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A los lectores habituales de John Irving , conocido por sus complejas y largas novelas, quizá les sorprenda descubrir en La novia imaginaria a un autor de narraciones breves, de una simplicidad y de una concisión extraordinarias. Dividido en tres partes — Relatos autobiográficos , Narraciones y Homenajes —, este volumen reúne doce piezas literarias que cubren treinta años de escritura. Y en todas ellas está presente, con su proverbial ironía y malicia —esta vez referidas a sí mismo— y con modestia y sinceridad inesperadas, el autor que ha cautivado ya con sus novelas a tantos...

Guión autobiográfico sobre la depresión y el suicidio en que el autor desnuda su alma para sacar a la luz sus fantasmas del pasado.

Persona advocates a new morality; an ethics of rational self-interest that stands in complete opposition to the political, social and religious attitudes of our day. My unique philosophy of objectivism is the underlying theme of the book; the basic tenets of a new ethos that challenges the accepted standards of our age. The psychological experience of a journey through innocence to learning; through normality and abnormality and emotional encounters in the quest for inner enlightenment.

When flying an airplane was no more than a reckless act, Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly cross the Atlantic and the Pacific alone. Besides her exploits as a pilot, she wrote three books and many articles reporting on her trips, and become one of the primary promoters of aviation. Her last adventure was to fly around the world. Before arriving at the second-to-last phase of her itinerary, a storm ended her life and that of her copilot, Frederick J. Noonan.