Magical Realism

Publicado em 1964, o audiolivro consiste em treze contos que se associam ao realismo mágico, famosa corrente literária latino-americana. Suas histórias acontecem em diferentes espaços urbanos e rurais do México, trazendo como temas a injustiça social, a questão de gênero, a pobreza e a corrupção dentro de cenários e situações carregadas de magia – muitas delas associada à memória e a cosmovisão indígena.

Deep in a maze of hallways, Mudito rummages through piles of old newspapers. The mute caretaker of the crumbling former abbey, he is hounded by a coven of ancient witches who are bent on transforming him into the terrifying imbunche: a twisted monster with all of its orifices sewn up, buried...

Grace Whittaker’s life is coming apart. In the wake of her mother’s death, a stalled writing career, and a slow-motion separation from her husband, Grace is more directionless than ever. But when she returns to Sea Drift, the beach town where she and her mother summered for years, Grace’s life comes together in the most unexpected ways.

Lyla Dune returns to her North Carolina hometown hoping for a fresh start, but instead finds history repeating itself—quite literally. Recently dumped and with her career as an opinion columnist floundering, thirty-year-old Lyla retreats to Echo Cove to oversee the sale of her childhood home. But when she digs up a high school time capsule and finds her forgotten diary, the summer before college begins to eerily replay. As a dangerous hurricane looms again, Lyla must confront the fears that cost her Travis a decade ago—and the dream of becoming a fiction writer she abandoned.

A French chateau. A forest with secrets. A magical spring. Welcome to La Chanson, where lost souls are found again… At the brink of summer, Callie arrives in a secluded village in the South of France with her young daughter, after barely escaping her menacing ex-partner. Desperate to hide, she...

Returning home after years away, Reece is going to have to avoid her assassin ex-boyfriend as she learns to care for the magical creatures now under her protection. Three years ago, Reece McCarthen solved her problems the best way she could think of: running as far as possible. Abandoned by her...

Physics genius Bethany Raven must find her way back to her own reality with the help of her annoyingly attractive nemesis, in this warm, funny multiverse rom-com, perfect for fans of IMPOSSIBLE by Sarah Lotz and THE HUSBANDS by Holly Gramazio! 'Really, really good … It’s such a great idea...

Nachdem er die Mondwolfzitadelle vor der Supergilde Ragnarök verteidigt und sich einen Platz in Nova Terra erkämpft hat, steht Thorn an der Spitze der Fantasywelt. Aber Nova Terra ist nicht so einfach, wie es schien, und Thorn entdeckt schnell, dass die politischen Verantwortlichen in der Hauptstadt von Nord-Angoril neidische Blicke auf ihn werfen. Der junge Titan ist gezwungen, einen Schritt zurückzugehen und wird von Komplikationen auf allen Seiten bedrängt.

Lucy Hua comes from a long line of extraordinary women—Chinese perfumers gifted with the secret power to craft magical scents to stir hearts and ensure fortunes. For centuries, the Hua women held sway over the courts of emperors and the boardrooms of billionaires…and in every fifth generation, an eldest daughter is born with the rarest gift of all: the ability to summon true love.

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE: From the Booker Prize–longlisted author of speculative dreamscapes The Water Cure and Blue Ticket comes the story of an impassioned affair and the city designed to foster it—perfect for fans of I Who Have Never Known Men. "It reads like a dream which is...

Divided into three linked sections, Mark Sheeky’s astonishing new poetry collection takes us on a journey, via a ‘fragile caravan of dreams’, in which the passing scenery is seen as if through a distorting mirror; a journey whose twists, turns and destination are wholly unexpected. In images so tactile you half expect the greasepaint to come off on your fingers, this is language, from one of our finest poets, that dazzles without attempting to disguise the grit of sawdust beneath the sparkle.

Zwei Mädchen. Zwei Zeiten. Ein Schicksal, das sie verbindet. „Der kleine Wald am Rande der Quellteiche scheint zum Leben zu erwachen. Als würden die Wurzeln aus der Erde brechen und die Bäume sich fortbewegen. Vögel stoben kreischend davon, auf der Suche nach einem sicheren Ort »Gleich kommt der Brief«, ruft sie aufgeregt mit schriller Stimme.“

Charlie Whitmore has finally found her rhythm as owner of Oak & Ink Bookshop in Leafwood Falls, Vermont. More than a year after leaving her Manhattan law career behind, she's settled into small-town life with her boyfriend, her sharp-tongued assistant Mia, and Hemingway, the imperious orange cat...

Das Mädchen Aurora entscheidet sich, erneut zu inkarnieren – mit dem festen Vorsatz, sich und ihren Seelenauftrag diesmal nicht zu vergessen: Sie möchte als Brücke zwischen der irdischen und der seelischen Welt wirken. Doch um zu überleben, muss Aurora lernen, sich in immer engere Rollen zu zwängen. Schicht um Schicht wird ihr natürliches Strahlen gedimmt, bis sie kapituliert und beschließt, »normal« zu werden – um jeden Preis.

Em Ilha Grande, uma mãe viúva e devota vive para o filho, seu único porto seguro. Quando percebe que a adolescência vai levá-lo para longe, ela faz um pedido desesperado a Santa Rita de Cássia: que o tempo desacelere. Pouco depois, uma planta rara e inexplicável surge no quintal, e a rotina da casa começa a mudar de maneiras que ninguém na vila consegue compreender. Entre fé, culpa e segredos, mãe e filho serão colocados à prova quando o amor que une os dois passar a exigir escolhas impossíveis.

Con un toque emocional y cautivador, Lourdes Cacho Escudero nos sumerge en su obra No pongas coma detrás de los sujetos, donde cada relato es un viaje al corazón de la historia familiar. Con destreza, traza un mapa de emociones, desde la España de la represión franquista hasta los secretos más íntimos de la infancia y el despertar de la sexualidad. A través de sus palabras, la autora se convierte en una cronista del tiempo, capturando momentos clave con una sensibilidad única.

La inspiradora novela que ha transformado la vida de miles de lectores en Japón y en todo el mundo. ¿Qué harías si tuvieras la oportunidad de cambiar tu suerte? Shuich iestá convencido de que es el hombre más desafortunado de todo Japón: lleva años sin un trabajo fijo y el dinero apenas...

Six ordinary lives unravel when the mundane world collides with the magical. From a girl investigating her mysterious new neighbor to a boy's peculiar disappearance in his own back yard, the creatures they encounter are not interested in making friends. These fairy tales aren't about pixies that fly in and leave you little gifts, but about the folk that hide in the shadows to play tricks on you for their amusement. In this world, beautiful, charming mermaids don't exist but there is certainly something lurking below the waves.

Каждый текст цикла «Приглашение к любви» имеет свой внутренний сюжет и развивает общий сюжет книги, каждый написан в особой манере и собственном жанре: магический реализм, производственная проза, абсурд, научная фантастика, бытовая зарисовка, хоррор и т. д. Но эти особенности не мешают автору выстраивать цельную конструкцию, завораживающую в неожиданных метафорах и твистах.

Una mujer que navega por la caótica Ciudad de México descubre que la verdadera amenaza no está en el peligro de las calles, sino en la sutil y aterradora forma en que lo fantástico se filtra en las grietas de una realidad institucionalmente rota. En <i>Periferia</i>, la...