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"Por primera vez en un único volumen, esta edición definitiva de los Cuentos completos de Roald Dahl incluye algunos relatos inéditos en español. Brillante y con tintes fantásticos como un Grimm, realista como un O. Henry o despiadado como un Saki, sus historias fueron adaptadas por Alfred Hitchcock para la televisión, y han inspirado a creadores como Steven Spielberg o Quentin Tarantino. Reseñas: «Aquí hay hombres que antes de matar a las ratas estudian concienzudamente su compleja personalidad; aquí hay mujeres que guardan en un lugar recóndito de su corazón un rencor a su marido que espera el momento de hacerse presente... Es extraordinario cómo Roald Dahl maneja al lector... Su estilo directo, elocuente, vivo, seco, expresivo, salpicado siempre de toques de humor, me subyugó desde el principio y no lo he abandonado nunca.» Elvira Lindo «Dahl aplica una inconmensurable capacidad para enganchar con sus historias, como si fuera un hipnotizador.» El País «Una edición definitiva de […] uno de los grandes maestros del cuento del siglo XX. Dahl destacó por lo insólito de su tono, a medio camino entre lo infantil y lo excéntrico, siempre posando la mirada sobre pequeños gestos y manierismos que construyen fantasiosas subjetividades. A lo largo y ancho de estos fabulosos cuentos se nos abre la puerta a uno de los universos más ingeniosamente atravesados por la imaginación que nos ofreció la literatura del último siglo.» Zenda «Con el poder inventivo de un Thomas Edison, y la imaginación de un Lewis Carroll... Roald Dahl es un mago de la comedia y el grotesco, un artista con un magnífico sentido del ridículo en la vida.» Cleveland Plain Dealer «Uno de los pocos escritores 'adictivos' que existen... Un sofisticadísimo humor negro.» Irish Times «Uno de los autores más leídos y que más han influido en los lectores de nuestra generación.» The Times"

Roald Dahl (Author), Ariel Abadi, Axel Cornelli, Federico Llambí, Gustavo Bonfigli, Gustavo Dardés, Luciana Falcón, Mara Campanelli, Marcos Abadi (Narrator)

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Seek the Singing Fish

"Growing up in the lagoon town of Batticaloa, a young girl with an unquenchable curiosity and love of the natural world, is entangled in the trauma and turmoil of the Sri Lankan civil war. Uprooted from everything she holds dear, tragedy and betrayal set in motion an unforgettable odyssey. Torn from east to west, struggling with what it means to belong, she desperately seeks a way home to the land of the singing fish."

Roma Wells (Author), Sharmila Devar (Narrator)

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[French] - Attentat

"Epiphane Otos serait-il condamné, par sa laideur, à vivre exclu de la société des hommes et interdit d'amour ? Tour à tour martyr et tortionnaire de ses contemporains, il sera ambassadeur de la monstruosité internationale, juré d'un concours de beauté au Japon, mais aussi et surtout, amoureux. Car que peut une âme sensible enfermée dans un corps disgracié, sinon vénérer l'absolu sous les traits d'une femme ? Amélie Nothomb, à travers ces confessions, décline avec ce mélange d'humour, de tendresse et de cruauté qui, d'Hygiène de l'assassin aux Catilinaires et à Peplum, ont imposé son talent corrosif, une histoire d'amour aussi infernale qu'impossible."

Amélie Nothomb (Author), Violaine Fumeau (Narrator)

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Madwoman

"An unexpected letter from her mother threatens to pull Clove back to a life she's left behind, in this thrilling book from an explosive new talent Clove has spent the past few years meticulously crafting a family life that looks nothing like the one she grew up in. She has a reliable husband, two loving children, a stable home: so what if ignoring the stubborn tendrils of her traumatic past means racking up a little credit card debt or indulging in a light obsession with wellness? Clove is doing just fine. Or she is until a letter arrives from a women’s prison in California – a letter that threatens to expose the violent past Clove has worked so hard to conceal. Soon, she becomes entangled in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with the very people she thought she’d outrun. Bold, compassionate and full of surprising twists, Madwoman is a story about violence, recovery, and Clove’s refusal to be defined by her worst experiences."

