De la república y la guerra

Primera parte de los mejores cuentos de Lafferty, Novecientas abuelas nos descubnre a uno de los escritores más originales del género. Transforma o quiebra, en apariencia a voluntad, las convenciones y restricciones del género, introduce el humor en las cuestiones más serias y quiebra lo grotesco en una suerte de folklorismo de alta intensidad. Todo esto, junto a una de las imaginaciones más desatadas que se han visto jamás.

Wrong will be that one to suppose that the practice of heroic virtues and spiritual life are the privilege of monks and hermits, confused is people who think that the list of men and women who have been elevated to sainthood is composed only of missionaries, martyrs, priests or any other member of the clergy. Error, the list of saints that the church has placed on the altar is full of a multitude of ordinary people, men and women who have gone through life loving and serving others from a common profession, from his workshop from your home, from your regular life of governors or parents.

Journey to Spain with “stories that tap into history, politics and culture to cast a cloak of horror and humor on the city’s distinctive neighborhoods” (The Miami Herald). For some, Barcelona is a European enchantress of nouveau architecture, fusion tapas, and fine cava. To others, it’s a Gothic labyrinth of tiny streets to lose oneself in; hashish-clouded after-hours bars to forget the time; dimly lit plazas with global bohemians squatting, prostitutes tempting. But come morning, its cold cobblestones and misty beachfronts have even darker stories to tell. This collection of crime...

Javier Sierra consigue combinar en Las puertas templarias los enigmas que rodearon a la fundación de la Orden del Temple y su presencia en la Jerusalén del siglo XII, con una intriga de alta tecnología en la que una red de satélites tropieza por azar con una extraña energía que emana de ciertas catedrales góticas en Francia. Un thriller que combina acción e intriga policiaca con el toque mágico del autor.