. Kaoru Mori es mi mangaka favorita.
]]> A Little Princess 76817 But when Sara's wealthy father dies and leaves her penniless, Miss Minchin makes Sara do the worst chores in the house. Still, as badly as Miss Minchin treats Sara, with a little help from her friends and her imagination, Sara is determined to find happiness no matter what.]]> 324 Frances Hodgson Burnett 0064401871 Rowina 5 favorites 4.27 1905 A Little Princess
author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
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?Me encanta! Esta novela es como un beso muy c│lido. Me llena de alegr┴a y emoci┏n. Me hace re┴r y llorar. La historia de Sara Crewe es un recordatorio de la importancia de la imaginaci┏n, la amabilidad y la resiliencia. Es un cl│sico que me hace sentir viva. ?Es tan bello! Definitivamente un libro que siempre querr└ leer.
]]> 1984 40961427 Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmarish vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life！the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language！and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.]]> 298 George Orwell Rowina 3 4.24 1949 1984
author: George Orwell
name: Rowina
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Le doy tres estrellas no porque no sea una novela impresionante, sino porque ya conoc┴a la historia y eso le quit┏ un poco de la magia y el impacto que podr┴a haber tenido en m┴. Es una obra muy famosa y siento que deb┴ haberla le┴do cuando era m│s joven, para poder experimentar su fuerza y relevancia de manera m│s intensa. Aun as┴, es una lectura obligatoria.
]]> Skip and Loafer, Vol. 2 57492148 No Guts, No Glory!

While Mitsumi adjusts to big city life, her cheerful and forthright personality brings joy to her classmates. Now that she¨s getting the hang of high school, her circle expands even further.]]> 184 Misaki Takamatsu 1648276210 Rowina 4 Bonito. 4.45 2019 Skip and Loafer, Vol. 2
author: Misaki Takamatsu
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Bonito.
]]> Ayako 1 (Ayako, #1) 2518435 Ayako T01DELCOURT 222 Osamu Tezuka 284055965X Rowina 4
Perturbadora y adictiva al mismo tiempo.]]> 3.78 1972 Ayako 1 (Ayako, #1)
author: Osamu Tezuka
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La historia de una familia disfuncional y sus secretos oscuros.

Perturbadora y adictiva al mismo tiempo.
]]> <![CDATA[My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness]]> 33113683
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is an honest and heartfelt look at one young woman¨s exploration of her sexuality, mental well-being, and growing up in our modern age. Told using expressive artwork that invokes both laughter and tears, this moving and highly entertaining single volume depicts not only the artist¨s burgeoning sexuality, but many other personal aspects of her life that will resonate with readers.]]> 144 Kabi Nagata 1626926034 Rowina 4 4.11 2016 My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
author: Kabi Nagata
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average rating: 4.11
book published: 2016
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Me parece admirable c┏mo Nagata Kabi se atreve a compartir su historia en una sociedad como la japonesa, donde la diversidad sexual a┣n es un tema tab┣, su valent┴a y honestidad son verdaderamente inspiradoras. Para m┴, los temas que trata no son ni extra?os ni perturbadores; simplemente, son una realidad que se presenta de manera honesta y sin rodeos. Una novela gr│fica necesaria.
]]> Diaries, 1910-1923 17686 These diaries cover the years 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka¨s death at the age of forty. They provide a penetrating look into life in Prague and into Kafka¨s accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped, and the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt, and his feelings of being an outcast. They offer an account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.




From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Diaries of Franz Kafka 1910-13 translated from the German by Joseph Kresh
The Diaries of Franz Kafka 1914-23 translated from the German by Martin Greenberg with the cooperation of Hannah Arendt]]> 521 Franz Kafka 0805209069 Rowina 4 favorites 4.29 1949 Diaries, 1910-1923
author: Franz Kafka
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1949
rating: 4
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Me gusta este tipo de diario, me gusta que a veces se siente como leer mi hor┏scopo. Tambi└n me gusta c┏mo Kafka no alarga mucho las cosas, es directo y honesto. No siento pena por └l; su vulnerabilidad me transmite admiraci┏n.
]]> The Great Alone 34912895 Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed.
For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival.

Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America¨s last true frontier.

Thirteen-year-old Leni, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time, caught in the riptide of her parents¨ passionate, stormy relationship, dares to hope that a new land will lead to a better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if it means following him into the unknown.

At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. In a wild, remote corner of the state, they find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stronger women. The long, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make up for the Allbrights¨ lack of preparation and dwindling resources.

But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt¨s fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture. Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in eighteen hours of night, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: they are on their own. In the wild, there is no one to save them but themselves.

In this unforgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing AlaskaDa place of incomparable beauty and danger. The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature.]]> 435 Kristin Hannah Rowina 4 Casi cinco estrellas. 4.44 2018 The Great Alone
author: Kristin Hannah
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average rating: 4.44
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Casi cinco estrellas.
]]> La ni?a de Libisosa 53823818 313 Elena Fuentes Moreno Rowina 0 to-read 4.06 La ni?a de Libisosa
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]]> <![CDATA[Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver]]> 34272476
＾No matter where one starts reading, Devotions offers much to love, from Oliver's exuberant dog poems to selections from the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Primitive, and Dream Work, one of her exceptional collections. Perhaps more important, the luminous writing provides respite from our crazy world and demonstrates how mindfulness can define and transform a life, moment by moment, poem by poem.￣ ！The Washington Post

＾It¨s as if the poet herself has sidled beside the reader and pointed us to the poems she considers most worthy of deep consideration.￣ ！Chicago Tribune

Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver has touched countless readers with her brilliantly crafted verse, expounding on her love for the physical world and the powerful bonds between all living things. Identified as "far and away, this country's best selling poet" by Dwight Garner, she now returns with a stunning and definitive collection of her writing from the last fifty years.

Carefully curated, these 200 plus poems feature Oliver's work from her very first book of poetry, No Voyage and Other Poems, published in 1963 at the age of 28, through her most recent collection, Felicity, published in 2015. This timeless volume, arranged by Oliver herself, showcases the beloved poet at her edifying best. Within these pages, she provides us with an extraordinary and invaluable collection of her passionate, perceptive, and much-treasured observations of the natural world.]]> 456 Mary Oliver 0399563245 Rowina 0 to-read 4.58 2017 Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
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]]> <![CDATA[Paisaje con grano de arena (Spanish Edition)]]> 44663318 217 Wis?awa Szymborska 8426407161 Rowina 0 to-read 4.31 1995 Paisaje con grano de arena (Spanish Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke]]> 46201
The influence and popularity of Rilke¨s poetry in America have never been greater than they are today, more than fifty years after his death. Rilke is unquestionably the most significant and compelling poet of romantic transformation, of spiritual quest, that the twentieth century has known. His poems of ecstatic identification with the world exert a seemingly endless fascination for contemporary readers.

