Historia de las literaturas eslavas

Maggie came to scenic little Lupine, Oregon, to live as a foster child in the Jarrett home. Thirteen years later, she’s a legitimate member of the family, living in the back yard cottage with two children. Her husband, Mo, has moved on to Texas in search of opportunity. He wants Maggie and their children to follow, but she is mired in indecision. Her baby’s a handful and her 9-year-old son, Jay-Jay, is in such trouble at school they want to put him in the “anger group.” She seeks comfort and advice from her friends, but her problems and theirs don’t seem to be occurring in the same...

Veinte años después de la derrota del ejército italiano en Albania, un general asume la misión de recuperar los cadáveres de sus compatriotas caídos allí en combate durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En compañía de un capellán militar se traslada al vecino y accidentado país, y emprende la penosa labor de localizar, desenterrar y reunir los despojos de aquel ejército muerto. Atrapada en el barro, la oscuridad, las inclemencias del tiempo y la mirada desconfiada de los aldeanos, la pintoresca pareja y su peculiar empeño, en el que se mezclan los recuerdos y la amargura, sirven a...

Two inseparable cousins around 12 years of age, Ceporro and Chino, live in the large flat that belongs to their grandmother after the Civil War. Don Rodolfo, who used to go sparring with Uzkudun, gives them boxing classes. Echoes of the Second World War, Field Marshal Rommel and the Nippon Empire provide the backdrop to the story, and then a young German girl, an orphan and a refugee, appears out of nowhere. As well as being a beautiful story about saying goodbye to childhood, its greatest achievement is the voice of its narrator, Ceporro the tireless charlatan.

O pobo de Tras da Corda emerxe en menos de cincuenta anos dende a Idade media ata o século XX, entre as tensións da República, a brutalidade da Guerra Civil e a represión da dictadura. Anxo Xesto vislumbrou a miragre en 1928, cando concebiu unha estrada que puxera remate a tanto illamento e atraso. Unha idea que non sería doado pór en marcha. Tiña na súa contra ao poderoso cacique don Nazario, que non admitía cambio ningún nos seus dominios, e ao mozo comunista Aníbal Coronas, teimudo con facer a revolución. Só Dolores Teixeiro e outros veciños compartían o soño de Anxo Xesto. ...