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Tradotti per la prima volta in italiano da Raul Ciannella, questi nove racconti rappresentano una selezione della migliore fantascienza contemporanea spagnola e latino-americana. Il tema che unisce le storie di quest’antologia è il corpo: corpo biopolitico e artificiale, umano e animale, desiderato e rifiutato. María Angulo Ardoy descrive le vicende di due scienziati giapponesi in pensione, ridotti a esuberi in un paese che non si cura più degli anziani.

Publicado originalmente en 1996, este hermoso libro de Ida Vitale, situado a medio camino entre la prosa y la poesía, reúne cuentos, fábulas y alegorías que conforman una suerte de bestiario humano en el que la premio Cervantes uruguaya revisita algunos mitos clásicos y da cabida a la fantasía de aliento borgiano.

Cada mes de agosto Ana Magdalena Bach toma el transbordador hasta la isla donde está enterrada su madre para visitar la tumba en la que yace. Esas visitas acaban suponiendo una irresistible invitación a convertirse en una persona distinta durante una noche al año.

An unnamed paralegal, brought back to life through a controversial process, maneuvers through a near-future world that both needs and resents him. As the United States president spouts anti-reanimation rhetoric and giant pharmaceutical companies rake in profits, the man falls in love with lawyer Faustina Godínez. His world expands as he meets her network of family and friends, setting him on a course to discover his first-life history, which the reanimation process erased.

It is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. For Francisco, a local fisherman who resents the foreign powers clamoring for a slice of his country, nothing is more upsetting than the decision of his son, Omar, to work as a digger in the excavation zone. But for Omar, whose upbringing was quiet and lonely, this job offers a chance to finally find connection.

Failed Pitbull impersonator Ismael Reyes—you can call him Izzy—might not be the Scarface type, but why should that keep him from trying? Growing up in Miami has shaped him into someone who dreams of being the King of the 305, with the money, power, and respect he assumes comes with it. After finding himself at the mercy of a cease-and-desist letter from Pitbull’s legal team and living in his aunt’s garage, Izzy embarks on an absurd quest to turn himself into a modern-day Tony Montana.

1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn’t. By 1998 Anita’s name has been all but forgotten—certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by privileged students whose futures are already paved out for them, Raquel feels like an outsider. Students of color, like her, are the minority there, and the pressure to work twice as hard for the same opportunities is no secret.

1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn’t. By 1998 Anita’s name has been all but forgotten – certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. Moving back and forth through time and told from the perspectives of both women, Anita de Monte Laughs Last is a propulsive, witty examination of power, love and art, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behind in the rarefied world of the elite.

Have you ever yearned to embark on a profound journey of self-discovery, love, and connection? Look no further than Still the captivating debut poetry collection by Renzo Del Castillo that will transport you to the heart of a family's journey from Lima, Peru to Miami, Florida as political refugees and asylum seekers.

An early desktop computer becomes the third partner in a doomed relationship; an older brother figure whose father lives in exile imparts hilarious life lessons to his young protégé. A man attempts to quit smoking despite the fact that he’s very good at it; another masquerades as the family man he'll never be. Throughout, Pinochet’s dictatorship casts a long shadow, and men in relationships exhibit their profound capacity for both love and harm.

In sixteenth-century New Spain, witchcraft is punishable by death, indigenous temples have been destroyed, and tales of mythical creatures that once roamed the land have become whispers in the night. Hidden behind a mask, Pantera uses her magic and legendary swordplay skills to fight the tyranny of Spanish rule. To all who know her, Leonora de las Casas Tlazohtzin never leaves the palace and is promised to the heir of the Spanish throne. The respectable, law-abiding Lady Leonora faints at the sight of blood. No one suspects that Leonora and Pantera are the same person.

As Margaret Adams buries her late husband she comes to a shocking realisation – she was widowed long before Bob dropped dead on the ninth hole at his beloved golf club. Now, with her children grown and her unhappy marriage over, Maggie goes in search of something to make her happy. Enter Las Vegas bowling alley, Cactus Lanes! With its neon sign, legendary chilli fries and community spirit, stepping through the doors does more than put a smile on Maggie’s face, it changes her life.

For All of Us, One Today is a fluid, poetic story anchored by Richard Blanco’s experiences as the inaugural poet in 2013, and beyond. In this brief and evocative narrative, he shares for the first time his journey as a Latino immigrant and openly gay man discovering an emotional new understanding of what it means to be an American. He tells the story of the call from the White House committee and all the exhilaration and upheaval of the days that followed.

Papito y Chiquitita is a collection of poems and short stories about experiencing fatherhood in different eras of life.

Newly widowed baker Mercedes Spivey flies from Miami to her native Cuba in 2019 to care for her ailing paternal grandmother. Mercedes’s life has been shaped by loss, beginning with the mysterious unsolved disappearance of her mother when Mercedes was a little girl. Returning to Cuba revives Mercedes’s hopes of finding her mother as she attempts to piece together the few scraps of information she has. Could her mother still be alive?

In this debut collection of richly evocative short stories, writer Linda Feyder portrays a diverse group of protagonists seeking fulfillment and connection in sunny California. She sketches her characters – of different ages, genders, and classes – with pitch-perfect honesty as they reassess their identities or confront the exact moment they face the fragility of life or themselves. A teenage girl travels to California from New York for an uneasy visit with the father she hasn't seen for years.

Horacio Kustos es un explorador dedicado a lo misterioso y lo insólito: un buscador de maravillas en un mundo que ya no tiene espacio para lo maravilloso. Este audiolibro reúne algunas de sus aventuras más extrañas. Desde el "otro" Polo Sur (que no es un punto) hasta los plantíos de computadoras en lo profundo de China, Kustos va de asombro en asombro… pero nada se compara a su encuentro con Lluvia, una joven misteriosa que guarda un terrible secreto.

El auriga Tristán Cardenilla: En estos catorce cuentos Alfonso Alcalde reúne a personajes y situaciones que se ubican en la precariedad y que son retratados con ternura y humor. Hermanados en la difícil sobrevivencia del espacio de un circo pobre que se instala entre Talcahuano y San Vicente, hombres y animales comparten una misma situación de necesidades materiales irresueltas.

Azconetl walked the earth, but her presence drew near those determined to overthrow it. With demons howling at the gate and the Malinche exhausted from defending their city, someone seized an opportunity to slip through unseen. Selah would be tested in her new role as a guardian while Rafael continued to battle the weight of his crown. If they didn’t act quickly, the Fifth Sun may set for good ushering forth the end of the world as they knew it.

As the fact checker for a popular magazine, Gabby DiMarco believes in absolute, verifiable Truths—until they throw the facts of her own life into question. The genealogy test she took as research for an article has yielded a baffling result: Gabby has a sister—one who’s been desperately trying to find her. Except, as Gabby’s beloved parents would confirm if they were still alive, that’s impossible.