In Stephen Mitchell¨s versions, many readers feel that they have discovered an English rendering that captures the lyric intensity, fluency, and reach of Rilke¨s poetry more accurately and convincingly than has ever been done before.

Mr. Mitchell is impeccable in his adherence to Rilke¨s text, to his formal music, and to the complexity of his thoughts; at the same time, his work has authority and power as poetry in its own right. Few translators of any poet have arrived at the delicate balance of fidelity and originality that Mr. Mitchell has brought off with seeming effortlessness.

Originally published: New York : Random House, 1982.]]> 356 Rainer Maria Rilke 0679722017 Rowina 0 to-read 4.40 1926 The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
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]]> Carta al padre 28149991
Letter to Father is considered the key to the literary work of Franz Kafka (1883-1924). This impressive testimony of a dramatic father-son conflict is an exceptional document in world literature. At once an indictment and a self-analysis, it gives the reader an insight into the complex inner life of its author. In a vivid captivating style, Kafka attempts to settle accounts with his authoritarian father, who appeared to him so tyrannical and omnipotent that he could write: "Sometimes I imagine the map of of the world spread out and you stretched diagonally across it."]]> 88 Franz Kafka 8072533479 Rowina 3 poetry-journals 3.85 1919 Carta al padre
author: Franz Kafka
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rating: 3
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Una carta que nunca fue enviada, pero que revela m│s sobre el autor que cualquier autobiograf┴a. La intensidad emocional y la honestidad de Kafka hacen que esta lectura sea a la vez fascinante y desgarradora.
]]> Bride 208451953 A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance.

Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast！again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange！again...

Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It¨s clear from the way he tracks Misery¨s every movement that he doesn¨t trust her. If only he knew how right he was´.

Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what¨s hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory´alone with the wolf.]]> 416 Ali Hazelwood 0593817303 Rowina 2 4.21 2024 Bride
author: Ali Hazelwood
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average rating: 4.21
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Meh. Seguir└ recordando "La hip┏tesis del amor" como su mejor obra.
]]> <![CDATA[Pet Shop of Horrors, Vol. 1 (Pet Shop of Horrors, #1)]]> 966087

Contains the following stories:



DREAM

Young Angelique learns the tragic nature of breeding the rarest of birds in the Strelizia.



DESPAIR

Out-of-luck actor Robin Hendrix has always preferred the company of reptiles, so it's only natural that he would fall in love with a very special and dangerous one.



DAUGHTER

There is no love stronger than a mother's love for her daughter, but one mother is about to learn that love can be quite painful.



DREIZEHN

They say that a dog is a man's best friend but for the recently blinded Karen, the bond with her new seeing eye dog is even closer.

Recommended for older teens, ages 16+.

]]> 200 Matsuri Akino 1591823633 Rowina 0 to-read 4.22 1995 Pet Shop of Horrors, Vol. 1 (Pet Shop of Horrors, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[El c┴rculo de mujeres de la doctora Tan]]> 203186707 Vuelve la autora de El abanico de seda con una fabulosa historia de amor y amistad inspirada en la vida real de una mujer m└dica en la China del siglo XV

De acuerdo con los valores de Confucio, ?una mujer educada es una mujer in┣til?, pero Tan Yunxian, nacida en una familia de └lite, es criada en condiciones excepcionales. Su abuela es una de las pocas doctoras que hay en China, y ense?a a Yunxian los pilares de la medicina, los Cuatro Ex│menes ！mirar, escuchar, tocar y preguntar！, algo que un hombre nunca puede hacer con una paciente. Desde peque?a, Yunxian aprende sobre remedios herbales y enfermedades femeninas junto a una joven comadrona, Meiling, con quien forja una gran amistad. Pero cuando Yunxian es enviada a un matrimonio concertado, su suegra le proh┴be verla y ayudar a las mujeres y ni?as de la casa, pues debe cumplir con sus deberes de esposa.]]> 450 Lisa See 8419851086 Rowina 0 currently-reading 4.48 2023 El c┴rculo de mujeres de la doctora Tan
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]]> El cuerpo de Cristo 199510212 184 Bea Lema 8419670146 Rowina 0 to-read 4.63 2023 El cuerpo de Cristo
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]]> La turista 209668526
For ten years, Yona has been stuck behind a desk as a coordinator for Jungle, a travel company specializing in vacation packages to destinations devastated by disaster and climate change. Her work life is uneventful until trouble arises in the form of a predatory colleague.

To forestall any disruption of business-as-usual, Jungle makes Yona a proposition: a paid "vacation" to the desert island of Mui. But Yona must pose as a tourist and assess whether Jungle should continue their partnership with the unprofitable destination.

Yona travels to the remote island, whose major attraction is an underwhelming sinkhole, a huge disappointment to the customers who've paid a premium. Soon Yona discovers the resort's plan to fabricate a catastrophe in the interest of regaining their good standing with Jungle--and the manager enlists Yona's help. Yona must choose between the callous company to whom she's dedicated her life, or the possibility of a fresh start in a powerful new position. As she begins to understand the cost of the manufactured disaster, Yona realizes that the lives of Mui's citizens are in danger--and so is she.

In The Disaster Tourist, Korean author Yun Ko-eun grapples with the consequences of our fascination with disaster, and questions an individual's culpability in the harm done by their industry.]]> 176 Yun Ko-eun 8419940453 Rowina 0 to-read 3.20 2013 La turista
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]]> <![CDATA[Communion: The Female Search for Love (Love Song to the Nation, #2)]]> 32886 272 bell hooks 0060938293 Rowina 0 to-read 4.36 2002 Communion: The Female Search for Love (Love Song to the Nation, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson]]> 112204 THE ONLY ONE-VOLUME EDITION CONTAINING ALL 1,775 OF EMILY DICKINSON¨S POEMS

Only eleven of Emily Dickinson¨s poems were published prior to her death in 1886; the startling originality of her work doomed it to obscurity in her lifetime. Early posthumously published collections-some of them featuring liberally ＾edited￣ versions of the poems-did not fully and accurately represent Dickinson¨s bold experiments in prosody, her tragic vision, and the range of her intellectual and emotional explorations. Not until the 1955 publication of The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, a three-volume critical edition compiled by Thomas H. Johnson, were readers able for the first time to assess, understand, and appreciate the whole of Dickinson¨s extraordinary poetic genius.

