Jugando con el jefe

Estas páginas nos ofrecen un retrato nuevo de la obra de Xavier Villaurrutia, al tiempo que forman un mural grupal de los Contemporáneos.

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

El Rey de los Gigoló es una comedia que no permite respiros al lector que busca entretenerse con una historia sorpresiva y muy sensual. Gira alrededor de las vicisitudes de un joven de ascendencia cubano-española que, intempestivamente, descubre que posee un atractivo irresistible ante el sexo femenino. Decidido a convertirse en el mejor de los gigoló de la alocada Nueva York de los años noventa, su historia salpica de risas al lector y le entrega, finalmente, el abrazo siempre bienvenido del amor verdadero.

Daniel has long been lost in his drug addiction and discouragement. Claude still believes that by working hard you can achieve something. The two live in Brussels and are dedicated to emptying houses of deceased people, most of them without relatives or from homes so poor that nobody wants to take charge of the move. Kasongo was someone in his country, but here he is lame, poor and has lost his lucky charm. Chantal is an exhausted single mother, burdened with responsibilities, fed up with her precarious life and the lack of a future, also for her little girl. Until Daniel finds in a house...