Chelsea Bieker (Author), Saskia Maarleveld (Narrator)

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Elaine

"Standing by the mailbox in Ithaca, New York, Elaine thinks of her child and husband, an Ivy League academic, inside her house and wonders...is this it? As she begins to push back against the strictures of her life in 1950s America, she undertakes a disastrous affair that ends her marriage and upends her life. Based on the intimate diaries Will Self's mother kept for over forty years, Elaine is a writer's attempt to reach the almost unimaginable realm of a parent's interior life prior to his own existence. Perhaps the first work of auto-oedipal fiction, Elaine shows Self working in an exciting new dimension, utilizing his stylistic talents to tremendous effect."

Will Self (Author), Laurel Lefkow (Narrator)

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Our London Lives

"1979. In the vast and often unforgiving city of London, two Irish outsiders seeking refuge find one another: Milly, a teenage runaway, and Pip, a young boxer full of anger and potential who is beginning to drink it all away. Over the decades their lives follow different paths, interweaving from time to time, often in one another's sight, always on one another's mind, yet rarely together. Forty years on, Milly is clinging onto the only home she's ever really known while Pip, haunted by T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, traipses the streets of London and wrestles with the life of the recovering alcoholic. And between them, perhaps uncrossable, lies the unspoken span of their lives. Dark and brave, this epic novel offers a rich and moving portrait of an ever-changing city, and a profound inquiry into character, loneliness and the nature of love."

Christine Dwyer Hickey (Author), Michèle Forbes, Owen Roe (Narrator)

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Overland

"It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime: the open road, London to Kathmandu, just three young people looking for adventure. No one could have predicted the way it ended, and for fifty years the truth has been buried. But now, Joyce is ready to tell her story. London, 1970. Fresh out of a dead-end job, Joyce answers an ad in the local paper: Kathmandu by van, leave August. Share petrol and costs. Joyce is desperate to escape life in suburbia, and aristocrat Freddie looks like he can show her a wild time. Together with Anton, Freddie's best friend from boarding school, they embark on the overland trail from London to Kathmandu in a beaten-up old Land Rover. But as they cross the borders into Asia, Freddie can't outrun his family's history, leading to devastating consequences for everyone."

Yasmin Cordery Khan (Author), Joan Walker (Narrator)

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Lost in the Garden: WINNER OF THE NERO FICTION PRIZE 2024

"Like a piece of wisdom passed down through generations which no one questioned or even thought about too hard, it was just something everyone knew, a rule to be followed. Don’t go to Almanby. Heather, Rachel and Antonia are going to Almanby. Heather needs to find her boyfriend who, like so many, went and never came back. Rachel has a mysterious package to deliver, and her life depends on it. And Antonia – poor, lovestruck Antonia – just wants to spend the day with Heather. Off they set through the idyllic yet perilous English countryside, in which nature thrives in abundance and summer lasts forever. The further they travel through ever-shifting geography and strange voices from the radio, the harder it becomes to tell friend from foe. Creepy, dreamlike, unsettling and unforgettable - you are about to join the privileged few who come to understand exactly why we don't go to Almanby. “A surprising folk horror about everyday encounters with the incredible. Vulnerable, rooted characters come of age in a hazy, hypnotic book that reflects contemporary Britain through a distorted lens.” Kevin Power, Dr Will Smith & Zoe West – 2024 Nero Fiction Award judges"

Adam S. Leslie (Author), Fran Burgoyne (Narrator)

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[Portuguese] - Persuasão

"Durante a sua juventude, a inteligente e doce Anne Elliot entrega seu coração ao marinheiro Frederick Wentworth, mas é persuadida a desistir do noivado como rapaz. Anos mais tarde, Wentworthr e aparece, agora como um importante e rico capitão da Marinha inglesa, e Anne se vê na difícil tarefa de reprimir seus sentimentos enquanto ainda luta para viver um grande amor."