This book, a distillation of the three-volume Complete Poems, brings together the original texts of all 1,775 poems that Emily Dickinson wrote.]]> 716 Emily Dickinson Rowina 4 poetry-journals
"Nadie conoce esta peque?a rosa.
Podr┴a haber sido una peregrina
si no la hubiera cogido yo de los caminos
y te la hubiera ofrecido a ti.
S┏lo una abeja la echar│ de menos,
s┏lo una mariposa,
apresur│ndose tras un largo viaje
para descansar en su regazo.
S┏lo un p│jaro se preguntar│ d┏nde est│.
S┏lo una brisa suspirar│.
?Ah, peque?a rosa, qu└ f│cil,
para alguien como t┣, morir!￣]]> 4.28 1890 The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
author: Emily Dickinson
name: Rowina
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Podr┴a definir la obra po└tica de Emily Dickinson como un jard┴n. Sus poemas son un canto a la vida, a la muerte y a la transformaci┏n, y nos invitan a contemplar la naturaleza como un espejo del alma.

"Nadie conoce esta peque?a rosa.
Podr┴a haber sido una peregrina
si no la hubiera cogido yo de los caminos
y te la hubiera ofrecido a ti.
S┏lo una abeja la echar│ de menos,
s┏lo una mariposa,
apresur│ndose tras un largo viaje
para descansar en su regazo.
S┏lo un p│jaro se preguntar│ d┏nde est│.
S┏lo una brisa suspirar│.
?Ah, peque?a rosa, qu└ f│cil,
para alguien como t┣, morir!￣
]]> <![CDATA[Gu┴a para viajar en el tiempo a la Inglaterra medieval]]> 63916472 472 Ian Mortimer 8412554086 Rowina 4 Entretenido. 3.94 2008 Gu┴a para viajar en el tiempo a la Inglaterra medieval
author: Ian Mortimer
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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Entretenido.
]]> Diario de un incesto 36273968 104 Anonymous 8417081348 Rowina 0 to-read 3.45 2017 Diario de un incesto
author: Anonymous
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.45
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]]> Mansfield Park 45032 488 Jane Austen Rowina 4 3.86 1814 Mansfield Park
author: Jane Austen
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1814
rating: 4
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]]> Pedro P│ramo 38667 La obra de Juan Rulfo (1917C1986) es sin duda la creaci┏n literaria mexicana que ha recibido mayor reconocimiento dentro y fuera de su pa┴s. La novela Pedro P│ramo tuvo una larga gestaci┏n. Rulfo la menciona por primera vez en una carta de 1947, y puede trabajar en ella hasta terminarla entre 1953 y 1954, gracias a una beca del Centro Mexicano de Escritores. En 1954 publica adelantos de la misma en tres revistas y en 1955 aparece como libro. Entre los admiradores de esta obra maestra, habiendo escrito tambi└n sobre ella, figuran Gabriel Garc┴a M│rquez, Jorge Luis Borges y Susan Sontag. Pedro P│ramo recoge lo m│s profundo de M└xico y las formas y t└cnicas literarias m│s avanzadas de su siglo. Pocas obras tocan al lector mexicano como └sta, considerada tambi└n un cl│sico de la literatura universal. Sus traducciones se acercan al medio centenar y cada a?o aparecen nuevas versiones. (Texto definitivo de la obra establecido por la Fundaci┏n Juan Rulfo)

]]> 136 Juan Rulfo Rowina 4 4.17 1955 Pedro P│ramo
author: Juan Rulfo
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1955
rating: 4
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En este cl│sico de la literatura mexicana, Juan Rulfo nos transporta a Comala, un pueblo fantasmal donde el pasado y el presente se entrelazan. A trav└s de la b┣squeda de Pedro P│ramo por parte de Juan Preciado, Rulfo explora temas como la memoria, la identidad y la muerte. La prosa es po└tica y evocadora, y la narrativa es compleja y enigm│tica. Un libro que requiere atenci┏n y reflexi┏n, pero que recompensa con una experiencia literaria ┣nica.
]]> La casa de los esp┴ritus 18273129 454 Isabel Allende Rowina 0 currently-reading 4.31 1982 La casa de los esp┴ritus
author: Isabel Allende
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1982
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)]]> 33505285
In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the North of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom¨s protective Wall.

At the centre of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a region of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.

Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavours to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones]]> 896 George R.R. Martin 0008228566 Rowina 5 favorites 4.60 1996 A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.60
book published: 1996
rating: 5
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date added: 2024/11/15
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Juego de Tronos es, sin lugar a dudas, el mejor libro de fantas┴a └pica que he le┴do en toda mi vida. Desde el primer instante, me atrap┏ por completo. La complejidad de su trama y los personajes tan v┴vidos que tiene, no paran de asombrarme. Y para ser honesta, no puedo decidir cu│l es mi personaje favorito, pero Arya y Tyrion Lannister definitivamente ocupan un lugar especial. Adoro los desarrollos de personaje, las intrigas y los secretos que se entrelazan maravillosamente en la historia. Ni siquiera hab┴a tenido tiempo de escribir una rese?a y ya estoy en el tercer libro, completamente enganchada. Es simplemente incre┴ble.
]]> Aquella noche 1695023 102 Cristina Peri Rossi 8426427901 Rowina 3 poetry-journals
Recuerdo que de m┴ los adultos
dijeron que ten┴a inclinaciones literarias,
como se dice de alguien
que tiene inclinaciones malsanas,
inclinaci┏n a la delincuencia
o a la drogadicci┏n.

No se equivocaron.]]> 3.76 Aquella noche
author: Cristina Peri Rossi
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.76
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rating: 3
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京庄看乙姻温韓┴温

Recuerdo que de m┴ los adultos
dijeron que ten┴a inclinaciones literarias,
como se dice de alguien
que tiene inclinaciones malsanas,
inclinaci┏n a la delincuencia
o a la drogadicci┏n.

