La farsa vieja

Portraying the discontinuity of the streets of Barcelona, of time, and, above all, of the existence of each one of its inhabitants, this noir novel turns the everyday into something epic. Five chapters contain five independent stories with characters that speak for themselves yet share the same tone, and the Gracia neighborhood serves as the main line that connects them. The plot revolves around a man named José García, who is killed by his own son, also named José García. The event is witnessed by a neighbor who bears the same name and is reminded of another murder he had seen years...

Darashikoh Shezad emprende un viaje sin retorno desde su confortable vida de la jet set hasta el mundo marginal del robo y la drogadicción. El protagonista se zafa de una clase férreamente establecida con el pleno convencimiento de la nueva fuerza liberadora que anida dentro de él. En Humo de mariposa asistimos a la gradual caída de un joven autodestructivo de clase acomodada en un Pakistán moderno y sorprendente a los ojos de un occidental, más allá de la novela de denuncia o costumbrista, no por ello sin dejar de lado aspectos muy concretos de su sociedad (diferencia de clases y de...

Jane Whittaker has awakened to a nightmare. She doesn't know her name, her age... or even what she looks like. Frightened and confused, she wanders the streets of Boston wearing a blood-soaked dress-and carrying $10,000 in her pocket. Her life has become a vacuum--her past vanished... or stolen. And all that remains is a handsome, unsettling stranger who claims to be her husband, whispered rumors about a dead child whom she cannot recall... and a terrifying premonition that something truly horrible is about to occur.

Recogido de entre los hielos del Ártico, Victor Frankenstein cuenta su vida y su tragedia al capitán Walton: cómo descubrió el secreto para dar vida a la carne muerta y cómo creó el monstruo que después se rebeló contra él y al que ahora persigue. La historia de Frankenstein, llevada al cine por primera vez en 1931, se convirtió a partir de entonces en uno de los referentes imprescindibles del mundo moderno.