Jane Austen (Author), Lais Helena (Narrator)

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Big Fan: An 831 Stories Romance

"A political strategist, tainted by a scandalous ex, finds an unexpected career detour when her teenage boy band crush offers a second chance at the spotlight…and maybe something more. The first book in The Big Fan series by Alexandra Romanoff. 'Highbrow/Brilliant.' —New York Magazine 'Big Fan serves up political intrigue with a side of spine-tingling romance.' —Vogue 'Romanoff writes with a crisp, clear voice, one that is skilled at indicting the sexism of the very notion of scandal while also delivering a steamy romance.' — EW One of Bustle's Best New Books of Fall 2024 'It sparkles with wit—pair it with a good glass of prosecco and prepare to get lost in this smart, sexy novel.' —Elissa Sussman, bestselling author of Once More with Feeling and Funny You Should Ask The debut book from 831 Stories, a modern romantic fiction company that prioritizes pleasure reading and the genre's enthusiastic fans. Maya was a rising star in the political world until her ex-husband's high-profile sex scandal nearly derailed her career. Landing a gubernatorial candidate is the fresh start she desperately needs – a chance to focus on meaningful work and leave the drama behind. But then an email from her past sends her world spinning: Charlie, former lead singer of Mischief, the boy band that fueled her teenage obsession, is staging a solo comeback and wants Maya's help to make it happen. Turns out, she likes the grown-up Charlie and his genuine engagement with the world. Maya's not about to ditch her political ambitions for a teenage crush, but if she can leverage Charlie to draw attention to the policies she cares about, shouldn't she give it a try?"

Alexandra Romanoff (Author), Heidi Rew (Narrator)

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[German] - Aus dem Haus (Ungekürzte Lesung)

"Eine Mutter, die mit verführerischer Sogwirkung schwarzsieht. Ein Vater, der mit Nebelkerzen wirft, wenn er von sich erzählen soll. Und ein vermeintliches Unglückshaus, das es endlich zu verlassen gilt. Miriam Böttgers aberwitziger, tragikomischer und abgründiger Roman für alle, die sich auch mit ihrer Familie herumschlagen. 'Eigentlich ist jede Familie eine Sekte für sich, mit irgendeiner speziellen Idee oder Wahnvorstellung, um die alles kreist', grübelt die Ich-Erzählerin in Miriam Böttgers Roman. 'Oft sind dies naheliegende Dinge wie Genialität der Kinder, Akademikertum, Geld, Fitness, gesellschaftlicher Status'. Manchmal allerdings auch Abwegiges. Die fixe Idee ihrer Familie besteht in der Überzeugung, im Leben immer nur Pech zu haben, in der Annahme einer familiären Unglücksprädisposition. Und die physische Manifestation dieser Idee ist das HAUS der Familie, das auf andere hell und unschuldig wirken mag, das seine Bewohner jedoch, darin sind sie sich einig, jahrzehntelang am Leben gehindert hat. Als die Eltern beschließen, das HAUS endlich aufzugeben und in eine kleinere Wohnung zu ziehen, müsste dies eigentlich eine Erleichterung sein. Doch kaum verkauft, erscheint der Unglücksmagnet in völlig neuem Licht. Während der Tag des Umzugs näher rückt, werden die Lageberichte des Vaters, die die Tochter täglich telefonisch einholt, immer bizarrer. Und sie begreift, dass es hier um etwas ganz anderes geht als um einen Umzug."

Miriam Böttger (Author), Inka Löwendorf (Narrator)

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Somewhere Else

"Rosa Roshkin is five years old when her family are murdered in a pogrom and she is forced to leave behind everything she knows with only a suitcase of clothes and her father’s violin. An epic generational story about womanhood and Judaeo-Scottish experience across two World Wars, the creation of Israel and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Jenni Daiches’s Somewhere Else explores today’s most difficult and urgent questions, not least of which: how to find identity in displacement."

Jenni Daiches (Author), Gowan Calder (Narrator)

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