No se equivocaron.
]]> <![CDATA[Babel b│rbara (Poes┴a) (Spanish Edition)]]> 1695025 Spanish Cristina Peri Rossi 8426427731 Rowina 2 poetry-journals 3.87 Babel b│rbara (Poes┴a) (Spanish Edition)
author: Cristina Peri Rossi
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.87
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rating: 2
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Un poemario muy complejo y experimental que muestra la habilidad ling┨┴stica de Cristina, pero no logr└ conectar con ning┣n poema. La fragmentaci┏n y la diversidad de la experiencia humana son temas interesantes, pero la ejecuci┏n me pareci┏ demasiado abstracta y dif┴cil de seguir para m┴.
]]> <![CDATA[Otra vez Eros (Poes┴a) (Spanish Edition)]]> 2611356 66 Cristina Peri Rossi 8426427839 Rowina 3 poetry-journals
Y ahora se inicia
la peque?a vida
del sobreviviente de la cat│strofe del amor:
hola, perros peque?os,
hola, vagabundos,
hola, autobuses y transe┣ntes.
Soy una ni?a de pecho
acabo de nacer
del terrible parto del amor.
Ya no amo.
Ahora puedo ejercer en el mundo
inscribirme en └l,
soy una pieza m│s del engranaje.
Ya no estoy loca.]]> 3.86 Otra vez Eros (Poes┴a) (Spanish Edition)
author: Cristina Peri Rossi
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.86
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DESPU?S

Y ahora se inicia
la peque?a vida
del sobreviviente de la cat│strofe del amor:
hola, perros peque?os,
hola, vagabundos,
hola, autobuses y transe┣ntes.
Soy una ni?a de pecho
acabo de nacer
del terrible parto del amor.
Ya no amo.
Ahora puedo ejercer en el mundo
inscribirme en └l,
soy una pieza m│s del engranaje.
Ya no estoy loca.
]]> Grey Dog 198385737
The year is 1901, and Ada Byrd D spinster, schoolmarm, amateur naturalist D accepts a teaching post in isolated Lowry Bridge, grateful for the chance to re-establish herself where no one knows her secrets. She develops friendships with her neighbors, explores the woods with her students, and begins to see a future in this tiny farming community. Her past D riddled with grief and shame D has never seemed so far away.

But then, Ada begins to witness strange and grisly a swarm of dying crickets, a self-mutilating rabbit, a malformed faun. She soon believes that something ancient and beastly D which she calls the grey dog D is behind these visceral offerings, which both beckon and repel her. As her confusion deepens, her grip on what is real, what is delusion, and what is traumatic memory begins to fail. Ada takes on the wildness of the woods, and begins to wonder which is more dangerous: the grey dog, or herself.]]> 400 Elliott Gish 177041732X Rowina 0 to-read 3.86 2024 Grey Dog
author: Elliott Gish
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.86
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]]> Poes┴a completa I 33377064 en las costas de un r┴o cuyo lecho,
no de arena, de barro agradecido,
daba sombras con formas de helecho."

La obra po└tica de Silvina Ocampo es un continente poco explorado en la geograf┴a de la literatura argentina. Consideradas a veces como ejercicios de estilo o series circunstanciales, sus poes┴as parecen haber madurado en el tiempo y adquieren hoy un relieve monumental.
Estimulante y delicada, la forma po└tica combin┏ los temas sencillos y la riqueza expresiva en una asociaci┏n felizmente innovadora. En la descripci┏n del paisaje argentino, en la perspicaz biograf┴a de una santa, en el registro intachable de flores y │rboles palpita una dimensi┏n universal.
Este volumen re┣ne los cuatro primeros libros de poes┴a de Ocampo, aparecidos entre 1942 y 1953, un conjunto de traducciones para la revista Sur en 1947, m│s un pu?ado de poemas no recogidos antes en libros. La publicaci┏n de su Poes┴a completa , en dos vol┣menes, pone al alcance del lector toda la producci┏n de esta gran escritora y le permite tener un testimonio incuestionable de su valor y belleza.]]> 392 Silvina Ocampo Rowina 2 poetry-journals 3.85 Poes┴a completa I
author: Silvina Ocampo
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.85
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La poes┴a de Silvina Ocampo: intensa y simb┏lica. Aunque su estilo no es mi favorito, reconozco su originalidad y habilidad. Recomiendo para aquellos que buscan una poes┴a profunda y compleja.
]]> <![CDATA[Poemas a la muerte / Death poems (Spanish Edition)]]> 44546007 207 Emily Dickinson 8492799196 Rowina 3 poetry-journals 4.29 Poemas a la muerte / Death poems (Spanish Edition)
author: Emily Dickinson
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.29
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La muerte vista desde la intimidad del alma.
]]> A Thousand Ships 48768043 This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of all of them´

In the middle of the night, Creusa wakes to find her beloved Troy engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of brutal conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over, and the Greeks are victorious. Over the next few hours, the only life she has ever known will turn to ash...

The devastating consequences of the fall of Troy stretch from Mount Olympus to Mount Ida, from the citadel of Troy to the distant Greek islands, and across oceans and sky in between. These are the stories of the women embroiled in that legendary war and its terrible aftermath, as well as the feud and the fatal decisions that started it all´

Powerfully told from an all-female perspective, A Thousand Ships gives voices to the women, girls and goddesses who, for so long, have been silent.]]> 348 Natalie Haynes 1509836217 Rowina 0 to-read 4.09 2019 A Thousand Ships
author: Natalie Haynes
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.09
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]]> Lo que sabe la se?orita Kim 199558168
Una mujer nace, otra es filmada en p┣blico sin su consentimiento, otra m│s sufre violencia dom└stica y es ninguneada, otra es discriminada en el trabajo, una envejece y otra se hace famosa. Una mujer es odiada y amada, y luego odiada de nuevo.

