American Psycho

Waldo Emerson,Ralph

This short essay by the American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) is among the works that have most influenced former U.S. President Barack Obama, who has repeatedly recommended its reading to young people and entrepreneurs.Self-Reliance (1841) is also one of the most significant essays of its author, from a philosophical and humanistic point of view. It is an essay ...

Preston Publishing

Muchas situaciones de la vida cotidiana requieren la capacidad de comprender un idioma extranjero. Para ayudarte a comunicarte en tu día a día, hemos reunido el vocabulario más útil y te lo ofrecemos presentado en las situaciones adecuadas y relacionado con los contextos comunicativos más frecuentes. ...

Rooney, Sally

Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in rural Ireland. The similarities end there; they are from very different worlds. When they both earn places at Trinity College in Dublin, a connection that has grown between them lasts long into the following years. This is an exquisite love story about how a person can change another person's life - a simple yet profound re...

Miller, Madeline

The captivating Sunday Times and New York Times number one bestseller by the Orange Prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles. Mortal. Daughter. Monster. Saviour. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Creator. Mother. Witch. Scorned, rejected and at last exiled from her father's house for her dark gifts, Circe arrives on the remote island of Aiaia with nothing but her wits and magic to...

Orwell George / Orwell, George

'Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it'. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in Homage to Catalonia. Here he brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describin...

Dueñas, María

Spain, 1936 and the brink of civil war.Aged twelve, Sira Quiroga was apprenticed to a Madrid dressmaker. As she masters the seamstress's art, her life seems to be clearly mapped out - until she falls passionately in love and flees with her seductive lover.But in Morocco she is betrayed and left penniless. As civil war engulfs Spain, Sira finds she cannot return and so turns to ...

Easton Ellis, Bret

Easton Ellis, Bret

1. Moda y fama en la literatura contemporánea.2. Novelas satíricas sobre la sociedad estadounidense.3. Manhattan en la literatura de los años noventa.4. Crítica social en la obra de Bret Easton Ellis.5. Glamour y terror en la narrativa posmoderna.6. Las transformaciones de la realidad en la obra de Ellis.7. Estilo y elegancia en la prosa de Bret Easton Ellis.8. El impacto de la...

Easton Ellis, Bret

Easton Ellis, Bret

Escrito cuando el autor tenía 20 años, su primera novela cuenta la historia de Clay, un estudiante de la universidad de New Hampshire que vuelve a casa en Los Angeles por Navidad. Clay regresa a Los Ángeles durante las vacaciones de Navidad. En el aeropuerto lo espera su novia Blair, por la que siente una profunda indiferencia. Un escueto mensaje de su madre sobre la mesa de la...

Easton Ellis, Bret

La novela más infame de Bret Easton Ellis: un clásico contemporáneo que se ha convertido en símbolo de una generación. «La vida era como un lienzo en blanco, un cliché, un culebrón. Me sentía letal, al borde de la histeria. Mis ansias nocturnas de sangre inundaban también mis días y tuve que dejar la ciudad. Mi máscara de cordura amenazaba con desaparecer. Para mí era la estaci...

Easton Ellis, Bret