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A controversial novel based on the life of India's most celebrated painter, Raja Ravi Varma He was accused of making the gods look like humans and insulting them by portraying them in the nude. He countered that he saw divinity in both gods and humans, and that nudity was the purest form he knew. This is the story of a little boy who grew up making charcoal sketches on freshly whitewashed temple walls and went on to be titled in the court of Thiruvananthapuram as 'Raja' for his artistic prowess. His painting of a Nair woman who worked in his wife's palace brought him wrath and recognition...

A multigenerational saga set against a backdrop of the court of Versailles, the French Revolution and the Belle Époque era describes intimate and vivid tales about real and fictional characters as they interact in Paris. (historical fiction)

Family friendly Un-Adult-A-rated fun! Does size matter? Is bigger better? That’s no small question to Tom Little—the circus midget with giant dreams. Tom may be king of the midgets, but he’s got far grander ambitions—to become the muscleman at the top, the ringmaster. Now, drawing on some dark ancient secrets and mystic texts, he’s about to get his wish. Imagine a pint-sized Mickey Rooney on steroids, trading up into a body like Burt Lancaster’s. Then imagine paying the biggest price of all…. Assuming another man’s identity, Tom discovers he must also take on his sins, debts,...

Publicada en 1970, el año de la muerte del autor, Megafón, o la guerra es la novela política por excelencia de Leopoldo Marechal y, a la vez, una suerte de magnífico testamento narrativo. Su protagonista, un muchacho de Villa Crespo que alguna vez arbitró peleas en el Boxing Club del barrio, es un autodidacta empedernido que llega a la conclusión de que no hay "monstruos anacrónicos", que toda lucha es un combate subterráneo que nunca sale a la luz y que es necesario dar batalla a esos males en su propio campo. En un país con olor a bronca, una bronca que nadie deja de olfatear en el ...