Una colecci┏n de ochos relatos escritos con la magistral y afilada prosa de Cho Nam-joo. Lo que sabe la se?orita Kim re┣ne las vidas de ocho mujeres coreanas de entre diez y ochenta a?os. En cada una de estas biograf┴as se encierra un microcosmos de la Corea del Sur contempor│nea y un fresco de los retos e injusticias a los que se enfrentan las mujeres, desde la infancia hasta la vejez. Como en el caso de la aclamada Kim Ji-Young, nacida en 1982, los destinos de estas ocho mujeres son los destinos de las mujeres de todo el mundo y, bajo la mirada precisa de Cho Nam-joo, nada ni nadie escapa al escrutinio.]]> 232 Cho Nam-Joo 8420476803 Rowina 0 to-read 3.87 2021 Lo que sabe la se?orita Kim
author: Cho Nam-Joo
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.87
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]]> Arr│ncame la vida 1293491 Ambici┏n, matrimonio, adulterio, sacrificio y venganza; la historia amorosa de la temperamental y apasionada Catalina Ascencio...]]> 304 ?ngeles Mastretta 0375701990 Rowina 0 to-read 3.95 1985 Arr│ncame la vida
author: ?ngeles Mastretta
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1985
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)]]> 214331246 When you¨ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?

As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes.

Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves.

When Haymitch¨s name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He¨s torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who¨s nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he¨s been set up to fail. But there¨s something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.]]> 382 Suzanne Collins 1546171460 Rowina 0 to-read 4.65 2025 Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.65
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]]> Ghost Boys 34647324
Soon Jerome meets another ghost: Emmett Till, a boy from a very different time but similar circumstances. Emmett helps Jerome process what has happened, on a journey towards recognizing how historical racism may have led to the events that ended his life. Jerome also meets Sarah, the daughter of the police officer, who grapples with her father¨s actions.

Once again Jewell Parker Rhodes deftly weaves historical and socio-political layers into a gripping and poignant story about how children and families face the complexities of today¨s world, and how one boy grows to understand American blackness in the aftermath of his own death.]]> 214 Jewell Parker Rhodes Rowina 0 to-read 4.33 2018 Ghost Boys
author: Jewell Parker Rhodes
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2018
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Speak KPOP: Mastering the Most Popular Korean Words from K-POP and Talking Like a Real Fan]]> 56055613
How to Speak KPOP is all about helping you to understand Korean words from the pop culture without getting into too much Korean grammar or any boring language textbook type of study.

Here is the truth.

Korean language and KPOP language are two very different things.

Korean pop culture has an exceptionally unique language and it still evolves further as the K-POP, K-Drama, and K-Movies have been expanding to other countries and beloved by other language speakers. Some KPOP words wouldn't be easy for even a native Korean speaker to even guess what they mean. That's because it requires a deep understanding of the cultural background first before anything else.

How to Speak KPOP is the most straightforward guide book to learn Korean words from Korean dramas, movies, and pop culture. It uniquely combines the most popular Korean slang words and trendy phrases that cannot be found in the ordinary Korean language textbook. And it will give you a full explanation of the cultural background of the word and help you to understand why it is being used like that. This book will give you a fun and easy way to learn the most popular Korean words one by one.

It will also help you to know how the word is pronounced with the Romanized alphabets. Please don't forget to read and say a word from the examples. The examples are thoughtfully picked to sound just like a native and a true KPOP fan who knows what KPOP language is all about. Try out words you learned to your Korean friend or write a fan letter with them to your favorite idol star.

They will be pleasantly surprised. Learning a foreign language is very rewarding, and learning a cultural background even opens your eyes and heart to a whole new experience. You will get both from this book!]]> 220 Jungho Park 1735784419 Rowina 0 to-read 4.32 How to Speak KPOP: Mastering the Most Popular Korean Words from K-POP and Talking Like a Real Fan
author: Jungho Park
name: Rowina
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]]> <![CDATA[El curioso caso de Benjamin Button]]> 7360143
Este libro constituye la quintaesencia del mundo narrativo de Scott Fitzgerald. En estos relatos se abordan sus obsesiones recurrentes: la melancol┴a por el final de una └poca, los claroscuros de la pareja, el fracaso o la fascinaci┏n por el lujo y la riqueza. En el cuento del t┴tulo, un hombre nace viejo y rejuvenece a medida que pasan los a?os, adquiriendo una perspectiva del mundo ins┏lita e inquietante. Otras historias hablan de personas que recuerdan sin tregua el momento en que perdieron su oportunidad, como en el extraordinario ?Regreso a Babilonia?. En ?La tarde de un autor? acompa?amos a un escritor en su paseo oto?al, varado en la sequ┴a creativa. En definitiva, cada pieza es un vislumbre del seductor e imperecedero mundo narrativo de Scott Fitzgerald. Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) es uno de los m│s destacados representantes de la Generaci┏n Perdida, y uno de los autores grandes de la literatura en ingl└s del siglo XX. Su figura se ha convertido en un icono tanto por su atribulada vida como por su excelente legado literario. Traducci┏n de Carlos Milla Soler]]> 272 F. Scott Fitzgerald 8499080472 Rowina 4 3.63 1922 El curioso caso de Benjamin Button
author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.63
book published: 1922
rating: 4
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]]> Weyward 127280850
2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she begins to suspect that her great aunt had a secret. One that lurks in the bones of the cottage, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century.

1619: Altha is awaiting trial for the murder of a local farmer who was stampeded to death by his herd. As a girl, Altha¨s mother taught her their magic, a kind not rooted in spell casting but in a deep knowledge of the natural world. But unusual women have always been deemed dangerous, and as the evidence for witchcraft is set out against Altha, she knows it will take all of her powers to maintain her freedom.

1942: As World War II rages, Violet is trapped in her family's grand, crumbling estate. Straitjacketed by societal convention, she longs for the robust education her brother receivesCCand for her mother, long deceased, who was rumored to have gone mad before her death. The only traces Violet has of her are a locket bearing the initial W and the word weyward scratched into the baseboard of her bedroom.

Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart's Weyward is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world.]]> 392 Emilia Hart 1250842727 Rowina 0 to-read 4.02 2023 Weyward
author: Emilia Hart
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.02
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]]> <![CDATA[Para raros, nosotros (Textos) (Spanish Edition)]]> 10233288 354 Paul Bohannan 8446006642 Rowina 0 to-read 4.43 1992 Para raros, nosotros (Textos) (Spanish Edition)
author: Paul Bohannan
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.43
book published: 1992
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories]]> 99300
Written from a feminist perspective, often focusing on the inferior status accorded to women by society, the tales include "turned," an ironic story with a startling twist, in which a husband seduces and impregnates a na?ve servant; "Cottagette," concerning the romance of a young artist and a man who's apparently too good to be true; "Mr. Peebles' Heart," a liberating tale of a fiftyish shopkeeper whose sister-in-law, a doctor, persuades him to take a solo trip to Europe, with revivifying results; "The Yellow Wallpaper"; and three other outstanding stories.

