PACK EN INGLES -PIÑEIRO - CABEZON CAMARA - ALMADA - 3 LIBROS

Libro

Editorial	N/A
Edad	Adultos
Idioma	INGLES INTERNACIONAL
Autor	PIÑEIRO CLAUDIA
Peso ( kg )	0,2
Tipo	Soporte Físico
Año de edición	2023
Formato	TAPA RUSTICA
Sinopsis	PACK EN INGLES -PIÑEIRO - CABEZON CAMARA - ALMADA - 3 LIBROS 978-1-9993684-3-2 - ELENA KNOWS WINNER OF LIBERATURPREIS 2010 From the 'Hitchcock of the River Plate' (Corriere della Sera) comes Piñeiro's third novel, a unique tale that interveaves crime fiction with intimate tales of morality and search for individual freedom. After Rita is found dead in the bell tower of the church she used to attend, the official investigation into the incident is quickly closed. Her sickly mother is the only person still determined to find the culprit. Chronicling a difficult journey across the suburbs of the city, an old debt and a revealing conversation, Elena Knows unravels the secrets of its characters and the hidden facets of authoritarianism and hypocrisy in our society. (On Piñeiro's debut novel, Thurday Night Widows) 'An agile novel written in a language perfectly pitched for the subject matter, a ruthless dissection of a fast decaying society". José Saramago 978-1-916465-63-3 - THE WIND THAT LAYS WASTE The Wind That Lays Waste begins in the great pause before a storm. Reverend Pearson is evangelizing across the Argentinian countryside with Leni, his teenage daughter, when their car breaks down. This act of God - or fate - leads them to the home of an aging mechanic called Gringo Brauer and his young boy named Tapioca. As a long day passes, curiosity and intrigue transform into an unexpected intimacy between four people: one man who believes deeply in God, morality, and his own righteousness, and another whose life experiences have only entrenched his moral relativism and mild apathy; a quietly earnest and idealistic mechanic's assistant, and a restless, sceptical preacher's daughter. As tensions between these characters ebb and flow, beliefs are questioned and allegiances are tested, until finally the growing storm breaks over the plains. Selva Almada's exquisitely crafted début, with its limpid and confident prose, is profound and poetic, a tactile experience of arid landscapes, heat, squat trees, broken cars, sweat-stained shirts, and ruined lives. The Wind That Lays Waste is a philosophical, beautiful, and powerfully distinctive novel that marks the arrival in English of an author whose talent and poise are undeniable. 978-1-916465-66-4 - THE ADVENTURES OF CHINA IRON SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2020 (* China. Pronounced 'cheena': designation for female, from the Quechua. Iron: The English word for Fierro, reference to the gaucho Martín Fierro, from José Hernández's epic poem.) This is a riotous romp taking the reader from the turbulent frontier culture of the pampas deep into indigenous territories. It charts the adventures of Mrs China Iron, Martín Fierro's abandoned wife, in her travels across the pampas in a covered wagon with her new-found friend, soon to become lover, a Scottish woman named Liz. While Liz provides China with a sentimental education and schools her in the nefarious ways of the British Empire, their eyes are opened to the wonders of Argentina's richly diverse flora and fauna, cultures and languages, as well as to its national struggles. After a clash with Colonel Hernández (the author who 'stole' Martín Fierro's poems) and a drunken orgy with gauchos, they eventually find refuge and a peaceful future in a utopian indigenous community, the river- dwelling Iñchiñ people. Seen from an ox-drawn wagon, the narrative moves through the Argentinian landscape, charting the flora and fauna of the Pampas, Gaucho culture, Argentinian nation-building and British colonial projects. In a unique reformulation of history and literary tradition, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, with humour and sophistication, re-writes Martín Fierro from a feminist, LGBT, postcolonial point of view. She creates a hilarious novel that is nevertheless incisive in its criticism of the way societies come into being, and the way they venerate mythical heroes. Edad recomendada: Adultos.
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