El perfume mortal del eucaliptus

Antonio Puente Mayor (Sevilla, 1978). Licenciado en Filología Hispánica, es guía de tour operador en circuitos por todo el país. Autor de varias obras divulgativas, su libro infantil Nazarenos de caramelo fue finalista del Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil en 2012. En 2013 vio la luz su primera novela, La sombra de Bécquer. En Algaida ha publicado El testamento de Santa Teresa.

Malina feels like all hope is lost. She knows life is full of hardships, and she has faithfully accepted one challenge after another--but when she’s accused of a crime she didn’t commit, her fighting spirit is finally broken. Terrified of what will happen next, Malina gives up-only to learn that she is not alone! Enter the world of South Lake Tahoe, 1977. Seven girls in their twenties meet and become close friends. Now, twenty-five years later, each girl is a woman in her fifties, with all the baggage that comes with growing up. Although they all live in different states they have stayed...

A young Australian travelling for academic purposes in Europe visits a monastery in Spain and is waylaid by an old man selling his produce by the roadside at a nearby war cemetery. He innocently asks about the massive eucalypt trees in the monastery grounds and is then entranced by the old man and the story he tells of their history which weaves together the secret 16th-century exploration of Terra Australis, the Emperor Charles V, the dedication of a botanist, fundamentals of gardening and the wonder of Nature. "I found myself translating a story written by someone I hardly knew, about some...

En esta colección de dieciocho relatos, Bradbury lleva al lector de viaje por el espacio y el tiempo, a dimensiones ilimitadas del futuro y a territorios inexplorados del pasado. Los temas más celebrados de Ray Bradbury reaparecen en esta nueva colección con una renovada vitalidad: el tiempo ambiguo, ilusorio, intimidante; los automóviles, a veces destinados a complacer instintos destructivos; las máquinas, respuestas a las esperanzas y necesidades del hombre y también inesperadas y graves amenazas. Sobre el diseño de portada: Al tratarse de una antología de relatos proponemos una...