These charming tales are not only highly readable and full of humor and invention, but also offer ample food for thought about the social, economic, and personal relationship of men and women ！ and how they might be improved.

Collects:
！The Yellow Wallpaper
！Three Thanksgivings
！The Cottagette
！意顎姻稼艶糸
！Making a Change
！If I Were a Man
！Mr. Peebles' Heart]]> 129 Charlotte Perkins Gilman 0486298574 Rowina 4 4.05 1892 The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1892
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Around the World in Eighty Days]]> 54479 252 Jules Verne 014044906X Rowina 3 3.5 ? 3.95 1872 Around the World in Eighty Days
author: Jules Verne
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1872
rating: 3
read at: 2021/11/06
date added: 2024/08/29
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3.5 ?
]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Sonnets and Poems]]> 42051 768 William Shakespeare 019281933X Rowina 5 4.42 The Complete Sonnets and Poems
author: William Shakespeare
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.42
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]]> The Call of Cthulhu 15730101 The Call of Cthulhu is a harrowing tale of the weakness of the human mind when confronted by powers and intelligences from beyond our world.]]> 43 H.P. Lovecraft Rowina 4 3.97 1928 The Call of Cthulhu
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1928
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/27
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]]> Honolulu 8119809 464 Alan Brennert Rowina 0 to-read 4.29 2009 Honolulu
author: Alan Brennert
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Me crece la barba: Poemas para mayores y menores]]> 34522779 UNA AMPLIA ANTOLOG?A DE LA POES?A DE GLORIA FUERTES PARA ADULTOS Y PARA NI?OS



?Mi poes┴a est│ aqu┴, como naci┏ -sin ning┣n ropaje de ret┏rica-, descalza, desnuda, rebelde, sin disfraz. Mi poes┴a recuerda y se parece a m┴.?Gloria Fuertes

Cuando el mundo retrocede, la rima asoma. Cuando la vida aprieta, los versos repuntan. As┴ podr┴a definirse el legado de Gloria Fuertes, poeta necesaria del amor, la injusticia, el anhelo y la soledad. Al cumplirse el centenario de su nacimiento, en pleno auge de la poes┴a en las redes, reivindicamos a una mujer ┣nica.

En esta antolog┴a libre se re┣ne una amplia muestra de su producci┏n po└tica para adultos, tan perenne como injustamente olvidada, y para ni?os, que le vali┏ en las ┣ltimas d└cadas el clamor popular pero quiz│ no el cr┴tico. Dispuestos y asociados en una suerte de itinerario vital (que no cronol┏gico) de la autora, los poemas de Me crece la barba dan viva fe de que no hab┴a dos Glorias, sino una sola y para todos los p┣blicos. Para absolutamente todos.

Rese? ?Sus versos son desconsolados y atroces, saludables y humanos, mortales de necesidad y amargamente sobrios y juguetones como el diablillo de la guardia, al que esta mujer quiere peinar los cuernos.? Camilo Jos└ Cela

?Una escritora magn┴fica, original, con una voz reconocible. [...] Tiene calidad, tiene emoci┏n, tiene cosas que decir.?

Benjam┴n Prado

?Su poes┴a siempre hab┴a sido bella y hab┴a estado llena de verdad pero casi nadie se hab┴a dado cuenta de ello. Todo ha cambiado. Ha sido un acto de amor y justicia.? Jorge de Cascante, El Pa┴s

?Una poes┴a juguetonamente quevedesca.? Elena Hevia, El Peri┏dico

?Pocas veces unos poemas tan particularmente despojados de preocupaciones de estilo me han producido una m│s penetrante sensaci┏n de originalidad estil┴stica.? J.M. Caballero Bonald

?La gran Gloria Fuertes, la poeta de la dif┴cil facilidad, que tuvo lo m│s raro de tener para un n┴tida voz propia.? Luis Antonio de Villena, El Mundo

?Se sale de sus libros con una sorda alegr┴a en el cuerpo, una sensaci┏n de contenida felicidad, de sonrisa amable, no s└, de compa?┴a.? Juan Bonilla

?Me crece la barba ha querido a su vez no distinguir entre los poemas dedicados a peque?os y a adultos, pues todos nacen de un mismo la libertad de pensamiento y la libertad de estilo.? M? ?ngeles Cabr└, La Vanguardia

?Una antolog┴a libre que reivindica "una sola Gloria, para todos los p┣blicos.? Ana Abelenda, Fugas (La Voz de Galicia)

?Una mujer brava. [...] Una poeta radical, que disfrazaba el dolor y el desenga?o de una ingenuidad infantil, tan certera e incontestable como el mundo de la infancia perdida. Su poes┴a amorosa [...]]> 258 Gloria Fuertes 8416709599 Rowina 4 poetry-journals
?Pienso mesa y digo silla,
compro pan y me lo dejo,
lo que aprendo se me olvida,
lo que pasa es que te quiero.
La trilla lo dice todo,
y el mendigo en el alero,
el pez vuela por la sala,
el toro sopla en el ruedo.
Entre Santander y Asturias
pasa un r┴o,
pasa un ciervo,
pasa un reba?o de santas,
pasa un peso.
Entre mi sangre y el llanto
hay un puente muy peque?o,
y por └l no pasa nada,
lo que pasa es que te quiero?.]]> 4.07 2017 Me crece la barba: Poemas para mayores y menores
author: Gloria Fuertes
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/21
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La antolog┴a "Me crece la barba" de Gloria Fuertes me pareci┏ hermosa. Su poes┴a, llena de rimas, tiene un estilo muy particular; los versos son frescos y originales y su forma de jugar con las palabras es encantadora.

?Pienso mesa y digo silla,
compro pan y me lo dejo,
lo que aprendo se me olvida,
lo que pasa es que te quiero.
La trilla lo dice todo,
y el mendigo en el alero,
el pez vuela por la sala,
el toro sopla en el ruedo.
Entre Santander y Asturias
pasa un r┴o,
pasa un ciervo,
pasa un reba?o de santas,
pasa un peso.
Entre mi sangre y el llanto
hay un puente muy peque?o,
y por └l no pasa nada,
lo que pasa es que te quiero?.
]]> Poes┴a completa 16035333 "Lleg┏ la hora de Idea Vilari?o, un cl│sico de la literatura latinoamericana"
El Pa┴s

"Idea Vilari?o habla con el coraz┏n en un pu?o."
Manuel Vilas

"Carnal y feroz, lib└rrima pero pulida hasta el fi lo de lo esencial.
Raquel Garz┏n, El Pa┴s

"Forma parte de ese nutrido grupo de escritoras del siglo XX que nos queda por redescubrir"
Edurne Portela

Aunque la autora ha mantenido a lo largo de su vida una actitud casi monacal con respecto a la difusi┏n de su obra, hoy d┴a est│ considerada como uno de los cl│sicos vivos de las letras hispanoamericanas.

Su poes┴a -escasa y sobria, lentamente madurada- transita siempre por los extremos, tensa, como acorralada por una ┴ntima urgencia. Quiz│ el asunto que con mayor frecuencia aparece en esta poes┴a sea la muerte, pero una muerte que late y se experimenta en el esplendor de la vida, en los golpes del amor, en los embates del sexo, en la dial└ctica entre ausencia y recuerdo.

La lectura de estos poemas conforma una experiencia intensa y perdurable y supone el descubrimiento de una de las voces m│s contundentes y secretamente bellas de la poes┴a contempor│nea.]]> 328 Idea Vilari?o 8426416632 Rowina 5 favorites, poetry-journals
?Todo es muy simple mucho
m│s simple y sin embargo
aun as┴ hay momentos
en que es demasiado para m┴
en que no entiendo
y no s└ si re┴rme a carcajadas
o si llorar de miedo
o estarme aqu┴ sin llanto
sin risas
en silencio
asumiendo mi vida
mi tr│nsito
mi tiempo?.]]> 4.58 2008 Poes┴a completa
author: Idea Vilari?o
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.58
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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Idea Vilari?o ha sido una gran inspiraci┏n para m┴. Me gusta su poes┴a por su simpleza y al mismo tiempo por su sobriedad y profundidad emocional. Sin adornos innecesarios, Idea captura la esencia de las emociones humanas m│s intensas y las plasma con una claridad que conmueve; leer su obra es como tener una conversaci┏n ┴ntima con alguien que genuinamente entiende la vida.

?Todo es muy simple mucho
m│s simple y sin embargo
aun as┴ hay momentos
en que es demasiado para m┴
en que no entiendo
y no s└ si re┴rme a carcajadas
o si llorar de miedo
o estarme aqu┴ sin llanto
sin risas
en silencio
asumiendo mi vida
mi tr│nsito
mi tiempo?.
]]> La fiesta ajena 43192246 Liliana Heker Rowina 0 to-read 4.08 1982 La fiesta ajena
author: Liliana Heker
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1982
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath]]> 11623
A major literary event--the complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath, published in their entirety for the first time.

Sylvia Plath's journals were originally published in 1982 in a heavily abridged version authorized by Plath's husband, Ted Hughes. This new edition is an exact and complete transcription of the diaries Plath kept during the last twelve years of her life. Sixty percent of the book is material that has never before been made public, more fully revealing the intensity of the poet's personal and literary struggles, and providing fresh insight into both her frequent desperation and the bravery with which she faced down her demons. The complete Journals of Sylvia Plath is essential reading for all who have been moved and fascinated by Plath's life and work.]]> 732 Sylvia Plath 0385720254 Rowina 5 favorites, poetry-journals
En estas p│ginas encontramos la lucha de Sylvia, atrapada entre su genio y angustia por conciliar su talento literario con sus roles de esposa y madre, as┴ como su lucha contra la depresi┏n y la inseguridad. A medida que recorremos estos diarios ┴ntimos, nos topamos con momentos de introspecci┏n profunda y descripciones v┴vidas del mundo que la rodeaba, junto con una necesidad constante por encontrar un lugar en un mundo que a menudo parec┴a no entenderla.

Plath escrib┴a con una honestidad brutal, sin filtros ni autocompasi┏n, dejando al descubierto la vulnerabilidad y el dolor que subyac┴an en su vida cotidiana. Sus diarios son una lectura dif┴cil y conmovedora, pero tambi└n una celebraci┏n del poder de la palabra y el talento innegable de una escritora que, a pesar de su breve vida, dej┏ un legado indeleble en la literatura.]]> 4.27 2000 The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
author: Sylvia Plath
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2000
rating: 5
read at: 2022/02/06
date added: 2024/05/27
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review:
Los diarios de Sylvia Plath son un retrato crudo y desgarrador del camino tortuoso que lleva a una mente brillante a la locura.

En estas p│ginas encontramos la lucha de Sylvia, atrapada entre su genio y angustia por conciliar su talento literario con sus roles de esposa y madre, as┴ como su lucha contra la depresi┏n y la inseguridad. A medida que recorremos estos diarios ┴ntimos, nos topamos con momentos de introspecci┏n profunda y descripciones v┴vidas del mundo que la rodeaba, junto con una necesidad constante por encontrar un lugar en un mundo que a menudo parec┴a no entenderla.

Plath escrib┴a con una honestidad brutal, sin filtros ni autocompasi┏n, dejando al descubierto la vulnerabilidad y el dolor que subyac┴an en su vida cotidiana. Sus diarios son una lectura dif┴cil y conmovedora, pero tambi└n una celebraci┏n del poder de la palabra y el talento innegable de una escritora que, a pesar de su breve vida, dej┏ un legado indeleble en la literatura.
]]> Misery 49910978 Paul quiere volver a escribir. Algo diferente, algo aut└ntico. Pero entonces sufre un accidente y despierta inm┏vil y atravesado por el dolor en una cama que no es la suya, tampoco la de un hospital.
Annie Wilkes lo ha recogido y lo ha tra┴do a su remota casa de la monta?a. La buena noticia es que Annie ha sido enfermera y tiene medicamentos analg└sicos. La mala es que ha sido durante mucho tiempo la fan n┣mero uno de Paul. Y cuando descubre lo que le ha hecho a Misery Chastain, no le gusta. No le gusta en absoluto.
Antes, Paul Sheldon escrib┴ para ganarse la vida. Ahora escribe para sobrevivir.]]> 400 Stephen King 9877253402 Rowina 4 4.29 1987 Misery
author: Stephen King
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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date added: 2024/05/27
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Misery, de Stephen King, es la definici┏n de suspense y horror psicol┏gico.
]]> Save Twilight: Selected Poems 53417 169 Julio Cort│zar 0872863336 Rowina 0 to-read 4.29 1980 Save Twilight: Selected Poems
author: Julio Cort│zar
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1980
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Detente, instante, eres tan bello - Poes┴a reunida]]> 58275399 308 Cristina Peri Rossi Rowina 0 currently-reading 4.60 2005 Detente, instante, eres tan bello - Poes┴a reunida
author: Cristina Peri Rossi
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2005
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]]> White Nights 1772910 82 Fyodor Dostoevsky Rowina 0 currently-reading 4.16 1848 White Nights
author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1848
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Moomins: The World Of Moominvalley]]> 36473933 A showstopping luxury gift book to cherish for years to come.

The Moomins: The World of Moominvalley is the ultimate guide for any Moomin fan, old and new. Step into the magical world of Moominvalley with this beautiful one of a kind book; a fun, fascinating, behind the scenes look at the wonderful world of the Moomins and their creator, Tove Jansson.

Filled with illustrated maps and family trees, facts about Moomintroll behaviour and habits, this gorgeous book contains all you could wish to know about the beloved characters from the original Moomin stories and the world in which they live. Find out all about Moomintroll's adventures, Moominmamma's handbag and Moominpappa's diary and discover all the favourite Moomin characters, including Snork Maiden, Snufkin, Sniff and Little My. Get a glimpse behind the studio door of the uniquely talented Tove Jansson.

Featuring original Moomin drawings, colour studies and stunning sketches of her iconic characters, as well as family photographs and Tove's childhood drawings. With a luxuriously designed die-cut cover featuring gold foil, this breathtaking hardback is the perfect addition to the collection of any Moomin fan.

Written by the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Philip Ardagh, with contributions from bestselling children's author, screenwriter and Moomin devotee, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, The Moomins: The World of Moominvalley is a highly illustrated, beautifully designed gift book for all Moomin fans to treasure.]]> 324 Philip Ardagh 1509810013 Rowina 0 to-read 4.59 2017 The Moomins: The World Of Moominvalley
author: Philip Ardagh
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> Diario de juventud 18659879
Idea dej┏ al morir 17 libretas escritas en letra manuscrita y si bien en alg┣n momento la escritora crey┏ que lo mejor era deshacerse de esos cuadernos, finalmente solo quem┏ unas hojas y decidi┏ transcribir el resto. El tiempo hab┴a comenzado a borronear el trazo del l│piz con que fueron escritos. En el verano de 1987 en su casa de Las Toscas, junto al mar, Idea comenz┏ a pasar pacientemente sus viejos cuadernos a nuevas libretas, y eso es lo que dej┏ al morir. ＾Diario de Juventud￣, publicado en marzo de este a?o, incluye solo un tercio de todo el material que dej┏. Es un libro ┴ntimo, narcisista, audaz y conmovedor que alterna momentos de felicidad y de dolor, pensamientos profundos y encantadoras trivialidades. El 31 de agosto de 1940 anota: ＾Mam│ muri┏ el 16 de este mes￣. Y no anota nada m│s por todo un a?o. La muerte de su madre la sumir│ en un profundo dolor que no dice pero que se expresa en un prolongado silencio narrativo. Cuando vuelva a escribir, Idea ya es otra. El dolor la ha cambiado, o la edad tal vez. Cuando retoma su Diario en 1941 lo que escribe ya es mucho m│s serio y se corresponde con la gran poes┴a que le dio fama.]]> 494 Idea Vilari?o Rowina 0 to-read 4.48 2013 Diario de juventud
author: Idea Vilari?o
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2013
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]]> Oryx y Crake (MaddAddam, #1) 52291 432 Margaret Atwood 8466614605 Rowina 0 to-read 4.01 2003 Oryx y Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2003
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Brambly Hedge (Brambly Hedge, #1-8)]]> 421569 256 Jill Barklem 0001983679 Rowina 0 to-read 4.70 1999 The Complete Brambly Hedge (Brambly Hedge, #1-8)
author: Jill Barklem
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.70
book published: 1999
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]]> Collected Poems 22990
"And I who was walking
with the earth at my waist,
saw two snowy eagles
and a naked girl.
The one was the other
and the girl was neither."
--from "Qasida of the Dark Doves"

Federico Garc┴a Lorca is the greatest poet of twentieth-century Spain and one of the world's most influential modernist writers. Christopher Maurer, a leading Lorca scholar and editor, has substantially revised FSG's earlier edition of the collected poems of this charismatic and complicated figure, who--as Maurer says in his illuminating Introduction--"spoke unforgettably of all that most interests us: the otherness of nature, the demons of personal identity and artistic creation, sex, childhood, and death."
]]> 960 Federico Garc┴a Lorca 0374126151 Rowina 0 to-read 4.46 1962 Collected Poems
author: Federico Garc┴a Lorca
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.46
book published: 1962
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]]> Giovanni¨s Room 406235 178 James Baldwin Rowina 0 to-read 4.40 1956 Giovanni¨s Room
author: James Baldwin
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.40
book published: 1956
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]]> Pink 17737085
Daddy kept Keiko's mom as a pet; she keeps Haru as a pet; I keep Croc as a pet...Is Yumiko someone else's pet?? Is she willing to let someone care for her like that?]]> 256 Ky┃ko Okazaki 1939130123 Rowina 0 to-read 3.89 1989 Pink
author: Ky┃ko Okazaki
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1989
rating: 0
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]]> La casa en Mango Street 214818
Elogiado por la cr┴tica, admirado por lectores de todas las edades, en escuelas y universidades de todo el pa┴s y traducido a una multitud de idiomas, La casa en Mango Street es la extraordinaria historia de Esperanza Cordero. Contado a trav└s de una serie de vi?etas ！a veces desgarradoras, a veces profundamente alegres！ es el relato de una ni?a latina que crece en un barrio de Chicago, inventando por s┴ misma en qu└ y en qui└n se convertir│. Pocos libros de nuestra era han conmovido a tantos lectores.

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TIMES 2020 100 Best YA of All Times

Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero.

Told in a series of vignettes C sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous C it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.]]> 112 Sandra Cisneros 0679755268 Rowina 0 to-read 3.72 1984 La casa en Mango Street
author: Sandra Cisneros
name: Rowina
average rating: 3.72
book published: 1984
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]]> Hambre 38917795 288 Roxane Gay 8494740881 Rowina 0 to-read 4.02 2017 Hambre
author: Roxane Gay
name: Rowina
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2017
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